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Volkswagen to Debut New Pickup Truck in Germany
 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles have announced a new pickup truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany. Called "Robust" or "Taro II" (the name is not yet confirmed), VW are rating the pickup truck as a one ton vehicle. The new pickup will be manufactured at Volkwagen's Pacheco, Argentina plant beginning Fall 2009 and is expected to be offered in a gasoline and diesel engine platform. Reported by Pickuptrucks.
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2009 Volkswagen Taro Truck Found
 Our friend, Mike Levine of Pickuptruck.com, got his hands on some photos of the 2009 Volkswagen Taro pickup truck and apparently spotted some of the "Volkswagens executives checking out the 2009 Ford F-150 during the 2008 Detroit Auto Show", which leads us to believe that they are developing their new truck as a competitor to the new 2009 F-150. Maybe we'll see this new pickup being tested this summer? It should be interesting.
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Increased Re-Sale Value For Diesel Trucks
 "Diesels also are holding their own in the market for used heavy-duty trucks. Automotive Lease Guide's Blair says a diesel engine typically adds $6,000 to the sticker price of a new full-sized pickup. After 36 months, he estimates, the diesel engines will keep 60 percent of their value as an option, while the trucks themselves will retain only 47 percent of their value.
Glenn Romines, a Ford-Lincoln-Mercury dealer in Houston, Mo., says he sells 7 to 10 used diesel pickups a month. This month, he says, he paid $23,000 for a 2002 Ford F-350 - about $2,000 more than its guidebook wholesale value. Romines says he sold the truck for $24,500 - roughly $1,500 more than its prevailing retail price.", AutoWeek reports.
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Friday Beerblog: Un-pimping Rides
 Do you remember the "Where's the Beef" lady from the Wendy's commercials? How about the chihuahua from the Taco Bell commercials? Of course you do. Today, in our Friday Beerblog, we bring you the latest American television commercial icon... VW German engineers. Volkswagen has unleashed three hilarious commercials as parodies to MTV's "Pimp My Ride" series. In this series of commercials, two engineers "un-pimp" rides to reveal the new VW GTI. Check all three commercials out here in the Truckblog Videos humor department.
Watch Videos: one two three
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Volkswagen Decides to Build New SUV in Germany
 Reported this morning by The Detroit News, "Volkswagen AG announced today it would build its new sport-utility vehicle in Germany after the company's labor groups agreed to cut production costs to keep it from being built abroad. VW management had suggested the new vehicle, the Marrakesh, might be built in Portugal rather than Germany."
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2007 Volkswagen Pickup Truck
 Automobile Magazine reports, "Although the plant in Bratislava, Slovakia, where Volkswagen builds its highly successful Touareg SUV is bursting at the seams, VW is developing two new Touareg variants, including a five-door coupe. Due in late 2006, it would be aimed squarely at the upcoming BMW X6. Another proposed Touareg model is, believe it or not, a large pickup truck, which would go head-to-head in 2007 with a proposed pickup from an even more unlikely source, Mercedes-Benz."
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