The new Volkswagen Touareg R is revealed ahead of a Geneva debut with a 456bhp plug-in hybrid powertrain promising performance and economy. VW is going big on electrification (just in case you hadn’t realised) and that doesn’t just mean an endless stream of ID electric vehicles vying for your love, but electrification for ICE stuff […]
Now it’s the turn of the new VW Golf GTI to TEASE its face
Volkswagen has rolled out a tease for the new VW Golf GTI ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, with a single image of the front of the GTI. It looks like the Geneva Motor Show is going to be about the new Volkswagen Golf, or at least its performance models, rather than […]
2020 Volkswagen Golf GTD HALF revealed ahead of Geneva debut
Ahead of a debut at the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen previews the arrival of the Mk8 diesel Golf GTD with a single front-end image. We’re not entirely sure VW’s PR machine is completed committed to the new Golf Mk8, and seems far more interested in the new range of ID. EVs. But a new Golf […]
New Volkswagen Golf Mk8 goes on sale – in a limited way – in the UK
The new VW Golf Mk8 goes on sale in the UK, with the offerings limited to Life and Style models, two petrol and two diesel engines. Costs from £23,875. Even though Volkswagen is now diving deep in to the unknown waters of mass production of EVs, the VW Golf is still the bedrock of the […]
Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet goes on sale in the UK – but will anyone buy VW’s drop-top SUV?
The Volkswagen T-Roc Cabriolet, revealed in production guise last year, goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £26,750. The market for convertible SUVs isn’t one that exactly sets sales charts alive, although there have been a couple of efforts to get buyers to opt for a wind in the hair experience in […]
New electric Volkswagen e-Up! costs from £19,695 in the UK
The new electric Volkswagen e-Up! – complete with a big increase in range – goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £19,695. Last year, ahead of the arrival of the electric Volkswagen ID. 3 this year, VW finally (better late than never) decided they ought to make the electric e-Up! a much […]
2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI to get 238bhp – 2020 Golf R 324bhp
A leaked image from Volkswagen TV appears to show that the 2020 VW Golf GTI will come with 238bhp and the 2020 Golf R with 324bhp. It’s three months since the Volkswagen Golf Mk 8 was revealed as VW launched a new take on their most successful car, despite being busy telling the world that […]
The Volkswagen Up! GTI is back – but there’s a STING in the tail
The Volkswagen Up! GTI has returned to VW’s UK showrooms after a hiatus in 2019, with things much the same but prices up by around £2k. It’s only two years since the Volkswagen Up! GTI went on sale in the UK, bringing a lot of what the original Golf GTI offered as a proper little […]
Volkswagen ‘Charging Robots’ bring Electric Car charging to you in a car park
Volkswagen has developed ‘Charging Robots’ which deliver a charging pack to electric cars in a car park instead of fixed charging points. Whether you’re on VW’s side in believing we’re at the tipping point for electric cars, or Honda’s in believing EVs won’t be mainstream any time soon, recharging of electric cars is still a […]
This is the SOUND of the electric Volkswagen ID. 3
With the electric Volkswagen ID. 3 soon to start hitting UK roads, VW has revealed the sound the ID. 3 will have to make for the first time. Although we fully understand the need to make electric cars emit a sound at low speeds to keep the visually impaired – and the terminally dozy – […]