1200hp Dahlback VW

CarMovies has been out at the track again and has brought us something hot. Literally!

This is the Dahlback Racing VW that's boasting 1200hp under the hood, plus some serious spoilers and body kits.

Oh, and one of it's modifications appears to be a built-in flame thrower, or at least that's what it looks like to us as it whizzes by, bellowing first smoke and then fiery, red flames. Is this a new strategy to intimidate the competition, perhaps?

For more flames, see what happens when a Chevy Vortex Max burns enough rubber to make fire!

StreetFire Exclusive: Hydrogen Road Tour '08

With all of the buzz around the use of Alternative Fuel in the auto world, it's not surprising that the world's leading manufacturers set out on cross country road rally to test and raise awareness for hydrogen technology. The Hydrogen Road Tour went through 31 cities in 18 states and all in only 13 days!

StreetFire was invited to the last stop as the cars pulled into Los Angeles. John Tillman, Program Manager with Volkswagen's US Advanced Powertrain Research spent some time with our very own Chris Jones hydrogen technology and VW's all new Hydrogen powered Touran concept.

Watch the Hydrogen Road Tour '08.

Can't get enough of green cars? Well make sure to check out Porche's Panamera Hybrid on Fast Lane Daily.

Stunt Cars

Thanks to Nevermind_v2 for sharing his holiday video with us!

In something that looks like an automotive equivalent to "So You Think You Can Dance", the VWs in this video get on down to some music at Universal Studios in California.

We'd rather have seen them sliding around the stage with lots of explosions going off, but the robotic display is still pretty cool.

To get an idea of what we're talking about, check out how the competition do it over at the MGM Car Stunt Show

Watch the Stunt Cars video.

Jumping a Hippymobile

The Iconic VW Bus, long associated with surfing, free love and tie dye. But what kind of fun can you have with it? Will it fly? This one sure managed to catch some air.

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Rare VW Schwimmwagen

Brought to you by badboy07.

Here's something you don't see everyday. This is a video of a rare German military vehicle called the Schwimmwagen. This unique vehicle was made by VW from 1942-1944 and boasts some interested features.


Schwimmwagen Video]

25 Million Golfs!

Quite an impressive milestone, UnitedPictures has coverage of the 25 Million Golf celebration from VW. In addition to a nice historical overview, they also provide coverage of some Golf Variants over the the years.

[Golf Video]

Little Saturday Night Euro Shuffle

For those of you sitting at home on a Saturday night......like me.... here is a groovy little number from Colorado. Check out their website to learn more about them.

[Watch Video of Euro Tuners]
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VW: Drivers *not* Wanted

Another great vid by UnitedPictures. So the cool thing about this driverless Jetta is not that it can drive itself, it's that has learned how to autocross itself! According to the video, it's learned to run the course faster than the human counterparts.... now if only that level of AI can make it into the next version of XBox Forza 2!


[Watch Video Self-Driving Car]
[All Videos by UnitedPictures]