Volkswagen has rolled out the Volkswagen XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV) at the Qatar Motor Show. A test bed for VW’s eco cars, the XL1 can do 313mpg. The Volkswagen XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle (SEV) is being rolled out at the Qatar Motor Show. It’s a two-seater diesel-electric hybrid and the latest in a series […]
Volkswagen Passat: The US Passat aka VW NMS
Volkswagen reveals the VW NMS – New Mid-Size Sedan – as a dumbed down and bloated VW Passat designed for the US market. Volkswagen has been trailing something called the VW NMS in the US. What is it? It’s the VW New Mid-Size Sedan. Which sounds about as exciting as the name. Its purpose is to replace the old, slow […]
Audi to engineer Porsche Cajun; Porsche to engineer Bentley
VAG is rationalising its product development with Audi building platforms for SUVs and Porsche for sports cars and luxury saloons. The quest to be the largest car maker on the planet is in full swing at VAG. And being the biggest car maker and, more importantly, a profitable car maker as well, means rationalising your […]
2011 VW Eos facelift starts at £22,895
Volkswagen has revealed prices for the facelifted Eos, which will start £1500 more than the pre-facelift model. There was nothing much to get too excited about with the 2011 facelift for the Volkswagen Eos. When VW revealed the Eos facelift last month at Frankfurt there was little more on offer than a bit of a […]
VW Scirocco & VW Passat CC get BlueMotion Technology
Volkswagen has added BlueMotion Technology to the 2.0 litre TDI Scirocco and Passat CC to improve economy and lower emissions. Volkswagen is busy rolling out its BlueMotion Technology models (as opposed to the ultimate eco version in the range, which is simply ‘BlueMotion’) across its range, yielding some pretty impressive CO2 and fuel savings in […]
2011 VW Jetta – the Euro Jetta
Volkswagen has revealed the 2011 VW Jetta for the European and UK market, complete with more sophisticated suspension and higher quality materials. It was back in June that we brought you new of the 2011 VW Jetta. But that was the US model – where the Jetta is a big seller – and the Euro […]
2011 VW Sharan: Price and model detail
Volkswagen has released price and model details for the 2011 VW Sharan, which starts at £22,980 for the VW Sharan S 1.4 TSI It was back at the Geneva Motor Show that we brought you news of the 201o VW Sharan, a complete reworking of the Sharan, this time on a VW platform instead of […]
2011 VW Passat Price & Model detail
VW has revealed price and model details for the 2011 Volkswagen Passat. The 2011 Passat Saloon will start at £18,470, and the Estate at £19,745. Volkswagen gave us the very slightly facelifted 2011 VW Passat a few weeks ago. They like to call it the seventh generation Passat, but when we reported the reveal at […]
VW Polo R Quattro planned
It looks like the decision to build a quattro platform for the Audi S1 will mean the 2012 VW Polo R will also be a quattro. After the ‘Will they, Won’t they’ messing around in the run up to the Paris Motor Show with the Audi S1, we finally got the Audi A1 1.4 TFSI […]
2011 VW Eos Facelift revealed
Volkswagen has had the mildest of plays with the Eos to create a 2011 VW Eos Facleift. But it really is minor. Please, don’t get too excited. This is more of a rhinoplasty than a facelift; more about putting the latest family nose on Volkswagens’s Coupe Cabriolet than anything else. So what exactly is the extent […]