Audi has been busy tracking down the last ever Horch, and has found it in the middle of nowhere in Texas. It’s been looking likely for a while that now VW has taken control of Porsche it may decide to rebrand the VW Group as Auto Union. Auto Union was the root of Audi, and […]
VW Tiguan 2010 Facelift
Volkswagen has unveiled a facelifted version of the VW Tiguan at the Guangzhou Auto Show in China. Is this also the 2010 facelift for the rest of the world? Volkswagen does big business in China, and has done for longer than probably any other Western car maker. We recently reported that VW has sold 5 […]
VW Passat Highline Plus released
Volkswagen has announced a new top of the range Passat – the VW Passat Highline Plus – featuring SatNav, Bluetooth and a chrome grill. I suppose that when you’re trying to shift a huge range of cars it’s always useful to have a model to fit every niche. VW – and particularly Audi – milk […]
VW Touareg BlueMotion Hybrid for Detroit
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. […]