Volkswagen celebrates the 45th anniversary of the first Golf GTI with the titivated Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport 45. Every five years, Volkswagen rolls out a ‘celebration’ Golf GTI to celebrate the GTI’s arrival in 1976, like the Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40, Golf GTI Edition 35 and on backwards to 1996. So with a new […]
Volkswagen Tiguan R now on sale in the UK. This, or wait for the VW Golf R Estate?
The Volkswagen Tiguan R is now on sale in the UK with prices starting from £45,915, but should you wait for the Volkswagen Golf R Estate instead? The whole Volkswagen ‘R’ thing started out as a performance take on the Golf with the Golf R32 back in 2003 to create a range-topping hot hatch. But […]
Volkswagen Tiguan gets the Golf GTI’s engine to fill a gap to the Tiguan R
Volkswagen has added the Golf GTI’s 242bhp engine to the Tiguan range, and a de-tuned 187bhp version, to fill the gap to the Tiguan R. Until now, if you wanted a petrol engine for the Volkswagen Tiguan you were limited to the 148bp 1.5 litre TSI, but then VW went a bit daft and announced […]
VW Volkswagen ID.3 gets CHEAPER with the arrival of the ID.3 Pro
Volkswagen puts on sale the ID.3 Pro, a cheaper version of the electric ID.3 with 143bhp electric motor and costing from £28,670 (after PiCG). When Volkswagen put the ID.3 on sale, the only powertrain option was the Prto Performance with a 58kWh battery driving a 201bhp electric motor on the back wheels, with the promise […]
Volkswagen plan to sell MORE than 100,000 electric ID.4 this year
The electric Volkswagen ID.4 – VW’s new electric SUV – will sell more than 100,000 in 2021 according to VW’s Board Member for Sales Klaus Zellmer. It’s only a bit over a week since the electric Volkswagen ID.4 went on sale in the UK as VW’s SUV take on the underpinnings of the already available […]
Volkswagen ID.4 Electric SUV on sale in the UK – price from £37,800 (after PiCG)
The VW ID.4 – Volkswagen’s second electric ID model – goes on sale in the UK as a First Edition with 77kWh battery, 310-mile range and £37,800 price tag. We’ve had Volkswagen’s first ‘ID’ electric car for a while with the ID.3 Hatch, but the car VW expect to be the sales star is the […]
Volkswagen ID.3 helps VW’s electric car sales in 2020 to TREBLE
The electric Volkswagen ID.3 has helped Volkswagen to treble the number of electric cars sold in 2020, and increase sales of PHEVs too. We all know Volkswagen is in the process of reinventing itself as a purveyor of fluffy green transport as it tries to move on from Dieselgate and keep on the right side […]
VW e-Golf is the LEAST depreciating electric car, and for hybrid it’s the Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid
The electric Volkswagen e-Golf is the UK’s slowest depreciating electric car, and the Porsche Panamera E-Hybrid the least depreciating hybrid. It’s still an uncomfortable fact that electric cars are just too expensive for ordinary car buyers to consider, and until that changes, and electric cars can be sold profitably, and without subsidy, at parity with […]
Volkswagen’s mobile charging robot for EVs becomes a ‘real’ prototype
Volkswagen are back with their mobile charging robot for EVs, allowing the charging of electric cars without the need for installing multiple charge points in car parks. With Volkswagen on a mission to change themselves from the world leader in ‘clean’ diesels to the world leader in ‘clean’ EVs, there’s lots to do to ensure […]
Electric Volkswagen E-Golf Production ENDS to make way for ID.3
Production of the electric Volkswagen E-Golf has ended in Germany as VW gear up to replace it with production of the new ID.3. It’s well over a year since the Volkswagen Golf Mk8 was revealed, and a bit under a year since the Golf Mk8 went on sale in the UK, so you might have […]