Volkswagen is the original and top-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, the biggest German automaker and the third largest automaker in the world. Volkswagen has three cars in the top 10 list of best-selling cars of all time. Volkswagen ranks first in spending the most money of any automaker on research and developments as of 2011. On the eve of the 65th frankfurt auto show, Germany's largest automaker, the Volkswagen Group, rolled out a fleet of new vehicles from its dozen automotive, truck and motorcycle brands at a private media event. As the mother brand of the Group, Volkswagen rolled out a host of new vehicles, highlighted by the pure-electric -Golf and e -up The electric Up! will be VW's first-ever production electric vehicle, with a range of 190kms. It goes on-sale in Europe this fall. The larger e-Golfarrives in 2014. VW also unveiled a slightly taller version of its new seventh-generation Golf, Called the Sportvan, it replaces the European-market Golf Plus.
The capital letter "S" being added to the already powerful Bentley Continental V8 GT coupe and GTC convertible may as well stand for "speedier." With 21 horsepower and 15 pound-feet of torque added, the 4.0 litre twin-turbocharged eight-cylinder gas engine is now rated at 521 horsepower and 502 lb.ft. With only a few made every year, every Bugatti Veyron is special. But the new Bugatti Legend "Jean Bugatti" Veyron is, well, special-er. The second vehicle in a six-part series of Veyrons that pay tribute to Jean Bugatti, son of the company founder and creator of the Type 57SC Atlantic, only three examples of the Bugatti Legend "Jean Bugatti" will be made, each costing around $3.12 million. Biding time until a replacement shows up nest spring, Lamborghini rolled out yet another limited edition of its Gallardo LP 570-4 entry-level supercar. Dubbed the Squadra Corse, Lamborghini says it's the most extreme model in the Gallardo line-up and promoters the supercar maker's new motorsport department that sports the same name.