2012 Volkswagen Eos

2012 Volkswagen Eos

The Titan goddess of dawn better known as Eos has taken rebirth in the form of the Golf-based folding-hardtop convertible from Volkswagen. The car was displayed at the recently concluded Los Angeles auto show and it came with a very heavy face lift which gave it the similarity to the goddess of dawn. The chrome tongue design of the grille which company’s former design chief Murat Gunak, had created and had been the company’s signature design till now has been replaced with a wide horizontal grille. The stylistic clutter has also been cleaned up. The headlights have been replaced by rectangular units instead of the former round ones. This mounting holds the car’s LED daytime running lights, and the LED taillights too lose their glitzy white circle for an M-shaped look. To cater for higher cornering speeds the rear diffuser has been incorporated.
The folding roof design of the Eos has been retained as has been the other major design aspects of the car. As an engineering feat, if it is to be so termed, a built in sunroof can be opened even while the car is closed.

Volkswagen Electric Taxi Concept

Volkswagen Electric Taxi

Volkswagen is planning to introduce its Up-based electric Taxi Concept. The company is seriously thinking to begin the production of this concept vehicle in 2013. The company believes that in the future the lawmakers will compel the inner-city vehicles to offer low emissions and zero exhaust pollution.

The company said that the 180-mile range and one-hour charge time will fit into the work patterns of nearly all taxi drivers around the world. The battery-powered vehicle will be as a future vehicle for large cities. As reported by autocar, the designers at the VW said that they made a particular study of the classic London cab when it designed the Taxi Concept.

Designers at the company borrowed a London black cab from a company in Wolfsburg and spent three days studying, measuring and driving it. The designers noted that considered the London cab as an inspiration to the new concept vehicle since it is the most function-specific taxi in the world.