Volkswagen has revealed the VW Jetta Hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show, with a 1.4 litre turbo and electric motor promising 54mpg and 168bhp. VW has revealed the Jetta Hybrid at the Detroit Motor Show which will, if nothing else, show the Americans that a small capacity – in thyis case a 1.4 litre TSI […]
VW planning sub compact SUV / Crossover below Tiguan
Volkswagen has revealed they are planning a compact SUV / Crossover to sit below the Tiguan. Just last week Volkswagen revealed the Cross Coupe, a compact hybrid SUV, smaller than a Tiguan but bigger than a Golf. And now VW design boss Walter de Silva has revealed VW are planning a sub-compact SUV. The Cross […]
Volkswagen Cross Coupé: VW compact hybrid SUV Concept at Tokyo
Volkswagen to debut the VW Cross Coupe Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, a compact hybrid SUV that’s smaller than a Tiguan and bigger than a golf. Volkswagen are taking the VW Cross Coupe to the Tokyo Motor Show this week, and it looks a bit like they’ve taken inspiration for their new car from […]
VW Law: EU sues Germany over Volkswagen Golden Share
The EU is challenging the VW Law in Germany that has ensured VW’s survival without outside investors since the war. We often bemoan the fact that, although we have a car industry in the UK, it’s either owned by businesses outside the UK or an offshoot of a foreign car maker. Unlike Germany, where their car makers are owned […]
Suzuki take Volkswagen to court
In the ongoing spat between Suzuki and Volkswagen, Suzuki has revealed it is to take VW to the ICC International Court of Arbitration in London to recover its shares. The partnership between Volkswagen and Suzuki promised so much. VW wanted an easy way in to the car market in India – where Suzuki is very strong – and in return Suzuki wanted […]
Volkswagen Passat Alltrack: The VW Allroad arrives
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Passat Alltrack, a rufty-tufty version of the VW Passat and Volkswagen’s take on the Audi Allroad. Debuts at Tokyo. Volkswagen has jumped on to the Allroad bandwagon with its own take on Audi’s faux off-roader, with the reveal of the 2012 VW Passat Alltrack. As you would expect, the Passat […]
VW Golf R Diesel on the way? VW R Division see Diesel & 4WD as the future
Autoblog has been speaking to the heads of Volkswagen’s R Division who say the future for performance VWs is Diesel and 4WD. The VW Golf R is the perfect, grown-up hot hatch. With its more parsimonious 4-pot engine (down from a V6 in the last top-end Golf), great performance and 4WD it’s the connoisseurs hot-hatch. But it looks like the […]
New Volkswagen Tiguan (2012) gets R-Line options
Volkswagen has revealed R-Line option packs for the 2012 VW Tiguan, so you can opt for an R-Line interior or exterior pack. The new VW Tiguan turned up earlier this year, looking for all the world like a mini-me VW Touareg. But with the reveal of the 2012 Tiguan came no news of the R-Line add-ons which turned […]
Volkswagen Passat CC Facelift (2012) at LA Motor Show
Volkswagen has given the VW Passat CC a facelift for 2012 to make it look more upmarket, and more like the Passat Saloon. Debut at Los Angeles Motor Show. The VW Passat CC – the swoopy-coupe version of the regular Passat – has been around for four years and has hardly changed since it launched. […]
VW GT up!: It’s an Up GTI
Volkswagen seem keen to raise awareness of the VW up! GT – a warmed over Volkswagen Up – so we must assume the Up GT is coming soon. We got the reveal of Volkswagen’s new small city car – the VW up! – at Frankfurt in September, and we also got all the details for […]