The Vauxhall Insignia is a very good car. As, in fact, is virtually every car in Vauxhall’s stable. But the Insignia is perhaps the most stylish, and in Sports Tourer guise it is a match for anything else out there, particularly the VXR Sports Tourer, which is a cracking car. But performance is not quite […]
Porsche BlueSport back on
The changing fortunes at Porsche are bringing fresh thoughts on the future of Stuttgart. It’s not very long since Porsche stated that they would not build a BlueSport Porsche, but it looks like the new Porsche boss Martin Winterkorn has very different ideas. But as the boss of VW, that’s hardly surprising. In an interview […]
VW Tiguan Review – the People’s Final lineup
We’ve reported a few times over the last few months on VW’s campaign to find an amateur reviewer (and to raise the profile of the VW Tiguan in the process) and they now seem to have got together a final lineup before a verdict gets announced this coming weekend. In the final heat, Harriet Gore […]
VW & Porsche could become Auto Union
It looks like Volkswagen and Porsche are getting close to an agreement on a way forward, and it now looks likely that the new union will resurrect the Auto Union name, first used when Audi, Horch, DKW and Wanderer joined forces in the depths of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Somehow apposite then that […]
New Volkswagen Golf Plus BlueMotion Introduced
There seem to be even more new VW Golf variants than there are Porsche 911s, and now we’ve got a new one to add to the mix – the new Volkswagen Golf Plus BlueMotion – as part of the VW Golf Economy Range. The new VW Golf Plus Bluemotion is basically a Golf Plus with […]
Volkswagen Polo UK details
The VW Polo has been a huge success for Volkswagen. Over 11 million Polos have been sold since it was first launched nearly 35 years ago. But one thing you could never accuse the Polo of was being exciting. It was dull, well made and economical transport. But the world is changing and every car […]
VW Tiguan Review – Johnny wins heat 2
We’ve kept you up to date with VW’s efforts to find a new Jeremy Clarkson – a People’s Reviewer. And now it’s getting close to a conclusion (they’re certainly getting their money’s worth out of this competition!), with the winners of the first 2 heats sorted and the reviewers for the final heats out playing […]
Vokswagen Tiguan Reviewers- latest update
As you’ve seen before, we decided to follow what was going on with VW’s aim to find the best amateur car reviewer in their People’s Reviewer competition. So as it’s been a week or two since we last had a look, we thought we’d do a quick update. There have already been two groups of […]
Volkswagen to take over Porsche
If you read our report earlier today about the resignation of Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, you won’t be at all surprised that VW has now released a statement which appears to confirm that Porsche will become another VW brand – sooner, rather than later. Porsche need a way out of the hole they are in […]
Porsche – the boss goes
The shenanigans at Porsche rumble on, and now Porsche boss Wendelin Wiedeking has announced he is leaving Porsche with immediate effect. So why do we care if another suit bites the dust? Well, Wendelin Wiedeking is not just any old suit, but the man credited with taking Porsche from an ailing, one-model car maker to the […]