A VW Golf R with 395bhp and extreme styling is heading for the Beijing Motor Show. The Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept can get to 62mph in 3.9 seconds. Volkswagen usually reserve their extreme concepts for the Worthersee Show, but they’re heading to next week’s Beijing Motor Show with a very extreme Golf R. The […]
Volkswagen Touareg Facelift heading for Beijing Motor Show
The Volkswagen Touareg is getting a facelift for 2015 – to debut at the Beijing Motor Show next week – with cosmetic tweaks, inside and out, and new tech. [nggallery id=1833 template=customlinks] It’s almost four years since the latest VW Touareg was revealed – and a year since VW introduced and R Line version of […]
Volkswagen Jetta gets a small facelift – debuting at New York Auto Show
The Volkswagen Jetta is getting a facelift for the 2015 model year with small cosmetic tweaks, revised engines lineup and better aerodynamics. It’s three years since the current VW Golf with a boot – the Volkswagen Jetta – arrived, so it’s time for a nip and a tuck to keep it relevant. Volkswagen are planning […]
Volkswagen Golf GTE Plug-in Hybrid UK debut
The new Volkswagen Golf GTE – a plug-in hybrid Golf – get its UK debut at the Gadget Show Live at Birmingham NEC on 9th April. The Volkswagen Golf GTE – which VW see as a plug-in hybrid Golf GTI – was revealed in February ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show last […]
2014 Volkswagen Polo now on sale – price from £11,100 to £19,715
The 2014 VW Polo – with mild cosmetic updates but more substantial changes under the skin – is now on sale in the UK from £11,100 for the Polo S 1.0-litre MPI 60 PS. [nggallery id=1756 template=customlinks] The 2014 facelift for the VW Polo was revealed back in January and, although the cosmetic tweaks were the […]
Volkswagen e-Golf goes on sale – price from £30,845
The electric Golf – the new Volkswagen e-Golf – goes on sale in the UK price from £25,845 after taxpayer incentive of £5,000. First deliveries June 2014. [nggallery id=1804 template=customlinks] The Nissan LEAF has almost had the market place for proper family EVs to itself until recently, but the arrival of the impressive BMW i3 -especially […]
Volkswagen T-ROC SUV Concept points to a Nissan Juke competitor
The Volkswagen T-ROC SUV Concept has been revealed in a set of design sketches ahead of the Geneva Motor Show showing a Juke competing compact SUV. [nggallery id=1792 template=customlinks] Volkswagen are aiming to expand their lineup of SUVs from the current Tiguan and Touareg to include more options in size and ability to tap in to […]
Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrid revealed ahead of Geneva debut
The Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrid – a plug-in electric version of the GTI or GTD – has been revealed ahead of a Geneva debut. Does 157mpg. [nggallery id=1780 template=customlinks] If you like a quite warm VW Golf with a petrol engine, VW has that covered with the Golf GTI, and if you’d rather burn oil […]
2014 Volkswagen Scirocco & Scirocco R facelift tweaks the old Scirocco
The 2014 Volkswagen Scirocco – and the still appealing Scirocco R – get a minor facelift and upgraded engines across the range. [nggallery id=1772 template=customlinks] Before you get too excited, the 2014 Volkswan Scirocco isn’t a nice new version of the Scirocco based on the new Golf Mark 7, but a minor titivate designed to […]
New VW Taigun SUV Concept moves production reality closer
Volkswagen has revealed an updated version of the Up! based VW Taigun Concept at the Delhi Auto Expo, moving production of the Taigun closer. [nggallery id=1760 template=customlinks] The VW Taigun Concept – a new, very compact, SUV based on up! underpinnings – first made an appearance at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil in 2012 […]