The Volkswagen ID Aero arrives as a preview for what’s expected to be the VW ID.6 electric saloon for the UK and Europe in 2024. So far, Volkswagen’s electric ID odyssey has seen an understandable focus on delivering electric Crossovers and SUVs to coax buyers in to EVs and out of ICE cars. But that’s […]
Volkswagen ID Aero Concept sketch PREVIEWS electric saloon aimed at Tesla Model 3, Polestar 2 and more
Volkswagen is previewing a new electric ID saloon – the VW ID Aero – heading for China but also coming to the UK and Europe. We all know that saloon cars are dead, and all any car buyer wants is an SUV or Crossover. Trouble is, no one’s told Tesla – still selling mountains of […]
Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5 GTX models get a bit of an UPDATE
Volkswagen is updating the ‘sporty’ GTX versions of the electric ID.4 and ID.5 with cosmetic tweaks and equipment upgrades. It’s getting on for a year since the VW ID.4 GTX went on sale in the UK as VW’s electric equivalent of GTI models, although the power and performance on offer was perhaps a little underwhelming, […]
Electric VW ID.5 gets CHEAPER with new ‘Style’ trim – but still costs £50k
Volkswagen reveals a new Style trim for the ID.5 Coupe SUV, available at prices from £49,735 rising to £55,570 for the GTX Style. [adrotate group=”4″As Volkswagen continues its mission to dominate the EV market, they’re busy adding new varients to try and tempt buyers in. The latest of these is a new trim level – […]
Electric VW ID.4 Pro 4MOTION adds new AWD option to the ID.4 range
VW is extending the ID.4 electric range with the addition of the ID.4 Pro 4MOTION, a second AWD version joining the ID.4 GTX. Volkswagen’s mission to reinvent itself as an electric car company is gathering pace, with the ID.3 followed by the ID.4 last year, and the ID.5 here as an ID.4 SUV Coupe. With […]
Volkswagen coughs up £193 MILLION to draw a line under Dieslegate in the UK
Volkswagen is to pay £193 million to settle ‘Dieselgate’ claims in the UK, drawing a line under the seven-year-old scandal. It’s almost seven years since the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal first reared its head as the world discovered VW had been fitting ‘Defeat Devices‘ to its cars to cover excess NOx emissions, since when VW has […]
Volkswagen Touareg EDITION 20 celebrates two decades of VW’s big SUV
The Volkswagen Touareg EDITION 20 arrives to celebrate two decades of VW’s Touareg, with cosmetic tweaks and four engine choices. It’s two decades since the VW Touareg arrived as VW’s biggest SUV, with its basic underpinnings also heading to Porsche for the Cayenne and Audi for the Q7. VW has been bold in the past […]
Nissan Qashqai and VW ID.5 get TOP marks in Euro NCAP Assisted Driving Tests
The latest Euro NCAP Assisted Driving Test results are out, with the new Nissan Qashqai and VW ID.5 scoring top marks. We’re all aware of the Euro NCAP tests, where car makers’ latest and greatest models are subjected to a round of increasingly strict crash tests to rate their safety. But times move on, and […]
Volkswagen wants you to know the new Amarok Pick-up is special
The new Volkswagen Amarok – twin to the new Ford Ranger – will soon debut, ahead of which Volkswagen is bigging up their new pick-up. We’ve already seen the arrival of the new Ford Ranger pick-up, and its brother from another mother – the new Volkswagen Amarok – is due to debut soon, and after […]
Volkswagen’s Electric ID cars getting COMPREHENSIVE software update
Volkswagen is rolling out a comprehensive update to the software on its electric ID models including new driver assistance and updated voice control. Volkswagen’s electric ID models may be turning up on every street corner at the moment, but they’ve had a bit of a rocky ride with glitchy software – certainly early cars – […]