The new Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV is getting a performance model – the VW ID.4 GTX – arriving in 2021 with 4WD and 302bhp. The second of Volkswagen’s new ID range of electric cars arrived in view in September as VW added the ID.4 to the ID.3, and as the ID.4 is a car destined […]
New Volkswagen Golf R and VW Golf GTI Clubsport now on sale in the UK
Volkswagen’s new Golf Performance models – the Golf R and Golf GTI Clubsport – go on sale in the UK with prices from £37,215 and £39,270 respectively. Having got the ‘regular’ versions of the new Volkswagen Golf out and on sale, VW recently turned its focus on new performance models, with the new Golf R […]
CHEAPER electric cars planned by Volkswagen – and an ICE model cull too
Volkswagen in planning cheaper electric cars to join its ID offerings and due in 2023, and an ICE model cull too. We learnt only yesterday that the electric VW ID.3 is the best-selling EV in Europe (well, in October it was), and before long the electric ID.4 SUV will go on sale, followed by more […]
New Volkswagen Golf Estate – and rufty-tufty Golf Alltrack – go on sale in the UK
The Mk8 version of the Volkswagen Golf Estate – and the high-riding Golf Alltrack – go on sale in the UK from £24,575. Volkswagen may be pushing hard down the electric road with the new ID.3 and ID.4, but it’s still the Golf that pays the bills. And despite the VW ID.3 being the best […]
Volkswagen ID.3 was the best-selling ELECTRIC car in Europe in October
The new electric Volkswagen ID.3 makes its mark in Europe, becoming the best-selling electric car in a difficult market. New car registrations have been decimated this year in the wake of Covid, and sales/registrations of new cars across Europe was down by seven per cent in October compared to the same period in 2019. But […]
Dieselgate: VW cheat device FIX “Replaced one cheat device with another” say lawyers: UPDATED
Lawyers suing Volkswagen over the Dieselgate emissions fixing scandal in the UK claim the ‘fix’ VW delivered is in fact another ‘cheat’ device. Update: VW has been in touch to ask that we include a statement from them on this story, which you can find at the bottom of the page. It’s five years since […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.4 COUPE spied as VW already look to expand the ID.4 range
The newly revealed Volkswagen ID.4 electric SUV looks set to get a coupe sibling as spy video of an ID.4 with coupe roofline arrives. It’s only been a bit over a month since the VW ID.4 was revealed as Volkswagen build on the ID.3 to deliver an SUV take on the electric ID range, an […]
New Volkswagen Golf R ARRIVES officially – and it’ll ‘drift’
The new 2021 Volkswagen Golf R is revealed as the range-topping Golf Mk 8, with 316bhp from its 2.0 litre turbo petrol and four-wheel drive. We’ve had a couple of teases for the new VW Golf R (here and here), and earlier this year we had a sneaky look at the new Golf R and […]
New Volkswagen Golf R TEASED again ahead of 4 November reveal
The new Mk8 version of the Volkswagen Golf R is teased again ahead of a full reveal due on 4 November 2020. We’ve already seen Volkswagen reveal performance models in the new Mk8 Golf range, with the Golf GTI, GTD and GTE all arriving together, and the more focussed new Golf GTI Clubsport arriving earlier […]
New ELECTRIC VW ID.3 matches the new VW Golf Mk8’s Five Star Euro NCAP rating
The new Volkswagen ID.3, the first of VW’s new ID family of electric cars, scores a five star Euro NCAP rating in the latest safety tests. Rational or not, many car buyers are wary of electric cars not just because of the high purchase price and patchy charging infrastructure (growing, but still unacceptably unreliable), but […]