East Coast Volkswagen

East Coast Volkswagen, serving the greater Myrtle Beach area, has an exciting tidbit of news to share with you concerning the 2012 Volkswagen Passat. No, it's not the fact that it was named as the "2012 Car of the Year®" by Motor Trend... Nor is it that it received a "Top Safety Pick" designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety... And we're not even referring to when it was named Cars.com's "Best of 2012."

In fact, we're really not referring to an award or honor of any kind here. What we've come to…

Those who are big Star Wars buffs and dog lovers should continue reading as Volkswagen found a great way to combine the two. There's a new commercial making its way through the internet after Volkswagen premiered it during this year's Super Bowl. The video, officially dubbed "The Bark Side," features a chorus of eleven dogs howling out the "Imperial March" that often denotes Darth Vader's entrance.

What exactly does this have to do with cars, let alone Volkswagen? The video is more or less a follow up to the successful Super Bowl ad from last year. Volkswagen…

It is no surprise that a Volkswagen vehicle once again earned a five-star safety rating from The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA). The company just released more 2012 model-year safety ratings at the close of December and among the ones featured is the Volkswagen Passat. Even with the NHTSA's more stringent guidelines, the Passat proved so resilient in front, rollover, and combined side-pole and barrier tests that it earned a perfect five-star composite score.

You might recognize the side-poll criteria as new to the NHTSA suite of crash tests. Ultimately, it's designed to simulate a car…

A big announcement was recently revealed by Volkswagen. Surprisngly the announcement is not an all-new model or a redesigned favorite. Even though their recent redesigns have been very popular (2012 Volkswagen Jetta, for example), they've announced an (estimated) $3-million dollar investment in an ad-spot during the most watched television program of the year, the 2012 Super Bowl. After one of last year's commercials from the German automaker garnered more then 45-million hits on Youtube, why wouldn't they go for another one?

Viewers of the Super Bowl weren't the only ones who enjoyed "The Force." Adweek named…

One of the best comedies to come out this year was Horrible Bosses, about three 30-some-odd year old men who all have bosses that are the bane of their existence so they pledge to each kill one another's superiors. It sounds a bit dark, but it actually has numerous laughs from beginning to end with a very unique plot that ends up having a few twists and turns. Perhaps, the most interesting thing a few of us at East Coast Volkswagen, serving the greater Myrtle Beach  area, found when watching this hilarious movie was that it features a new…