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 […]
VW Golf Match (2010) launches
Volkswagen is dropping the Golf SE and replacing it with the Golf Match which offers more equipment. Prices start at £17,730. At least the Volkswagen Golf Match makes sensible use of the pun, unlike the VW Touran Match we got last summer or the Tiguan Match that turned up a couple of weeks ago. And it looks […]
Volkswagen to buy Giorgetto Giugiaro’s Italdesign?
It’s being reported that Volkswagen are planning to take a majority stake in Italian Design Studio Italdesign, owned by Giorgetto Giugiaro It’s probably a fair bet – or at least was and has been for some time – that Volkswagen would be in the frame to buy an motoring asset that comes on the market. […]
Volkswagen Golf GTI Adidas & Golf GTI Exclusive at Wörthersee 2010
Volkswagen has taken two customised Golf GTIs to Worthersee – the VW Golf GTI Adidas and the VW Golf GTI Exclusive along to the Worthersee Tour. The Worthersee Tour is a big customisers event for Volkswagens held every year in May in Worthersee in Austria. It’s been a feature on the calendar since 1982 and […]