The Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet is revealed ahead of a debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show as VW fills a niche for a drop-top SUV we didn’t know existed. Convertible SUVs are not exactly thick on the ground, and there’s probably a reason for that – buyers don’t want them. The Nissan Murano Convertible didn’t set […]
Volkswagen boss says ‘Tipping Point’ for ELECTRIC cars is very close
As Volkswagen continues its electric car offensive, a VW boss claims the tipping point for electric cars – cost parity with ICE cars – is very close. It’s not exactly a closely guarded secret that Volkswagen is on a mission to convince us it’s a clean, green fluffy-bunny car maker, throwing its considerable expertise (and […]
VW ELECTRIC car platform to underpin new FORD EV
Ford will take advantage of VW’s new MEB Platform for electric cars by building at least one new electric car for Europe in 2023. As car makers realise the cost of moving in to electric cars to have a chance of meeting ever stricter average emissions regulations, commercial tie-ups are going to proliferate. That explains […]
This is the last EVER Volkswagen Beetle
Production of the Volkswagen Beetle has finally ended, eighty years since the Beetle was created as a ‘People’s Car’ by the German Nazis in the 1930s. Has any car got as diverse a history as the Volkswagen Beetle? From its birth as a ‘People’s Car’ in the 1930s propaganda and control of the Third Reich […]
Volkswagen’s latest marketing WHEEZE – ‘Rolls-Royce’ alloy wheel centres
Volkswagen has launched self-levelling alloy wheel centres as an option on some models, delivering, they say, super-luxury to their cars. You know that what you really want – what you really, really want – is to have the luxury of a Rolls-Royce in your VW. But as VW don’t own Rolls-Royce (although they do own […]
2020 Volkswagen E-Up! longer range CONFIRMED
The new VW E-Up! will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, and will come with a range of 155 miles confirms VW in the Netherlands. We like the VW Up! (despite its exclamation mark), but we’ve never been able to get our heads around why VW delivered an electric Up! with a silly […]
Volkswagen ID R Electric ‘Racer’ takes ALL TIME Goodwood Hillcimb record (video) UPDATED
The Volkswagen ID R adds to its tally of performance records by taking the all time record for the Hillclimb run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Updated: The VW ID R has already broken its own record on the Goodwood FoS Hillcimb, recording a time of 39.9 seconds. We’ve updated the video below to […]
VW ID.3 Electric Hatch – 125kW battery CHARGING and 8-Year Battery Warranty
The Volkswagen ID.3 electric Hatch will be able to rapid charge at up to 125kW, and its batteries get an eight-year warranty. The Volkswagen ID.3 – VW’s new electric Hatch it hopes will take the EV world by storm – has been drip-fed to us for a while as VW try to build excitement for […]
Volkswagen wants to give you an ELECTRIC e-Golf for 48 hours so you fall in love with EVs
The Volkswagen e-Golf – VW’s electric take on the ubiquitous Golf – is available for 48-hour test drives as VW push to get EVs accepted by car buyers. We do think VW’s headlong rush in to EVs is a risky move, one spurred on by a need to cut average CO2 and as an attempt […]
Volkswagen’s Dieselgate MEA CULPA – to a Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack
Volkswagen has delivered a new promotional video for the ID Buzz – called ‘Hello Light – admitting Dieselgate and underlining its new ‘Green’ direction. It’s been clear that Volkswagen has been on a mission since Dieselgate to transform its image as a maker of dirty and illegal diesel-engined cars in to a maker of everything […]