It’s reported that Volkswagen are planning on building a 2012 Beetle R with a detuned version of the Golf R engine. Due to debut at Frankfurt 2011. However hard they tried – and they did for a while – Volkswagen never managed to make the reborn VW Beetle anything more than a novelty; a girly car with a […]
VW Golf R – US bound
Volkswagen has revealed that they are to offer the VW Golf R in the US for the first time. Just 1,000 cars will be available with order books open in July. We like the VW Golf R. It’s a hot-hatch for grown-ups. A car that can be pootled around town when you’re just going about your everyday business; shops, […]
VW Golf R Cabriolet revealed
Volkswagen has taken the top off the Golf R to create the VW Golf R Cabriolet which will debut at the Worthersee Tour Show this week. Volkswagen has taken a very special Golf along to Worthersee this week – the VW Golf R Cabriolet. We like the Golf R. It has a lot of class […]
It’s a VW Camper Van Tent – perfect for Glastonbury
Firebox are flogging a full-size replica 1960s VW Camper Van Tent. Perfect for playing ageing hippies at Glastonbury Now there’s a thing. Camping comes second only to caravanning on the list of holiday experiences that are best left as childhood memories. What joy there is in being cold and wet under canvas in a field […]
VW Polo R confirmed for 2013
Volkswagen Board Member has all but confirmed the quattro VW Polo R will be built and launch in 2013, to coincide with the launch of VW’s Polo WRC program We speculated a year ago that the Polo GTI wouldn’t be the top of the Polo tree, and that Volkswagon would roll out the VW Polo R in 2012, but perhaps […]
Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35 celebrates the VW Golf reaching middle-age
Volkswagen reveals the VW Golf GTI Edition 35 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the GTI. More power and cosmetic tweaks and around £27.5k. Car makers like an anniversary model, none more so than Volkswagen, Which explains why we see the launch of the Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35 to celebrate 35 years of VW Golf GTI goodness. Ant anniversary […]
2012 VW Beetle revealed
Volkswagen has revealed the 2012 VW Beetle ahead of a debut at the Shanghai and New York Motor Shows. Back to the future again with the reveal today – ahead of a debut at both New York and Shanghai – of the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. Where do you go when you update a car that’s […]
2012 VW Golf Cabriolet – The convertible Golf returns
Volkswagen is to reintroduce the VW Golf Cabriolet for 2012. The new VW Golf Cab will debut at Geneva next week and go on sale in July You like a VW Convertible, but you want a soft-top convertible, not a tin top. You used to love your old MK IV Golf Convertible, but VW decided […]
2011 / 2012 Volkswagen Tiguan leaks
An update to the VW Tiguan for 2011 has leaked from the Volkswagen web site ahead of an official reveal at the Geneva Motor Show. It seems clear that Volkswagen are intending giving their compact softroader – the VW Tiguan – a bit of a nip and tuck for the 2012 model year. A little […]
2012 Volkswagen Beetle Spied
We spy an almost production-ready 2012 Volkswagen Beetle out testing. We could even see the 2012 Beetle debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Yes, the next generation of the ‘New’ VW Beetle us upon us, certainly if the spy shots we’ve got of an almost undisguised 2012 VW Beetle are anything to go by. And […]