The Dieselgate fallout for the Volkswagen Group seems to have had no long-term effect on sales, with the VW Group posting all time record sales for January 2018. The Volkswagen Group looked to be in danger of extinction two years ago when the world work up to find VW had been scamming emissions on their […]
2018 Volkswagen Touareg teased – and looks to be heading in to Audi territory
The 2018 Volkswagen Touareg is teased ahead of a debut in China on 23 March, with new looks, more room, lots of technology and a push upmarket. The Volkswagen Touareg has always been the ‘budget’ take on a large SUV from VW, overshadowed by its stablemates at Audi and Porsche. But the new Touareg looks […]
Volkswagen Up! GTI UK Prices and Specs announced as VW’s newest GTI arrives
The Volkswagen Up! GTI was revealed in Spring 2017, and it’s finally about to go on sale in the UK with prices starting from £13,750 for the three-door Up! GTI. A five-door is also available at £14,150. Things have moved on a bit since the original Golf GTI arrived to offer some hot hatch performance, […]
Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label Pick-up takes aim at the Mercedes X-Class
The Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label is a new luxury take on VW’s Amarok Pick-up, arriving in the UK priced from £33,650 (+VAT) and taking aim at the new Mercedes X-Class. The Pick-up market in the UK headed more upmarket with the arrival of the new Mercedes X-Class (even if it is a Nissan Navara under […]
2018 Volkswagen Passat gets MORE equipment – and the VW Golf a new engine
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 […]