Car sales in Europe continue to decline with sales down 9.6% in January 2013 and the top-selling VW Golf down by 17.8%. We’ve seen plenty of evidence that the UK is bucking the trend in car sales in Europe, with the UK recording sales increases in January 2013 of 11.5 per cent whilst the rest of Europe […]
VW Cross Up! arrives ahead of Geneva 2013
Volkswagen has revealed a rugged, rufty-tufty version of the Up! City car – the VW Cross Up! – ahead of a reveal at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. With the world falling in love with butch little urban runarounds – cars like the Nissan Juke – it’s no surprise that Volkswagen has decided to add a bit […]
Golf Mk 6 bows out with new VW Golf R Cabriolet
Volkswagen is finally delivering the VW Golf R Cabriolet Mk 6, just as the Golf Mk 7 hits the road, but it does without 4WD. We’ve been expecting the VW Golf R Cabrio to arrive in VW’s showrooms ever since Volkswagen took a concept to the Worthersee Tour in 2011. But it’s taken until now […]
VW Beetle GSR Limited Edition gets 207bhp
Volkswagen are launching a limited edition of the Beetle – the VW Beetle GSR – with yellow and black paint job and 207bhp. Forty years ago, VW launched the Yellow/Black Racer Beetle, based on the Beetle 1303 S and sporting a massive 49bhp. Today, at the Chicago Auto Show, VW has revealed its successor – the Limited […]
2014 VW Golf R Mk 7 teased ahead of Geneva debut
Volkswagen has started the tease for the Mk 7 Golf R with the new Golf R hidden in a block of ice as a ‘Frozen Beast’ ahead of a Geneva 2013 debut. Now that Volkswagen has the Mk7 Golf in the wild – and the MK 7 VW GTi too – they’re ready to turn the wick […]
VW Touareg R-Line arrives & Volkswagen cut price of VW CC
Volkswagen has launched the Touareg R-Line in the UK with sporty looks and extra equipment, and cut the price of the VW CC. A lot of VW’s SUVs – big and small – do conspire to look a bit bland in standard guise, so to give sales a bit of a boost VW is busy rolling […]
Volkswagen CrossBlue SUV Concept: 2013 Detroit Auto Show
Volkswagen has revealed a new SUV concept – the VW Crossblue – at the Detroit Auto show, previewing a new 7-seat SUV for North America. If we were in any doubt that VW are planning to extend their SUV offerings as soon as possible, the production-ready looking VW CrossBlue SUV Concept, revealed today at the […]
VW Scirocco GTS & VW Beetle Fender arrive in the UK
Volkswagen has announced two new limited edition models for the UK – the VW Scirocco GTS and the VW Beetle Fender – with cosmetic tweaks. Back in June, at the Leipzig Auto Show, Volkswagen revealed a quartet of special edition models including a VW CC R Line, VW Cross Polo ‘Urban White’ and Beetle Fender, […]
Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet arrives on video
The first view of a production VW Golf R Cabriolet has arrived in a video of the new Golf R Cabriolet from Volkswagen. The idea that VW would produce a convertible version of the Golf R has been around as long as the Golf R has. But only now, when the current Golf R is almost the ‘old’ Golf […]
VW Polo R WRC Street Limited Edition – but not for the UK
Volkswagen has revealed a production version of its Polo WRC car – the VW Polo R WRC Street – as a limited run, but not for the UK. The Worthersee Tour is often a showcase for future VW Group models – as well as a showcase for extremes of what VW cars can be – and this year’s Worthersee Tour saw what we […]