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May 26, 2013

2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 spy video

2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 spy video still

We have video of the next generation Golf R – the 2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 – testing on track at the Nurburgring ahead of a likely debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. We did think, a few weeks ago when VW were playing tease with a ‘Frozen Beast’ teaser, that they were about to [...]

2013 Volkswagen Passat R-Line & new 1.4 TSI arrive

2013 Volkswagen Passat R-Line

The 2013 Volkswagen Passat R-Line has arrived to add a bit more style in to the Passat – saloon and estate – and there’s a new 1.4 TSI petrol engine option too. The Volkswagen range is hugely successful and largely appealing, but it’s not always the most dynamic looking range of cars on offer. Which is why [...]

VW Beetle GSR: Price from £24,900

Photo of limited edition yellow and black Volkswagen Beetle GSR

Volkswagen has revealed that the limited edition VW Beetle GSR – a homage to the ‘Yellow-Black Racer – will costs from £24,900. Just 100 Beetle GSRs available in the UK. Back in February, at the Chicago Auto Show, we revealed the limited edition VW Beetle GSR, a sporty Beetle with extra power and custom paint [...]

The Best Diesel Car…in the World!

2013 VW Golf Mk 7 Diesel Photo

The Best Diesel Car in the world – according to Diesel Car Magazine – is the new Volkswagen Golf Mk 7  winning in their 2013 awards for the best diesel cars on sale today. There’s no question that diesel cars have become the default buy for motorists in the UK, despite them being only of [...]

VW Design Vision GTI gets 500bhp: Worthersee

VW Design Vision GTI Sketch

The Volkswagen Design Vision GTI is a one-off Golf GTI built to show at this week’s Worthersee Show as a track-focused, lowered and lightened Golf with 500bhp. The Worthersee meeting in Austria always garners extreme versions of VW’s group cars, and this year is no different. Say hello to a VW Golf with a 3.0 [...]

Is the Volkswagen BlueSport Roadster back on?

VW BlueSport Roadster photo

Volkswagen’s BlueSport Roadster – which was planned to be rolled out across the VW Group – died a death, but it now appears to be back in play. Back in 2009, VW revealed their BlueSport Roadster  a relatively affordable small Roadster with the appeal of a Mazda MX-5 and it looked to be a no-brainer route [...]

Volkswagen Scirocco Million celebrates a million Sciroccos – but not for the UK

Volkswagen Scirocco Million

A special edition VW Scirroco – the Volkswagen Scirocco Million – celebrates a million sales of the VW Scirocco, but only for China and Germany. A million sales of a particular model of a car is something to celebrate, so Volkswagen is building a special edition Scirocco – the Scirocco Million ()catchy little name) – [...]

2013 VW Golf TDI BlueMotion Mk 7 costs from £20,335

2013 VW Golf TDI BlueMotion Mk 7 Photo

Volkswagen has announced that the most economical Golf ever – the new VW Golf TDI BlueMotion – will cost from £20,335 in the UK. Now on sale. Although you should take the official fuel economy figures of the new VW Golf TDI BlueMotion with a huge pinch of salt in the real world, official economy [...]

VW Group planning 10-speed DSG, new powerful diesel engine & more plug-in hybrids

VW Group 10SPeed DSG, Powerful diuesels and more plug-in hybrids

Volkswagen has a new 10-speed DSG gearbox in development, a new diesel engine with electric boost delivering 136bhp per litre and will roll out more plug-in hybrids. The end of the internal combustion engine is nigh, they say, as the world tries to clean up its environmental act and works towards a goal of electric motors to [...]

Volkswagen Rock Up! & Groove Up! launch

Volklswagen special edition Rock Up! with big grey stripe

Volkswagen has revealed a pair of Up! special models – the VW Groove Up! and Rock Up! – both with cosmetic tweaks and extra equipment and VW’s 1.0 litre 3-cylinder engine. It’s already getting on for two years since the VW Up! arrived as Volkswagen’s main weapon in the city car market, so it’s well overdue for [...]