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 […]
New Volkswagen Golf GTD – the diesel Golf ‘GT’ – on sale in the UK from £32,790
The new Volkswagen Golf GTD, the diesel sibling to the Golf GTI and GTE, goes on sale in the UK with prices starting from £32,790. Having focussed on the launch of the electric ID.3, Volkswagen finally remembered which side its bread is really buttered and got round to launching the VW Golf Mk8 this time […]
New Volkswagen Golf R TEASED ahead of reveal on 4 November
The new Volkswagen Golf R Mk8 will debut on 4 November 2020, ahead of which we get a brief glimpse in a new teaser video from VW. We’ve had no shortage of variants of the VW Golf Mk8, from the regular models to the GTI, GTD and GTE and even a new Golf Clubsport just […]
ELECTRIC VW ID.3 range extended – now starts at under £30k
Volkswagen puts more ID.3 models on sale in the UK with a choice of trim levels and prices starting at £29,995 for the ID.3 Life. Until now, the only VW ID.3 you can actually buy has been the ID.3 First Edition, but now they have started to arrive in the UK VW is extending the […]
New VW Golf GTI Clubsport ARRIVES with 296bhp to replace the old Golf GTI TCR
Volkswagen adds to the offerings in the Golf range with the arrival of the new VW Golf GTI Clubsport with 296bhp and many tweaks. Volkswagen seem to be in a bit of a hurry to churn out as many variants of the new Golf MK8 as they can, perhaps believing they need to get as […]
New Volkswagen Golf GTI goes on sale in the UK, as does the new GTE plug-in hybrid
The new Volkswagen Golf GTI goes on sale in the UK with prices from £33,460, alongside the new Golf GTE starting at £35,960. The new VW Golf GTI arrived back in February – alongside the new GTE and GTD – as VW started to reveal the more interesting new Golfs, and now both the new […]