Worldcarfans.com have put together a nice article featuring the future of German SUV’s. In there you can find pictures of the new BMW X3 (facelifted), the Volkswagen Marrakesh (prototype), the Mercedes-Benz GLK (prototype) and the Audi Q5 (computer image).

The Future of German SUV’s [worldcarfans.com]

Volkswagen has built a really cool and unique storage facility for cars in Wolfsburg, Germany. The 20-story high facility is used to deliver new VW cars to customers:

“The best idea is to begin that special day with a relaxing trip to Autostadt followed by a tour until the big moment arrives: In a fully automated procedure, your new car is brought down to you from one of the 20-story Car Towers. Large signboards in the Customer Center show you when your turn has come. Then, you’re handed the keys, your picture is taken, the glass doors open and your brand-new car appears. You’re all set to go.”

Volkswagen’s new car experience [thecoolhunter.net]
via [Neatorama]

At the German site Auto motor und sport you can find a photo of the new Volkswagen Scirocco 2008. It’s just one photo taken from behind (looks like an official image actually), so it’s not a spy shot.

VW Scirocco: Alter, frischer Wind [auto-motor-und-sport.de]
via [autospies.com]

Volkswagen have managed to do quite a journey with their brand the last four or five years – moving right up in the luxury segment with the Phaeton and the Touareg. The new Volkswagen Passat 3.6 is spot on in the upper class segment – “It’s a mini Phaeton, not a large Jetta.“. The list price is $29,950.

Volkswagen Passat 3.6 [Road & Track]

Volkswagen Beetle Art is a new series of decals for the VW Beetle. Currently you can buy four different designs. Prices start at $80 and a full set will cost you around $400.

Volkswagen launches Beetle Art [worldcarfans.com]

JE Design have a tuning kit for the VW Tourareg called ‘Wide Body‘. It’s not just a body kit though, you will get a power output of 500bhp, which will increase accelleration from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) from 8.1 seconds to 5.6 seconds(!). Nice.

Je Design Volkswagen Touareg [tuningnews.net]

To celebrate the production of its 250 000th Touareg, Volkswagen will do a exclusive serie of 999Touaregs. No pricing information has been unveiled.

Volkswagen celebrates Touareg milestone with limited-edition model [AutoWeek.com]

What do you think about having a VW Beetle with a helicopter turboshaft jet engine in the back? It doesn’t weigh that much and gives your little Beetle an additional 1350 horsepowers. Sweet.

The original site use Photobucket as host of it’s images which means that the only thing you can view at the moment are lots of ‘Bandwidth exceeded’ buttons, but fortunately you can find some images over at Engadget.

Jet-powered VW bug takes to the street [Engadget]
Ron Patrick’s Street-Legal Jet Powered VW Beetle [Freewebs.com]