[nggallery id=2407 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Golf Mk 7 gets an evolutionary cosmetic makeover for 2017, but with an emphasis on new technology and new interior. The Volkswagen Golf has always been the benchmark against which its sector’s competitors are judged, so and new Golf – including this 2017 VW Golf facelift – needs to be […]
Volkswagen ‘DieselGate’ fix in Europe is just a Goodwill Gesture, say VW
Volkswagen are maintaining that the defeat device fitted to cars in Europe was legal, and that the dieselgate fix is just a gesture of goodwill. And NOx is harmless. It’s over a year since the Volkswagen Defeat Device scandal broke, and in that time perhaps the most astonishing part is Volkswagen’s vastly different stance on […]
New Volkswagen Atlas SUV – VW attempts redemption in the US with a big PETROL SUV
The Volkswagen Atlas SUV is revealed as a seven-seat large SUV from VW – made in the USA for the USA – expected to launch in spring 2017. Volkswagen is not exactly flavour of the month in the USA after dieselgate, but this – the Volkswagen Atlas SUV – is VW’s attempt at redemption in […]
Volkswagen Tiguan gets 236bhp 2.0 BiTDI – price from £36,450
The new Volkswagen Tiguan can no be had with a 2.0 litre Bi-Turbo diesel engine with 236bhp and a 2.0 TSI with 177bhp. Both are on sale now. It’s only six months since the latest 2016 VW Tiguan went on sale in the UK, and Volkswagen are already extending its appeal with two new engine […]
VW ID Electric Car Concept is Volkswagen’s no diesel future
The Volkswagen ID Concept has been revealed ahead of its debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, previewing a future electric VW in 2020. After the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal pushed VW to the edge, the Peoples Car Company is bust reinventing themselves as fluffy, green, caring and…electric. That’s why we’re getting cars like the Audi […]
Volkswagen tease new Electric car for Paris Motor Show
Volkswagen has released photos of a new electric car they will reveal at the Paris Motor Show later this month ahead of a production car in 2018. Volkswagen have become born again electric car enthusiasts since dieselgate, and are planning to attack the market with a significant number of new electric cars in the next few […]
Electric Volkswagen with 300 mile range to debut at Paris Motor Show
[nggallery id=2239 template=customlinks] Volkswagen will reveal a new electric car at the Paris Motor Show in early October, says VW boss Hebert Diess, with a range of around 300 miles on a single charge. Volkswagen is trying hard to reinvent itself as a ‘green’ car maker after the Dieselgate debacle, and part of that is plans […]
Volkswagen to add particulate filters to their VERY dirty PETROL engines
Volkswagen has announced it is taking action to reduce particulate emissions of TSI and TFSI direct injection petrol engines with a particulate filter. It’s generally believed that diesel engines are dirty and petrol engines are clean. But that was before governments became obsessed with CO2 emissions and car makers reacted with ways of reducing the CO2 […]
Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S all SOLD OUT in the UK, even at £34k
[nggallery id=2336 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S – a stripped-out performance Golf – has sold out in the UK, even with prices starting at £33,995. It’s probably all but impossible to count the number of different Golf models you can buy, but one Golf you can no longer buy is the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport […]
VW Passat GTE Plug-in Hybrid goes on sale in the UK priced from £36,525
[nggallery id=1957 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Passat GTE Plug-in Hybrid finally goes on sale in the UK priced from £36,525, or £38,075 for the GTE Estate. It’s quite some time since the Volkswagen Passat GTE was revealed as the plug-in hybrid of the Passat range, but it’s now finally going on sale in the UK priced from […]