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 […]
2011 VW Phaeton: Prices announced
VW has announced that the revamped VW Phaeton will cost from £46,195 for the 3.0 litre V6 TDI 240PS BlueMotion. We did wonder whether it was actually worth running the news that the 2011 VW Phaeton will cost from £46,195, as it’s probably only a relevant story for about three people a year in the UK. Which might be […]
VW Golf Twist: Just £13k
Volkswagen has revealed a new entry-level Golf – the VW Golf Twist – which starts at £12,995 for the 3-door. When times are tough car buyers look to save wherever they can. And many new car buyers will forsake the more premium marques in order to save a few bob, and instead look at capable but less […]
VW Passat: New distance world record
A Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion has set a new world record distance on a single tank of fuel – 1,527 miles. When you as old as I am (or at least as old as I feel) you can’t help but be astonished at the feats of economy car makers seem able to wring from even quite serious, upmarket cars. Yesterday […]
2011 VW Jetta gets launched
VW’s Golf with a boot gets a makeover as Volkswagen reveals the 2011 version of the VW Jetta. Volkswagen reckons that this latest Jetta is no longer a Golf with a boot to make a saloon but is instead a completely new stand-alone model, even though under its new skin – inspired by the VW […]
VW take control at Italdesign Giugiaro through Lamborghini.
It’s now official – Volkswagen has taken a 90.1% stake in Giugiaro Italdesign through Lamborghini S.p.A. Perhaps it makes sense politically for an Italian company to takeover another, but the outcome is the same – VW has taken a majority stake in Italdesign Giugiaro – 90.1% – through its Italian subsidiary Lamborghini Holdings S.p.A. Just as we […]
BMW 320d EfficientDynamics – The Eco drive
Hacks Tom Ford & Gavin Conway have achieved distances of more than 1,000 miles on a single tank of fuel in a BMW 320d EfficientDynamics & a VW Passat BlueMotion 1.6 TDI As you may have noticed, Fifth Gear on the telly has been given a reprieve, and is due back on our screens with a more […]