Carrier championed Jacques Poulin's novel Volkswagen Blues in Canada Reads 2005.

* Jacques Poulin, Volkswagen Blues

Poulin's Volkswagen Blues was selected as a candidate in the CBC's 2005 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Roch Carrier, author and former National Librarian of Canada.

* Nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1984 for Volkswagen Blues.

* Volkswagen Blues — 1984 ( Translated as Volkswagen Blues )

Whilst touring in Australia, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion recorded a cover version of " Black Betty " at Linear Recording for a commercial created by Volkswagen of America's agency Deutsch L. A. Inc. broadcast during Super Bowl Sunday on American television ( 6 February 2011 ).

Three of Fischman's translations have been selected for Canada Reads: Next Episode by Hubert Aquin in 2003 ; Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin in 2005 ; and The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay in 2008.

Volkswagen Blues is a novel by French-Canadian writer Jacques Poulin.

Volkswagen Blues was published in French in 1984 ; it was translated into English by Sheila Fischman and published by McClelland & Stewart in 1988 and subsequently re-issued by Cormorant Books in 2002.

Volkswagen Blues was nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1984 and was one of the selected novels in the 2005 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by author and former National Librarian of Canada, Roch Carrier.

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The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Transporter ( VWN ) factory at Hannover-Stöcken is the biggest employer in the region and operates a huge plant at the northern edge of town adjoining the Mittellandkanal and Motorway A2.

Various kits exist, but one of the most famous names is the Volkswagen Beetle-based " Wombat " ( previously called a HummBug, until the threat of a lawsuit from General Motors forced them to change both the name and the design of the grill to make it look less like the real thing ).

This five-cylinder is a derivative of the Volkswagen Golf EA827 engine, basically a four with another cylinder added.

During December 2009, Porsche SE lost control of Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, which as a result is now a joint venture between Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG.

As of July 5, 2012, Volkswagen is to acquire the 50. 1 per cent in Porsche's capital that it doesn't already hold from holding company Porsche SE for € 4. 46 billion plus one Volkswagen share.

The Cayenne, introduced in 2002, shares its entire chassis with Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7, which is built at the Volkswagen Group factory in Bratislava.

Porsche then formally announced in a press statement that it did not intend to take over Volkswagen Group ( it would set its offer price at the lowest possible legal value ) but intended the move to avoid a competitor taking a large stake, and to stop hedge funds dismantling Volkswagen Group, which is Porsche's most important partner.

Porsche dismissed the bid as a mere formality, since it is Porsche's intention to keep the corporate structure of the Volkswagen Group.

The original design used an Audi-sourced four-speed manual transmission for the 924 mated to VW's EA831 2. 0 L I4 engine, subsequently used in the Audi 100 and the Volkswagen LT van ( common belief is that the engine originated in the LT van, but it first appeared in the Audi car ), as well as in the AMC Gremlin, Concord, and Spirit.

Volkswagen was one of the " defendants "; the case cited is WWV Corp ( original defendant ) v. Woodson ( the Oklahoma state judge )

The latest Octavia is based on Golf Mk5 floorpan, and Fabia is based on the A0 floorpan, although the Fabia was released a year before Volkswagen released their new Polo, based on the same floorpan.

Allen's King Kong Volkswagen commercial from the 1970s is now legendary among model animation enthusiasts.

The automotive sector is among the fastest growing sectors in Slovakia due to the recent large investments of Volkswagen ( Bratislava ), Peugeot ( Trnava ), and Kia Motors ( Žilina Plant, Žilina ).

Apart from its domestic brand SEAT, which is the major contributor to the automotive sector of the country, and Santana Motor, many suppliers and foreign car and truck makers-like Volkswagen, Nissan, Daimler Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Renault, GM / Opel, PSA Peugeot / Citroën, Iveco ,... etc.

The Shanghai-based SAIC Motor is one of the three largest automotive corporations in China, and has strategic partnerships with Volkswagen and General Motors.

Volkswagen ( abbreviated VW ) is a German automobile manufacturer and the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group.

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Recent forced induction V6 engines have delivered horsepower and torque output comparable to contemporary larger displacement, naturally aspirated V8 engines, while reducing fuel consumption and emissions, such as the Volkswagen Group's 3. 0 TFSI which is supercharged and directly injected, and Ford Motor Company's turbocharged and directly injected EcoBoost V6, both of which have been compared to Volkswagen's 4. 2 V8 engine.

* The 10. 6 ° and 15 ° Volkswagen VR6, which is such a narrow angle it can use a single cylinder head and double overhead camshafts for both cylinder banks.

Some speakers therefore shorten the name " double u " into " dub " only ; for example, University of Washington, University of Wyoming and University of Western Australia are all known colloquially as " U Dub ", and the automobile company Volkswagen, abbreviated VW, is sometimes pronounced " V-Dub ".

The first 356 was road certified in Austria on June 8, 1948, and used many Volkswagen parts for manufacturing economy.

The Phaeton body is fabricated and painted at the Volkswagen works at Zwickau, Germany, and the completed bodies are transported approximately 100 km by special road transport vehicles to the main factory.

Enthusiasts often either use the OEM ECU and engine management from a newer Volkswagen Group car to control the Haldex centre clutch using the standard ABS road wheel speed sensors-or can buy aftermarket controllers that supply the relevant pulse-width modulation to actuate the clutch and transfer drive to the rear wheels either via simple variable dial or based on throttle position sensor ( TPS ) calculations.

A Volkswagen New Beetle | Volkswagen Beetle (" Bug ") owner in response to fag graffiti spray-painted on her car christened it " The Fagbug " and embarked on a trans-United States | American road trip to raise awareness of homophobia and LGBT rights that was documented in a film of the same name.

* In episode " Bendin ' in the Wind " of the animated series Futurama, Fry, Leela, Amy and Dr. Zoidberg follow Beck's musical tour in a Volkswagen microbus and soon run out of money during their cross country road trip.

The Techart Porsche 911 Turbo of Nick Morley and Matthew McConville hit an oncoming Volkswagen Golf ; in court, the prosecution alleged a speed of 161 km / h ( other reports contend a speed of 200 km / h or more, while others doubt such a speed would be practical given the poor road conditions ).

The Audi Quattro is a road and rally car, produced by the German automobile manufacturer Audi, now part of the Volkswagen Group.

This road is shown in the opening credits of the 1980 film The Shining, as Jack Torrance's Volkswagen glides past Saint Mary Lake and up the road, underneath a small tunnel and onward, presumably going to the Overlook Hotel for his job interview as a caretaker.

Anthony leaves the house in a Volkswagen Beetle convertible ( which had his father's Rolls Royce radiator grill on the front in an attempt to cool the mid-engine ), a car which is subsequently left smoking on the side of the road.

Trained as an engineer, Piëch influenced the development of numerous significant cars including the Audi Quattro, Volkswagen New Beetle, Audi R8, Lamborghini Gallardo, Volkswagen Phaeton, and notably, the Bugatti Veyron, which as of 2011 is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive road legal automobile ever built.

In 2011 Volkswagen Group Australia opened their new national headoffice on Muir road, complete with a parts distribution centre.