The Volkswagen T-Roc Black Edition is a limited-run T-Roc offering styling and equipment extras to add showroom appeal to the T-Roc. Costs from £23,750. It’s getting on for three years since the VW T-Roc arrived as VW looked for a piece of the Nissan Qashqai’s market, and it’s been rather successful and grown in to […]
Volkswagen ABT eTransporter 6.1 turns the VW Transporter ELECTRIC
Volkswagen reveal their forts electric van in the UK, the ABT eTransporter 6.1, with an 82-mile range, one-tonne load capacity and prices starting at £42,000. As good a way as any to cut emissions in cities like London is to get white van man in to electric vans, and make the ‘Last Mile’ deliveries zero […]
New Volkswagen Golf deliveries SUSPENDED over software problem – could affect SEAT, Skoda and Audi too
Volkswagen has suspended deliveries of the new Golf Mk 8 as software problems mean the emergency calls system doesn’t work properly. This year should be a big year for Volkswagen, with the roll-out of the electric ID.3 and ID.4 and the latest Golf – the VW Golf Mk 8 – starting to hit the road. […]
New 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan facelift TEASED in VW sketch
Volkswagen teases a 2020 facelift for the VW Tiguan SUV with a design sketch, showing a new look and promising improvements in technology. Volkswagen’s main focus, aside from Covid-19 concerns, is on the new VW ID.3 EV which should start appearing in VW’s showrooms this summer, and, to a lesser extent, the new VW Golf […]
Volkswagen opens its VIRTUAL Motor Show stand for Geneva – from new Golf to ID EVs
The Geneva Motor Show may have been cancelled, but Volkswagen has created a virtual brand show stand to view and interact with their cars. As we know, the 2020 Geneva Motor Show was cancelled as the Covid-19 outbreak gathered pace, and car makers’ plans to deliver new product to an eager public were wrecked. Of […]
UK drivers score a High Court win in battle with Volkswagen for Dieselgate justice
Volkswagen has suffered a defeat at the hands of UK owners in the High Court as it is ruled that the Dieselgate scandal did see illegal devices fitted by VW. It’ll be five years this year since the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal erupted as it became clear VW had used nefarious methods to understate the true […]
Volkswagen Golf GTI UPGRADE from Mountune delivers 380bhp – which seems overkill
The Volkswagen Golf GTI – the Mk7/7.5 version – can be upgraded by Mountune to deliver 380bhp, improving the 0-62mph by around 1.0 second or so for £2,099. The VW Golf GTI has been the hot hatch of choice for as long as there have been hot hatches, not because it’s the quickest or the […]
Volkswagen teases the new ‘Ford’ Amarok – but don’t expect it to be this BUTCH
Volkswagen’s tie-up with Ford will yield a new Volkswagen Amarok, based on the next Ford Ranger, and VW starts its tease ahead of a debut in late 2021. As car makers face uncertain times (even more so with the current Covid-19 problems), co-operation between even the biggest car brands is essential to make cost-effective, profitable […]
Electric Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4 to be joined by ID.1 City Car and ID.2 Supermini
Volkswagen are already planning to fill the gap below the ID.3 and ID.4 with a new electric ID.1 City car and an ID.2 to take on cars like the Peugeot e-208. Once we all get past the current Covid-19 crisis – which we will – we’ll be back to countenancing a world where electric cars […]
Volkswagen say the ELECTRIC VW ID.3 is CHEAPER to buy and run than the VW Golf
Volkswagen declares that buying and running an electric VW ID.3 will be cheaper than the equivalent ICE car, including their own Golf. Running an electric car is a chunk cheaper than running an ICE car, in no small part because the electricity you use to run an EV costs an awful lot less than the […]