Volkswagen are to reveal the Touareg BlueMotion Hybrid at the Detroit Motor Show in January together with the new 2010 VW Touareg. VW are taking the whole ‘Eco’ game seriously. They are rolling out ‘BlueMotion’ versions of cars across the range at regular intervals, the most recent being the sub 100g/km Golf BlueMotion. But most […]
VW Golf R and VW Scirocco R – UK Details
Volkswagen has now released price details for the UK for both the Scirocco R and the Golf R. First cars due in the UK February 2010. First we had the launch of the VW Scirocco R back in May and that was followed up by the launch of the Golf R at the Frankfurt Motor […]
New Golf Bluemotion launched
Volkswagen has launched the 2010 BlueMotion Golf in the UK, offering 99g/km CO2 emissions and average economy of 74.3mpg. Another day, another more frugal car. VW has been playing the ‘Bluemotion’ card for some time across the range. And each new launch sees a further improvement in emissions and economy. The latest range of BlueMotion […]
Volkswagen wants Karmann
Volkswagen are bidding to buy Karmann ahead of possible liquidation. But Karmann want more than VW are offering. Just like all the other specialist coachbuilders out there – Zagato, Pininfarina, etc – life has not been a bed of roses for a long time for Karmann. Once a great way for wealthy owners to ‘Customise’ […]
VW Polo 2010 – is it timeless?
Volkswagen is running an online campaign to promote the new 2010 Polo, asking readers to vote for the 50 most timeless objects in five categories. The dictionary defines timeless as ‘Unaffected or unchanged by time’. The beauty of the Mona Lisa; the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; the music of Mozart. Things that were of […]
VW Tiguan R-Line Review – part 2
Part 2 of our road test / review of the Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line. Last week was a busy one, so I ended up doing most of the driving in the R-Line at the weekend (does that count as overtime?). I grabbed four friends and took a ride to Southend-on-sea to watch the fireworks. Even with […]
VW Tiguan R-Line Review
We review / road test the R-Line version of Volkswagen’s 2.0 litre TSI Tiguan, an aggressively styled version of the standard Tiguan SUV. When VW called and asked us if we’d like a Tiguan R-Line for a few days to see what we thought, we had to ponder on which of us would test it. […]
Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line Price & Specification
We have price and specification data for the three VW Tiguan R-Line Models – the R Line 2.0 TSI 4MOTION, the R Line 2.0 TDI 4MOTION and the R Line 2.0 TDI (170ps) 4MOTION. The VW Tiguan is a competent enough small 4×4, even if it does look a little bland. Well made and a […]
VW sells 5 million cars in China
Volkswagen are celebrating five million car sales in China during 25 years of manufacturing. We hear ever day how big the car market is in China. So big, in fact, that it will soon become the biggest car market in the world. And every car maker is jumping on the bandwagon to sell and produce […]
2012 VW Beetle confirmed
The next generation Volkswagen Beetle – due in 2012 – will offer more variants from the Eco to the Halo in an effort to emulate the success of MINI and the Fiat 500. To be fair, it’s not as if Volkswagen ever intended dropping the Beetle from its range. But VW’s US boss – Stefan […]