Volkswagen has announced two new limited edition models for the UK – the VW Scirocco GTS and the VW Beetle Fender – with cosmetic tweaks. [nggallery id=1284 template=customlinks] 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’ […]
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. [nggallery id=1329 template=customlinks] 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 […]
2013 VW Beetle Convertible: Price from £18,150
After a reveal in October, the New Volkswagen Beetle Convertible has debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show and will cost from £18,150 in the UK. [nggallery id=1269 template=customlinks] In amongst the news from the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show comes the public debut of the new soft-top Beetle – the 2013 VW Beetle Convertible – and […]
VW Amarok gets an update & BlueMotion Technology
Volkswagen has updated the ‘Bob the Builder’ VW Amarok for 2013 with new options, more power and BlueMotion Technology. The market for the pick-up that also doubles as a family car for the weekends is strong, and Volkswagen’s offering – the VW Amarok – is one of the best-built on the market. And now it’s […]
VW Taigun: It’s an Up! SUV
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Taigun at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil, a very compact SUV based on the VW Up! [nggallery id=1285 template=customlinks] We revealed in May that one of the two small SUVs VW are planning was heading for production as a sub compact SUV with Up! underpinnings, and that now seems a certainty […]
VW Scirocco GTS launches – but not in UK
There’s a new Scirocco available across Europe from this month – the VW Scirocco GTS – but it’s not coming to the UK. [nggallery id=1284 template=customlinks] At the Leipzig Auto Show in June, VW arrived with a quartet of cars that were heading for production – the Beetle Fender, CC R-Line, a limited edition CrossPolo and the […]
New VW Golf MK 7 goes on sale
The 2013 Volkswagen Golf – the Golf Mk 7 – is now on sale in the UK just weeks after its official debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. [nggallery id=1211 template=customlinks] It often takes months from a new car’s official debut before it goes on sale, but not so with the MK 7 Golf. Volkswagen […]
Volkswagen puts a price on the VW Polo BlueGT
The Volkswagen Polo Blue GT – a warmed over Polo – will cost from £17,400 for the 1.4-litre 138bhp 6 spd manual. [nggallery id=986 template=customlinks] Volkswagen revealed the Polo BlueGT at this year’s Geneva Motor Show as the acceptable face of green performance for cars, if there is such a thing. The Polo Blue GT gets […]
VW Passat Hiighline tops Volkswagen’s Passat range
Volkswagen has added the VW Passat Highline at the top of the Passat, replacing the Passat SE and adding more equipment. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the VW Passat; it’s well built and very able. It’s just very anonymous and rather dull. The almost invisible Passat isn’t going to jump out and shout ‘Look at Me’ with the addition […]