The 2021 Volkswagen Polo prices and specifications are announced as the new Polo goes on sale in the UK. Priced from £17,885. Volkswagen may be obsessed with trying to flog electric ID models to a customer base not ready to spend twice as much on an EV as they would on an ICE so, sensibly, […]
Volkswagen plan to keep their electric car batteries FOREVER
Volkswagen plans to offer used EV leases with its ID family of electric cars, aiming to retain ownership of the batteries forever. Every day we see more and more electric cars hitting showrooms as carmakers try to deliver a wide range of EVs to tempt buyers to give up ICE now, rather than in 2030 […]
VW ID Life Concept arrives to preview the 2025 VW ID.2
The VW ID Life Concept arrives to preview a new VW ID.2 Crossover due to arrive in 2025 at prices starting under £20k. It’s a long time until 2025, but that’s the timeline for the transformation of this, the VW ID Life Concept, from a concept to a production EV badged ID.2. As much as […]
Volkswagen Tiguan eHybrid – VW’s plug-in Hybrid Tiguan – now on sale
The new Volkswagen Tiguan eHybrid (PHEV) goes on sale in the UK promising 30 miles of EV range and prices starting from £35,515. It’s more than a year since VW topped off the facelifted Tiguan with a Tiguan R, but it’s taken all this time for the plug-in version of the facelifted Tiguan – the […]
VW boss condemns WOEFUL electric car charging experience – from Ionity
Volkswagen Group boss Herbert Diess slams the standard of facilities and charging experience at the part-VW-owned Ionity charging network. One of the biggest obstacles to mass EV takeup – apart from the unaffordable price – is the perception that charging your EV on the go is both time-consuming, expensive and unreliable. That, in part, explains […]
Volkswagen ID.5 GTX – an ID.4 GTX Coupe – heading for public view in September
The Volkswagen ID.5 GTX – the ‘Coupe’ take on the electric ID.4 GTX – is heading for the Munich motor show as a ‘disguised production concept’. We’ve already seen the arrival of the VW ID.4 GTX as a new ‘Performance’ take on the ID.4 SUV – and the arrival of a new performance badge in […]
New Volkswagen Taigo Coupe SUV – because we don’t have enough VW SUVs
The new Volkswagen Taigo arrives as a new SUV for the VW range – and with a ‘coupe’ roof – to sit alongside the T-Cross as a ‘Lifestyle buy. It’s hard to see why VW needs yet another SUV in its range to tempt buyers, but they clearly believe there’s a gap for a ‘Lifestyle […]
Volkswagen ID.4 GTX electric ‘Performance’ SUV goes on sale in the UK – costs from £48,510
The Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, VW’s performance version of the electric ID.4 SUV, goes on sale in the UK with prices from £48,510. It’s a couple of months since the Volkswagen ID.4 GTX was revealed as VW delivered its first electric performance GTX model. And now it’s going on sale in the UK with prices from […]
New Volkswagen Golf R Estate REVEALED ahead of Goodwood FoS public debut
The new Volkswagen R Estate is revealed ahead of its Goodwood FoS debut with the same 316bhp as the R Hatch, but with room for added ‘stuff’. We’ve already seen the Mk8 VW Golf R, and we’ve also seen the new VW Golf Estate. Now Volkswagen brings the two together with the new VW Golf […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4 range shake-up brings actual choice
Volkswagen’s electric offerings – the VW ID.3 and VW ID.4 – get a major range shake-up that abandons fixed specs and delivers more choice. Car makers have always loved a long options list to tempt buyers into spending far more than they intend, but as we see the acquisition of cars emulating a phone contract […]