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  Stolen Van Found a Mere 35 Years Later

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:06 AM ET

  making it now worth a cool $27,000 or so. The Arizona shop, which officials declined to name, was attempting to ship the van and three restored VW Beetles to the Netherlands to resell. California Highway Patrol investigator Michael Maleta said the shop is also considered a victim in the cas Read More

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  VW Makes Musical Stairs, Trick Garbage Can

  By Steve Tanner | Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:03 PM ET

  stunt, dubbed "The Fun Theory." The videos were posted without much fanfare and spread virally (I know, bad time of year to use that word) before VW launched its Fun Theory Web site (linked above). The first one features a staircase ascending from a Stockholm subway station retrofitted so tha Read More

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  Artist Sells Possessions for £1

  By Courtney Rubin | Tue Oct 6, 2009 12:18 PM ET

  to start 2010 with a house that’s cleaned out – by selling everything she owns for £1.And she means everything: grandmother’s jewelry, VW Polo car, artwork – and yes, things like cotton buds. (But not, she notes, her four-year-old son, her goldfish – or her kitchen knives, whic Read More

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  VW "SchwarmStrom"ing to Power Homes

  By John Casey | Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  power station that doesn’t make the countryside ugly or require additional infrastructure.” The success of the project, Lester said, lies in VW convincing German householders to swap out existing gas-fired furnaces and boilers with more expensive turbines. With sufficient governmen Read More

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  Greening the Summer of Love!

  By Sebastian Clayton | Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:48 AM ET

  made everyone think of a "free and easy" lifestyle, and we were reminded of their self-sufficiency and hence seemed very green.Now it seems that the VW camper van is seeing a rebirth through Alexander Verdier, the design team based in Canada that has introduced an updated and far greener desig Read More

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