A Volkswagen XL1 – Volkswagen’s ‘Super Hybrid – is going under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions next month with an estimate of £95-115k. Back in 2011, Volkswagen revealed the XL1 as a look at the future of cars, with looks from a 1930s Hollywood Sci-Fi future film, a tiny 800cc diesel engine with 47bhp mated […]
New Volkswagen T-Cross baby SUV TEASED on video ahead of this week’s debut
The new Volkswagen compact SUV – the VW T-Cross – debuts on 25 October, ahead of which VW deliver a video tease to tempt the interested. It could be argued that the last thing the world needs is yet another small, urban SUV from the VW Group, but that’s what we’re getting with the new […]
VW Golf GTI for sale with one ‘CAREFUL’ owner – Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson has decided to sell his ‘daily driver’ 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI, advertising it in Drive Tribe for £21,500. Jeremy Clarkson has had an eclectic range of cars in his time, including fast Fords, quick Jags, Range Rovers, Lamborghinis and Ferraris and even a Mercedes Grosser, but one car he does seem to dote […]
New Volkswagen Touareg gets new, lower power, diesel engine option
The new Volkwagen Touareg can now be had with a lower power 3.0 litre TDI with 228bhp. Prices start from £48,996. The new Volkawagen Toureg – VW’s flagship SUV – arrived in March based on the same platform as other big VW Group SUVs like the Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7 and Bentley Bentayga, and went […]
Volkswagen Grand California Camper Van arrives for BIGGER camping adventures
The Volkswagen Grand California Camper Van has been revealed as Volkswagen deliver a super-sized version of its California Camper. By American standards the new Volkswagen Grand California Camper Van is a minnow, but by UK standards it’s a big camper for proper family adventures. Based on the medium wheelbase Crafter, it’s almost six metres long and […]
Volkswagen T-ROC gets new 1.6 litre diesel option – but why would you want it?
The Volkswagen T-ROC can now be bought with a new 1.6 litre TDI diesel engine, adding to the three petrol engine and single 2.0 litre diesel option. But why would you want one? Volkswagen’s compact T-ROC SUV appears to be doing good business, selling over 100,000 so far, and, until now, it came with a […]
WLTP Emissions KILLS the VW Golf GTI early – don’t VW have a software ‘fix’ for that?
The new Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test, due to kick in in September, sees Volkswagen kill off the Golf GTI a year before they normally would. You’ve probably started to notice changes to new car performance and economy figures as car makers rush to test their cars under the new WLTP standards – due to come […]
Watch Volkswagen’s I.D. R SMASH the Goodwood FoS Hillclimb EV record
The Volkswagen I.D. R electric racer, built to take on the Pikes Peak Hillclimb, has now smashed the electric car record on the Goodwood Hillclimb. Now Volkswagen is reinventing itself as a caring, climate aware, ‘clean’ car maker in the wake of the Dieslegate crisis, it’s planning a headlong dive in to a plethora of […]
Volkswagen T-Cross TEASED as VW prepare you for their Nissan Juke rival
Another VW SUV / Crossover is on the way in the guise of the VW T-Cross, teased ahead of what we assume is an official arrival at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The idea of yet another VW SUV come Crossover may make you wonder how many variations on a theme buyers want, by VW are […]
Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak EV SMASHES all-time record
Volkswagen’s I.D. R Pikes Peak – a monster 671bhp electric VW designed to take on Pikes Peak Hill Climb, has taken the all-time record. Now VW want us to think of them as a fluffy-bunny, responsible car makers valiantly striving to bring the world clean, green and often electric cars – rather than that dirty diesel […]