[nggallery id=2328 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen T-Prime Concept GTE has been revealed at the Beijing Motor Show, previewing the arrival of the next generation VW Touareg. Volkswagen are working to make their SUV offerings second to none, and this – the VW T-Prime Concept GTE, teased last week – is a preview of the next-generation range-topping […]
VW ‘Dieselgate’ US DEAL – 500k cars to be bought back and compensation paid
Volkswagen has struck a deal in the US to address compensation for dieselgate cars, involving buy-back for 500k cars and compensation. The Volkswagen #dieselgate scandal has highlighted the big differences between US emission regulations and those in Europe, so although VW has agreed to ‘fix’ the cars fitted with a defeat device in the UK […]
New Volkswagen Amarok Pick-Up previewed – arrives in the UK late 2016
A new Volkswagen Amarok Pick-Up is due to arrive in the UK later in 2016, and VW are previewing its arrival with design sketches. The market for double-cab pick=ups is a healthy one thanks to tax breaks, so to keep its share of the market – and try to take business from the Nissan Navara and […]
VW Plug-In HYBRID SUV with 375bhp teased for Beijing Motor Show
Volkswagen is teasing a new large SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain promising 375bhp, 516lb/ft of torque and 31 mile electric range. Volkswagen are planning to deliver a new large SUV Concept at the Beijing Motor Show next week, and it’s getting a 375bhp plug-in powertrain that’s both frugal – 94mpg – and lively – 0-62mph […]
Volkswagen Golf R 400 (or R 420) now looks set for a Goodwood or Worthersee debut
[nggallery id=1836 template=customlinks] The extreme VW Golf R400 (or, more probably, R420) now looks set to debut as a production car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed or Worthersee. Volkswagen has been dropping hints for some time that the Golf R 400 Concept we saw in Beijing two years ago is heading for production, but […]
Volkswagen Dieselgate: it was ONLY VW using Defeat Devices
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) will report that only the Volkswagen Group are guilty of using defeat devices to lower test emissions. With all the furore over the Volkswagen Defeat Devcce scandal, a question on everyone’s lips was: “Are other car makers using Defeat Devices to scam emissions tests?” To answer that question, Germany’s Federal Motor […]
VW Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40 launches in the UK – costs from £30,875
[nggallery id=2174 template=customlinks] The VW Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40 – a re-badged GTI Clubsport – launches in the UK to celebrate 40 years of the Golf. Price from £30,875. The Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport arrived at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year as a celebration of 40 years of VW Golf production, and now it’s going on […]
New Volkswagen Tiguan on sale in the UK. WILL cost from £22,500 – but not yet
[nggallery id=2177 template=customlinks] The new VW Tiguan SUV – revealed at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show – goes on sale in the UK at prices that will start at £22,500. The new Volkswagen Tiguan was finally updated and revealed to the world at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, and it’s now on sale in the […]
VW Beetle DUNE – Volkswagen’s ‘off-road’ Beetle – on sale from £21,300
[nggallery id=2216 template=customlinks] The VW Beetle Dune – the Beetle with added off-road butch – is going on sale in the UK priced from £21,200 with a choice of diesel or petrol engines. You might expect that the Volkswagen Beetle Dune, first seen as a concept at the 2014 Detroit Motor Show and revealed as […]
Porsche Cayenne and VW Touareg RECALLED – 800,000 cars affected
Volkswagen are recalling the Touareg SUV and Porsche are recalling the Cayenne SUV to fix a faulty pedal circlip. 800,000 cars affected. The Volgswagen Group has plenty of problems on its hands with #dieselgate, but to add to its woes it’s now having to recall large numbers of both the VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne. […]