Volkswagen are teasing a new concept for the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which could be a modern take on the VW Camper Van / Microbus. Depending on how old you are, and where you live, you’ll know the Volkswagen Type 2 by a different name. Officially the Type 2 when it first arrived in […]
Now Volkswagen make their CO2 emissions problem disappear too
Volkswagen has announced that internal testing of Co2 emissions on their UK and European range have been concluded, and there really isn’t a problem. Just a couple of weeks ago, Volkswagen announced that they’d come up with a fix for the scammed NOx emissions on VW Group cars in the UK and Europe, and that […]
VW, SEAT & Skoda UK sales DOWN by 20% in wake of Dieselgate
Sales of new cars from the Volkswagen Group fell by 20 per cent in October – despite overall sales rising – as VW feels the dieselgate backlash. With all the shenanigans around VW Group and its brands’ (SEAT, Skoda and Audi) diesel-engined cars, it should be no surprise that sales have been affected. But what […]
VW Emissions ‘Fix’ – can it REALLY be so simple, or are we still being SCAMMED?
Volkswagen last week revealed the ‘fix’ for its rigged emissions in the UK and Europe, comprising a simple software update and a bit of mesh. Can it really be so simple? Just a few days ago, Volkswagen revealed its fix for the more than 8 million cars in the UK and Europe whose engines are […]
VW Emissions Recall: Volkswagen tell us how they’re going to ‘Fix’ your emissions
Volkswagen has released details of how they’re going to fix the scammed emissions on VW, Audi, SEAT and Skoda cars with the EA 189 diesel engine in the UK and Europe. It’s taken them a while, but Volkswagen has now come up with a ‘fix’ for the defeat device emissions scam – the so-called dieselgate […]
VW admits ‘Defeat Device’ fitted to 3.0 litre V6 Diesel – but say it’s LEGAL in UK & Europe
Volkswagen has admitted fitting software to their 3.0 litre V6 diesel engines that acts as a defeat device, but claim it’s legal in the UK and Europe. Earlier this month, we reported that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US claimed that Volkswagen was also scamming emissions on its 3.0 litre V6 diesel-engined cars, although […]
VW Emissions scam: NO compensation for owners in UK & Europe
Volkswagen has revealed it will be offering no compensation to owners of cars in the UK and Europe with illegally stated emissions. Only US owners will get a payout. Earlier this month we revealed that Volkswagen are to give owners of cars affected by the defeat device scandal in the US and Canada an immediate financial […]
Volkswagen Beetle Dune: The ‘Butch Beetle’ arrives in production guise
[nggallery id=2216 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Beetle Dune – a more rugged take on the Beetle – arrives in production guise in Los Angeles as a coupe and cabriolet. On sale UK early 2016. Early last year, we had the VW Beetle Dune Concept arrive at the Detroit Motor Show as a (visually) rugged take on […]
VW CO2 emissions WRONG on 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 & 2.0 PETROL engines
Volkswagen has admitted that a wide range of 2016 MY petrol-engined cars from VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT have CO2 emissions that are not correct. Volkswagen’s follow-up scandal to the dieselgate defeat device scam – the confession that 800,000 VW cars have official CO2 and economy figures that are plain wrong – affects far more petrol […]
VW UK (and Audi, Skoda & SEAT) now say all CO2 and economy figures are ‘Provisional’
In the wake of the revelation that some 800,000 VW Group (VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT) cars have wrongly stated emissions, VW makes them all ‘provisional’. Last week, VW confessed it had made an ‘error’ in stating the CO2 emissions and economy of up to 800,000 cars from VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT, and that they […]