Volkswagen continues its sales offensive by adding a raft of new equipment to the 2018 Passat, and the Golf can now be had with the new 1.5 litre TSI EVO petrol engine. Volkswagen has been busy delivering new models and more technology to its cars – as well as a new product offensive – as […]
Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace UK price and specs announced
The Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace – VW’s seven-seat Tiguan – goes on sale in the UK with prices starting at £29,370 and rising to £39,965 for the range-topping model. It’s a year since the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace hoved in to view as a stretched Tiguan at the 2017 Detroit Motor Show to deliver a Tiguan US […]
Volkswagen hits 6 MILLION sales in 2017 – and almost 1 million Golfs
Volkswagen has sold six million cars in 2017 – including almost one million Golfs – as the Dieselgate crisis does nothing to halt VW’s progress. When the Dieselgate crisis engulfed Volkswagen two years ago, it looked, at one point, as if they would be on the brink of disaster. But despite huge costs relating to […]
VW Arteon R with 404bhp on the way to ‘BEAT’ the Porsche Panamera
Volkswagen are planning a turbocharged 3.0 litre VR6 engine with 404bhp to deliver an Arteon R as a flagship for Volkswagen’s range-topping Arteon. The new Volkswagen Arteon arrived at Geneva this year, and went on sale in the UK in September, as VW delivered a successor to the CC – and in-house competition for Audi. […]
Volkswagen Touareg recalled over NEW illicit emissions Defeat Devices
The Volkswagen Touareg with the Euro 6 3.0 litre diesel engine is being recalled after German authorities found new emissions defeat devices fitted. It’s more than two years since the VW Defeat Device scandal broke, and nearly put VW under. Despite owning up to millions of cars with illegal software to manipulate emissions during testing, […]
New Volkswagen Jetta teased ahead of Detroit debut – but will it come to the UK?
The seventh generation of the Volkswagen Jetta is teased ahead of a debut at the Detroit Motor Show in January, but will it come to the UK. The Detroit Motor Show kicks off in January to start the round of major motor shows for 2018, and Volkswagen are teasing the arrival of the new VW […]
Volkswagen T-ROC, Arteon and Polo get new engines and new trim options
The Volkswagen T-ROC, Arteon and Polo get engine and trim updates with a new entry-level T-ROC S and expanded Polo and Arteon ranges. It’s only a couple of months since the VW T-ROC arrived in the UK, and VW has already decided it’s time to give its Qashqai rival a new entry-level option. In addition […]
New Volkswagen Golf R now with Performance Pack upgrade
A Performance Pack upgrade is now available for the DSG equipped Volkswagen Golf R Hatch and Estate, and a Sports Exhaust for the Hatch only. The new Volkswagen Golf R was revealed almost a year ago, and it now has a potent 306bhp on offer and is probably the most grown-up hot hatch you can […]
400,000 UK Volkswagen Dieselgate cars NOT ‘fixed’ yet – but it’s probably not VW’s fault
It seems that of the 1.2 million Volkswagens in the UK which require a ‘Fix’ after dieselgate, almost a third – nearly 400,000 – have still not been modified. Mary Creagh, chair of the Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee, has got a bee in her bonnet about the rate at which Volkswagen Group’s dieselgate ‘fix’ is […]
5 Things You Never Knew About the VW Golf
We take a look at the history of the Volkswagen Golf, and look at what you might not know too, including a W12 Golf and the Golf Country Synchro. Volkswagen has long been one of the UK’s best-selling brands, in no small measure due to the VW Beetle. Today, VW is the largest automaker in […]