Production of the Volkswagen Beetle has finally ended, eighty years since the Beetle was created as a ‘People’s Car’ by the German Nazis in the 1930s. Has any car got as diverse a history as the Volkswagen Beetle? From its birth as a ‘People’s Car’ in the 1930s propaganda and control of the Third Reich […]
Volkswagen’s latest marketing WHEEZE – ‘Rolls-Royce’ alloy wheel centres
Volkswagen has launched self-levelling alloy wheel centres as an option on some models, delivering, they say, super-luxury to their cars. You know that what you really want – what you really, really want – is to have the luxury of a Rolls-Royce in your VW. But as VW don’t own Rolls-Royce (although they do own […]
2020 Volkswagen E-Up! longer range CONFIRMED
The new VW E-Up! will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, and will come with a range of 155 miles confirms VW in the Netherlands. We like the VW Up! (despite its exclamation mark), but we’ve never been able to get our heads around why VW delivered an electric Up! with a silly […]
Volkswagen ID R Electric ‘Racer’ takes ALL TIME Goodwood Hillcimb record (video) UPDATED
The Volkswagen ID R adds to its tally of performance records by taking the all time record for the Hillclimb run at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Updated: The VW ID R has already broken its own record on the Goodwood FoS Hillcimb, recording a time of 39.9 seconds. We’ve updated the video below to […]
VW ID.3 Electric Hatch – 125kW battery CHARGING and 8-Year Battery Warranty
The Volkswagen ID.3 electric Hatch will be able to rapid charge at up to 125kW, and its batteries get an eight-year warranty. The Volkswagen ID.3 – VW’s new electric Hatch it hopes will take the EV world by storm – has been drip-fed to us for a while as VW try to build excitement for […]
Volkswagen wants to give you an ELECTRIC e-Golf for 48 hours so you fall in love with EVs
The Volkswagen e-Golf – VW’s electric take on the ubiquitous Golf – is available for 48-hour test drives as VW push to get EVs accepted by car buyers. We do think VW’s headlong rush in to EVs is a risky move, one spurred on by a need to cut average CO2 and as an attempt […]
Volkswagen’s Dieselgate MEA CULPA – to a Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack
Volkswagen has delivered a new promotional video for the ID Buzz – called ‘Hello Light – admitting Dieselgate and underlining its new ‘Green’ direction. It’s been clear that Volkswagen has been on a mission since Dieselgate to transform its image as a maker of dirty and illegal diesel-engined cars in to a maker of everything […]
Volkswagen ID R Electric ‘Racer’ takes Nurburgring EV record
The Volkswagen ID R – VW’s electric ‘racer, designed to show what an electric car can do – has broken the Nurburgring record for an electric car. Now Volkswagen wants to be known as a champion of ‘clean’ electric, and not ‘clean’ diesel, it’s been going to some lengths to big-up the future of electric […]
Mountune launches new Tuning Brand for Volkswagen Performance
Mountune is expanding its reach from For tuning to take on Volkswagen tuning in partnership with US Wheel company fifteen52. Brentwood-based Mountune is renowned as the tuner of choice for performance hungry punters who want a boost for their Ford but without wrecking the warranty. But being a Ford approved performance fettler is clearly not […]
Volkswagen’s new electric car will be the VW ID.3 – and it’ll cost from £26k
The Volkswagen ID.3 is the first of VW’s new range of electric cars, arriving in 2020 and costing from around £26k in the UK. We’ve had plenty of teases and promises for VW’s new ID range of electric cars, but now we know for sure the firts out of the gate is the ID.3 – […]