Ahead of its arrival in the UK in Spring 2012, Volkswagen has revealed details of prices and models for the new Beetle. Starts at £16,490. Perhaps the title of VW’s press release for the 2012 Beetle details for the UK best illustrates exactly what VW hope to achieve with the new Beetle: “Less Flower, More Power”. Which is […]
Suzuki serves legal notice on Volkswagen
The ongoing row between Suzuki and Volkswagen has been turned up a notch as Suzuki serves legal notice on VW over breaches of their agreement. It looked a promising alliance, Suzuki and Volkswagen. VW wanted access to Suzuki’s know-how in emerging markets and Suzuki wanted access to VW’s technology, especially its hybrid stuff. But, just […]
VW up!: UK prices and models announced – order book open
Volkswagen has announced prices and specifications for the VW up!, which goes on sale now with first cars Spring 2012. Priced from £7,995. We finally – after years of waiting – got the official reveal of the VW up! ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Not quite the radical concept the up! Concept promised to be, the […]
VW Boss Martin Winterkorn on the new Hyundai i30: Nothing Rattles!
VW boss Martin Winterkorn, visiting the Hyundai stand at Frankfurt, spent five minutes poking round the new Hyundai i30 and declared ‘Nothing rattles’! If you’re looking for a benchmark in quality mainstream cars, you can’t do a great deal better than cars from the VW group. From VW to Audi, Skoda to SEAT, VW knows how […]
Frankfurt 2011: VW Nils EV Go-Kart Video
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Nils, a small electric ‘go-kart’ designed for use by commuters in urban environments. There have been quite a few of these very small, go-kart-style urban commuter cars cropping up of late, but perhaps the Volkswagen Nils is the most promising. The most promising because if – and it’s a very big if – […]
VW Beetle R Concept revealed
Volkswagen has revealed a performance version of the new Beetle, with the VW Beetle R Concept bowing in at Frankfurt. We did speculate back in June that Volkswagen were planning on giving the new VW Beetle some butch credentials by endowing it with a new performance range-topper – the VW Beetle R. And today at Frankfurt the […]
Volkswagen & Suzuki – it’s handbags at dawn
The spat between VW and Suzuki continues, with Volkswagen demanding Suzuki ‘remedies’ its decision to buy engines from Fiat. Back in 2009 Volkswagen invested a rather large chunk of change (around €2 billion) in Suzuki in exchange for a 20% stake in the Japanese car maker, and there were big hopes for advantages for both […]
VW Golf GTI Edition 35 hits showrooms
The VW Golf GTI Edition 35 – a limited edition Golf to celebrate 35 years of GTI – hits UK showrooms this week. From £27,525. We’ve had lots of motoring anniversaries this year, from the 50th of the iconic E-Type to the centenary of the Indianapolis 500. But one anniversary which is, in its own way, just as significant is […]
VW Nils concept – it’s another posh city go-kart
Volkswagen has revealed the VW Nils, a single seat electric city commuter car due to debut at Frankfurt 2011. We’ve been trying to think where this little fad for electric go-karts for commuters started. We think it might have been the Renault Twizy, but we’ve a feeling there’s something earlier. But never mind, the latest is […]
Volkswagen up! (2012) arrives – traditionally.
Volkswagen has revealed the VW up! ahead of its debut at Frankfurt, but it’s a traditional FWD up!, not the Rear-Engined of the Concept up!. Volkswagen has been trailing the VW up! forever. Well, four years – since Frankfurt 2007. And now finally – ahead of Frankfurt 2012 – we get the production version of the 2012 […]