The first petrol-engined Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion has gone on sale in the UK from £14,730, offering 68.9mpg and emissions of 94g/km from its 1.0 TSI. All the emphasis for ‘Eco’ cars in recent years has been on diesel-powered cars, but with diesel engines getting ever more expensive thanks to Euro 6 regulations, and buyers just […]
2015 VW Polo GTI price & specs – costs from £18,850
Volkswagen has revealed prices and specs for the 2015 Polo GTI – which gets a new 1.8 litre TFSI with 189bhp – with prices starting at £18,850. [nggallery id=1948 template=customlinks] Volkswagen revealed a small facelift for the 2015 Polo GTI back in September, and although the cosmetic tweaks were slight the big news was the […]
2015 Volkswagen Golf R Estate revealed – arrives UK Spring 2015
The 2015 Volkswagen Golf R Estate has been revealed ahead of a debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show and will arrive in the UK in Summer 2015. [nggallery id=1988 template=customlinks] It’s more than a year since the new VW Golf R arrived at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and now Volkswagen has finally worked out how […]
Volkswagen XL Sport Concept gets Ducati power: Paris 2014
VW has taken the XL 1 super economy car and turned it in to the Volkswagen XL Sport Concept powered by a V2 Ducati motorbike engine and with a performance focus. [nggallery id=1962 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen XL 1 may well be an impressive ‘Supercar’ (that’s super-economical, rather than plain ‘super’), but it’s a daft amount of money […]
2015 VW Passat price & specs – costs from £22,215
The new Volkswagen Passat – revealed in July and debuting at the 2014 Paris Motor Show – will cost from £22,215 in the UK. On sale 7 October 2014. [nggallery id=1896 template=customlinks] The latest Volkswagen Passat – the eighth generation, no less – was revealed in July as a sleeker, lighter and more upmarket Passat […]
Volkswagen Passat GTE Plug-in Hybrid revealed – Debuts at Paris Motor Show
The Volkswagen Passat GTE has been revealed as a saloon or estate plug-in hybrid with a claimed 141mpg and electric range of up to 31 miles. [nggallery id=1957 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Passat GTE has been revealed as the Passat take on the recent Golf GTE hybrid ahead of its debut this week at the Paris […]
Volkswagen Golf Alltrack – VW reveal the ‘Crossover’ Golf
The Volkswagen Golf Alltrack has been revealed ahead of a debut at the Paris Motor Show next week featuring extra cladding and a raised ride height. On sale summer 2015. [nggallery id=1955 template=customlinks] With the world falling in love with cars that do things they’ll almost never need, car makers are filling more and more […]
2015 VW Polo GTI gets new 1.8 litre TSI with 189bhp
The Volkswagen Polo GTI is getting a bit of a facelift for 2015 with styling tweaks, option updates and a new 1.8 litre TFSI with 189bhp for better performance. [nggallery id=1948 template=customlinks] The Volkswagen Polo GTI is being updated for 2015 – and heading for a debut at the Paris Motor Show – with VW […]
2015 Volkswagen Touareg price and specs – costs from £43,000
A facelift for the Volkswagen Touareg was revealed at the Beijing Motor Show in April, and now it’s on sale in the UK with cosmetic tweaks and updated tech. Costs from £43,000. [nggallery id=1833 template=customlinks] Volkswagen revealed a facelift for its biggest SUV – the VW Touareg – at the Beijing Motor Show in April […]
2015 Volkswagen Jetta facelift price & specs – costs from £18,815
The 2015 facelift for the Volkswagen Jetta – revealed at the New York Motor Show in April – goes on sale in the Uk from £18,815. First UK cars December 2014. The Volkswagen Jetta – a VW Golf with a boot – is getting a bit of a facelift for 2015 (although you’d be hard-pushed […]