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Volkswagen Bus Syncro: Ready For South African Hoonage

We caused some disgruntlement among VW Transporter fanatics aficionados when we opined that perhaps the little rear-engined vans were on the sluggish side. Today we're going to regruntle our Type 2-loving friends by sharing this VW ad that demonstrates- in fact, encourages- off-road hoonage of the sort you'd normally associate with a Warlord Edition 4x4 Hilux. In South Africa, you could get a four-wheel-drive, Audi-5-banger-powered VW Transporter Syncro until 2002. Yes, 2002!

11:00 AM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,806 views, 40 comments

Latest by Naturally Exasperated?: Absolutely dreadful. This makes Aussie Hilux ads look sophisticated! more »

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VW Busbretta Isn't Quite Humiliating Enough

Pardon us for still trying to wrap our brains around this whole Vespa modding trend, but here is another Vespa-style (it's actually a Lambretta, but details, details) scooter mutilation worthy of noting. Not only is this person driving scooter, but it's a scooter with a sidecar, a sidecar that is modified to look like a Volkswagen Bus. So, Jalopnik faithful, which would you least want to be caught in: the scooter or the sidecar? At least in the sidecar you could possibly duck down low enough to not be seen. [Presurfer]

4:20 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Travis Hudson
2,862 views, 45 comments

Latest by RaptorCK: @WesleyJ: If you're riding bitch on some chick's scooter, I'd keep in mind that you're pretty damned unlikely to feel like a wimp at the end of the night. (Additionally, the ladies are far less afraid of getting on the back more »

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21-Window Volkswagen Transporter Braves Downtown San Francisco

After I was caught in a camera-challenged condition when spotting the '70 Fiat 500 near my office in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood and was forced to use the 640x480 so-called camera in my cellphone, I resolved to start carrying a real camera at all times. Naturally, I totally spaced on the camera thing when I caught sight of this 21-window Transporter while out for some Bánh mì on my lunch break last week, and once again we all get to look at blurry, wide-angle cellphone shots. These things didn't fare too well around here, because the sun and smog tend to eat up the seals around all those windows, which lets rust gain a toehold it generally never relinquishes. But here's a very original black-plate example that (if the window stickers are to be believed) has been damn near everywhere.

2:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,744 views, 36 comments

Latest by dolo54: @Murilee Martin: ahh, I was just kidding. I was in SF a few months ago and no, I didn't see any. more »