Volkswagen has revealed the MK 7 version of the Golf Bluemotion in Paris, offering 88.3mpg and 85g/km emissions. [nggallery id=1258 template=customlinks] We’ve had the reveal of the MK 7 VW Golf ahead of the Paris Motor Show – and even an early look at the MK 7 GTI – and now we get the frugal […]
2013 VW Golf GTI MK 7 revealed
We have the first photos of the 2013 Vokswagen Golf GTI – the MK VII GTI – ahead of a debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. [nggallery id=1253 template=customlinks] It’s just over three years since the MK 6 Golf GTI arrived and now – ahead of what was expected – we have the reveal of the […]
2013 VW Beetle R-Line Package
Volkswagen has revealed two R-Line Packs for the new Beetle – one for the interior, one for the exterior – to spice up the Beetle. [nggallery id=1227 template=customlinks] The VW Beetle we’re really looking forward to that has an ‘R’ on its boot is the Beetle R, but it looks like we’ll have to make […]
2013 VW Golf MK 7: Official
Ahead of its public debut at the Paris Motor Show we have the first official photos of the 2013 Volkswagen Golf arrive. [nggallery id=1211 template=customlinks] The new VW Golf – the MK 7 – was revealed today in Berlin and we’ve got the first official photos ahead of VW’s official release. Looking more sophisticated than […]
Volkswagen Up gets auto ‘box
VW has added an automated manual gearbox across the Up! range which improves emissions and economy. Costs £595. We’ve long espoused frugal petrol and diesel engined cars as the best way to get around congested cities; far more cost-effective than hybrid and EV options. And one of the best of the little city cars to […]
New VW Beetle gets new engines
Volkswagen has finally made the new VW Beetle available with the 2.0 litre TSI petrol and 2.0 litre turbodiesel engines. When we reported the other day that the new VW Beetle Convertible was arriving at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November we did say that VW were about to announce the arrival, finally, of […]
2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible confirmed
Volkswagen will reveal the 2013 VW Beetle Convertible at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November. The new VW Beetle is only just starting to make an appearance on UK roads but already it’s about to be overshadowed by its flasher sibling – the 2013 VW Beetle Convertible. Launching at the Los Angeles Auto Show […]
Porsche finally becomes a VW company
Volkswagen has announced it is to finalise its takeover of Porsche by buying the remaining 50.1 per cent of Porsche stock for €4.46 billion. The takeover of Porsche by VW has been a long and rocky road, but then family fallouts are always messy. It all started with Porsche attempting to consume VW, but some […]
Vauxhall Astra tweaked & Astra GTC BiTurbo diesel
The Vauxhall Astra Hatch and Sports Tourer (Estate) have been given a bit of a facelift and the Astra GTC BiTurbo diesel has arrived. It’s probably a bit of a stretch to call what Vauxhall has done to the Astra Hatch and Astra Sport Tourer a facelift, but it’s enough of a tweak for those who’ve […]
VW up! 5-Door costs from £8,360
The five-door version of VW’s baby car – the VW up! – will cost just £365 more than the 3-Door up, with prices from £8,360. We got the official reveal of the five-door VW up! back in January, with the promise it would arrive on VW UK showrooms before the end of 2012. In fact, deliveries of […]