Volkswagen has revealed the new 2013 Golf GTI Specs ahead of a Geneva showing. Gets 217bhp or an extra 10bhp with the Performance Package. [nggallery id=1253 template=customlinks] We had the debut of the 2013 VW Golf GTI Mk 7 at the Paris Motor Show last year, but now with the new GTI order book about to open […]
Volkswagen Golf GTD Mk 7 revealed
The 2013 VW Golf GTD has been revealed ahead of a Geneva Motor Show debut with 181bhp, 67.3mpg and 109g/km emissions. [nggallery id=1407 template=customlinks] The Golf GTI for diesel addicts has been revealed ahead of a debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next month, offering impressive performance and economy all wrapped up in the very decent […]
Volkswagen e-Golf: MK 7 Golf EV leaks ahead of Geneva debut
An electric version of the MK 7 Volkswagen Golf – the VW e-Golf – has leaked out ahead of a debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Even though car industry bosses are sure that battery electric cars have no realistic chance of becoming a mainstream option – and the best-selling EV, the Nissan LEAF, […]
European car sales down 9.6% Jan 2013. VW Golf sales down 17.8%
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%. [nggallery id=1211 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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. [nggallery id=1394 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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. [nggallery id=1391 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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. [nggallery id=1389 template=customlinks] 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 […]
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. [nggallery id=1361 template=customlinks] 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 […]