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Freshened Passat put to test at VW's secret desert proving ground

Even locals don't know exactly what's behind the hedges at VW's Arizona Proving Grounds. (GOOGLE EARTH)
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By:
Larry P. Vellequette
December 16, 2018 12:12 PM

MARICOPA, Ariz. — Here in the Sonoran Desert, shielded from prying eyes by an impenetrable wall of 15-foot-tall shrubs, lies a supersecret torture camp for cars.

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