Key Aspects: Volkswagen Concept BlueSport: Roadster offers the most driving fun with the least fuel 226 km/h fast Concept BlueSport consumes just 4.3 liters diesel Roadster study is propelled by highly efficient mid-engine Wolfsburg / Munich, 08 June 2009 – This Roadster will make people long for summer and the future: the Concept BlueSport from […]
Volkswagen and BYD get cosy
Volkswagen has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese car maker and EV specialist BYD to work together “in the area of electric mobility”. Seems sensible. BYD have been in the news lately with their next generation electric car technology, and VW is keen to be pro-active in the development of […]
Are Porsche technically bankrupt?
For years we’ve marvelled at the way Porsche seems to be a money-making machine. Considered by most to be the epitome of a successful car manufacturer, Porsche’s reputation has allowed them to charge more – and make more – from their cars than almost anyone else. And even in these trouble times, Porsche has been […]
New Volkswagen Golf Estate revealed
We’ve had a chunk of VW releases lately, and several on the new Volkswagen Golf. We reported earlier on the VW Golf GTI Worthersee Concept car, and this afternoon early information and pictures have surfaced of the next Golf release – the new VW Golf Estate. Planned to be released at the end of the […]
VW bring Golf GTI and Polo Concepts to Wörthersee
The Wörthersee Tour is in full swing in Austria, and as we told you yesterday Audi has brought along the Audi Q5 Wörthersee Concept to show off, along with a handful of its latest models. But this is a VW as well as Audi show, so Volkswagen has gone one better and brought along a pair […]
Volkswagen Scirocco R revealed
Well, we were close with our story on the Volkswagen Scirocco R20T. But it looks like VW are dropping the ’20T’ bit and sticking with VW Scirocco R. Fine by us. Car names are getting so long and convoluted it’s nice to see a car maker actually using something straightforward for a change. And unlike […]
Porsche rejects BlueSport Concept
The VW BlueSport concept debuted at the Detroit Motor Show in January, and offered the prospect of an economical, fun roadster from the VW group. But at the time VW made it clear that the car would have to work across three of its brands to be viable. VW are obviously up for the project, […]
Volkswagen Scirocco R20T – snapped ahead of reveal
We really rate the VW Scirocco. It’s everything a small coupe should be. It’s very stylish, extremely well-built and fun to drive. We wrote about the new VW Scirocco GT TDI a few days ago, which offers all the style and fun of its siblings, but wrapped up with terrific economy. But next to be […]
VW Scirroco GT TDI 170PS – UK orders & prices
I do like the Volkswagen Scirocco. I liked it when they produced the ‘Storm’ back in the ’70s, and I think the latest version is a great car, even if I would like to see a Scirocco with the same sort of cache as the Storm had back then. But today frugality is the key […]
Volkswagen Tiguan R Line announced
Oh, that sounds interesting. An R Line Tiguan. Fresh from the hands of Volkswagen Individual (the VW in-house engineering mob) that brought us the Passat R36 and the Touareg R50. Bound to have a nice new engine with more grunt to make the capable Tiguan a hot 4×4. But sadly, this is a purely cosmetic […]