I owned one when I was in college, and loved it. It's a cool little car, and owners love them..it's almost cult like. Can't wait to see the new lineup.

Fighting to keep a handhold in America, the automaker does a deep dive into American tastes and rolls out some larger, better-equipped, but also value-priced vehicles that sell like crazy.

“VW is one of the most promising brands for the rest of this year and next year,” says Jesse Toprak, in charge of forecasting market trends for auto researcher TrueCar.com.

The purveyor of interesting, German-flavored vehicles that are getting more American all the time is riding a streak of hefty monthly sales increases.

In the first nine months of this year, VW brand sales are up about 22%, more than twice the overall market rise of 10%, according to tally master Autodata

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