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 […]
VW Tiguan Review – update
Update 22/9/09: Check out our full review of the VW Tiguan R-Line As we’ve reported before, VW are busy trying to find the next Clarkson by running a ‘People’s Reviewer’ competition to find the best amateur car reviewer in the UK. And things are moving on. The voting is coming to a close on the […]
Has VW found the next Clarkson yet?
Last week we reported on a competition VW are running to promote the new Tiguan. They’re getting Joe Public to submit ideas for a review of the car and, if successful, to actually let them play at car reviewer. Last week saw the first eclectic bunch of amateur reviewers clocking up some time in the […]
Volkswagen Golf Economy Range – Press Release
VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCHES NEW RANGE OF HIGHLY EFFICIENT GOLF MODELS Most efficient new Golf model available to order now; cars arrive in September Highly efficient as well as practical and conventional to service and maintain Prices start at £17,165 RRP ‘on the road’ for BlueMotion model A new sub-100 g/km variant will be available towards the […]
VW Touareg BlueMotion hits the UK
VW are pushing ahead with their BlueMotion Eco range, and have announced that the VW Touareg BlueMotion is now available in the UK. Offering improved economy and lower emissions, the Touareg BlueMotion manages to drop in to a lower Co2 band by emitting 219g/km (a reduction from 244g/km on the V6 TDi) and it delivers […]
VW BlueSport looks certain – but will there be a VW version?
There has certainly been a great deal of conjecture in the motoring press about the VW BlueSport concept, ever since it was first revealed at the Detroit Motor show at the beginning of the year. We’ve been as guilty as the rest of talking the project up, and we’ve seen a Skoda BlueSport, a Seat […]