VW Scirocco and eco models 04 March 2008 by James Foxall So what's new on Volkswagen's Geneva Motor Show stand? By far the most exciting offering from VW was the production version of the new Scirocco. The good news is the firm has managed to combine the... Read more ...
Volkswagen Scirocco unveiled 03 March 2008 by Mark Nichol VW has finally taken the wraps off the new Scirocco, 15 years after killing off the last generation coupe. Due to be officially unveiled at Geneva 2008, the Golf-based Scirocco has a pleasingly... Read more ...
Volkswagen Scirocco and eco-tech at Geneva 28 February 2008 by Ben Pulman Volkswagen will show off the new Scirocco and a Golf TDI Hybrid concept at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show next week. The Scirocco will come with four engines, in TDI and TSI forms, ranging from a 1.4 TSI... Read more ...
Volkswagen Routan (2008): first official pictures 16 January 2008 by Stephen Dobie Volkswagen’s push for more sales in the US will be reinforced with the new Routan minivan, due to be shown to its North American market at the Chicago Auto Show in February 2008. The model is heavily... Read more ...
Volkswagen Passat CC at Detroit show 2008 14 January 2008 by James Foxall The Volkswagen Passat CC might look like the bastard offspring of a shady encounter between a Phaeton and a CLS, but the German firm is hoping the new Passat spin-off will attract buyers after premium... Read more ...
Volkswagen Passat CC (2008): first official pictures 13 January 2008 by Ben Pulman Welcome to the world’s second four-door coupe, the Passat CC. Following the lead of the Mercedes CLS, Volkswagen has redrawn the Passat to give us this swoopy mini-me Phaeton lookalike saloon. It's an... Read more ...
Arnie goes green in VW’s Blue 04 December 2007 by Car magazine Schwarzenegger polishing his green credentials with a Blue? Very funny. Yes, he said he’d be back, but rather than hurtling after baddies in a Hummer, Arnold Schwarzenegger came over all green this... Read more ...
Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagon TDI 31 October 2007 by Phil McNamara What's that: a cool and understated Golf wagon? You'd better believe it. And it's more than a modified Golf estate, it's the spearhead for Volkswagen's renewed diesel push into North America. VW knows... Read more ...
Volkswagen Space Up unveiled 25 October 2007 by Jonny Smith Mmm, this looks ever so slightly similar to the Up! Concept at Frankfurt... And you wouldn't be wrong. VW chose the Tokyo show to tug the sheets off its new vehicle just six weeks after showing the... Read more ...
VW Space Up concept 24 October 2007 by Ben Pulman Up, up, and away… Yes, the Volkswagen Up is back. The Tokyo Motor Show today saw VW unveil a second iteration of their new small family car – a third model will be shown at the LA Auto Show in... Read more ...
Volkswagen Space Up concept 24 October 2007 by Ben Pulman Up, up, and away… Yes, the Volkswagen Up is back. The Tokyo Motor Show today saw VW unveil a second iteration of their new small family car – a third model will be shown at the LA Auto Show in... Read more ...
Volkswagen Touareg R50 15 October 2007 by Ben Pulman Let me guess…some fuel-guzzling, turbocharged behemoth? It might be a diesel, but yes, it’s still all of the above. Ths is VW’s new R50 and it’s the latest car from VW Individual, the same engineering... Read more ...
Volkswagen Up! 11 September 2007 by Ben Barry Volkswagen Up!: the lowdown Volkswagen today unveiled what it hoped will be the modern-day successor to the Beetle: the Up! concept, a small city car targeted at the young, the cash-poor, and the... Read more ...
Volkswagen Up concept 11 September 2007 by Ben Barry Volkswagen Up!: the lowdown Volkswagen today unveiled what it hoped will be the modern-day successor to the Beetle: the Up! concept, a small city car targeted at the young, the cash-poor, and the... Read more ...
VW City Expert 01 August 2007 by Ben Pulman Volkswagen has just released details of a concept car that should take it back to its ‘people’s car’ roots. Dubbed City Expert, it will be shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. VW will also... Read more ...
Volkswagen Tiguan unmasked 29 June 2007 by Jack Carfrae Volkswagen Tiguan. We’ve seen this before, haven’t we? We have indeed. The Tiguan was first shown as a concept at the Los Angeles show in November, and it’s now primed and ready for production. CAR... Read more ...
Volkswagen Tiguan (2007): first official pictures 06 June 2007 by Jack Carfrae Volkswagen Tiguan: the lowdown Here’s an unusual scoop – officially sanctioned photos of VW’s Tiguan hot-weather testing in Namibia. It’s still in pre-production form, but these shots reveal the... Read more ...
Volkswagen’s New DSG Gearbox 26 May 2007 by Ben Whitworth Volkswagen has unveiled its next-generation seven-speed DSG transmission - and as you’d expect, it’s lighter, smaller and more efficient. The new paddle-shift gearbox, codenamed DQ200, uses a pair of... Read more ...
Volkswagen Golf GTI W12 concept (2007): first official pictures 17 May 2007 by Tim Pollard VW Golf GTI W12: the lowdown We loved the Clio V6, despite its dynamic shortcomings, and some CAR staffers still go weak at the knees at the mention of a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 rally car. But now... Read more ...
VW Golf build passes 25 million 30 March 2007 by Gareth Kent Thirty-three years after the first Golf, Volkswagen has just passed the 25 million milestone. As one of the pioneers of the modern hatchback genre, the Golf was a hit right from launch in 1974, and... Read more ...
Volkswagen Golf Estate (2007): first official pictures 27 February 2007 by Tim Pollard Yawn... it's just a slightly bigger Golf, isn't it? Yes it is, but VW reckons the Golf wagon is a strategically important car in its range; it's flogged 1.2 million of them since the first estate was... Read more ...
VW boss Bernhard quits 12 January 2007 by Tim Pollard Volkswagen boss Wolfgang Bernhard has quit the company as part of a shake-up at Europe's biggest car maker. The news comes as little surprise after months of uncertainty and change at the top of VW. Read more ...
Volkswagen Tiguan 29 November 2006 by Ben Whitworth Volkswagen Tiguan: the lowdown Volkswagen is going Freelander hunting with its new Golf-based Tiguan off-roader. Unveiled at the Los Angeles Motorshow this morning, Concept Tiguan gives a nine-tenths... Read more ...
What VW should do next 23 November 2006 by Georg Kacher A new boss takes the reins of VW in January, and Martin Winterkorn has some big decisions to make about VW's plans. VW's future model policy lacks variety. But it's been like that for years, with the... Read more ...
New boss plans VW revolution 22 November 2006 by Georg Kacher The Volkswagen Group is set for a huge shake-up, following the resignation of chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder. Product plans across all seven marques, the group brand strategy, platform sharing and... Read more ...
Volkswagen Neeza concept 20 November 2006 by Phil McNamara/Georg Kacher VW Neeza concept: the lowdown Volkswagen is developing a Ford S-Max rival – and this Neeza concept gives a clue to its thinking. Designed in China and unveiled at the Beijing motor show, the Neeza is... Read more ...
Volkswagen Passat R36 (2006): first official pictures 17 November 2006 by Phil McNamara VW Passat R36: the lowdown Volkswagen has pulled the wraps off its 'R' flagship Passat – and the five-door is the fastest estate VW has ever made. Scooped by CAR Online a few weeks back, the R36 puts... Read more ...
Volkswagen goes mad in Las Vegas 02 November 2006 by Alex Fuller R GTi: the lowdown VW has cooked up two hotter Golf GTis for the SEMA tuning show: the 225hp Thunder Bunny and 375hp R GTi. This mean hatch is the R GTi, which gets a big helping of carbonfibre to... Read more ...
Volkswagen Golf GTi Edition 30 (2006): first official pictures 27 October 2006 by Jason Golembo VW Golf GTi Edition 30: the lowdown Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the Golf GTi's UK launch, and to celebrate, Volkswagen will release 1500 of this GTi Edition 30. Complete with uprated 230PS... Read more ...
New Touareg shows its face 20 September 2006 by Nathan Millward Here are the first official photos of Volkswagen's facelifted Touareg, already uncovered during hot weather testing by CAR Online. A chrome effect grille surround and Eos-inspired headlights bring the... Read more ...
Volkswagen Touran (2006): first official pictures 13 September 2006 by Dimitri Pesin The lowdown Volkswagen has given its Touran MPV a welcome facelift, and a sprinkling of new features. The headline news is the introduction of Twincharge engines which employ both a turbo and a... Read more ...
Volkswagen Iroc concept (2006): first official pictures 24 August 2006 by Phil McNamara The lowdown This is the Iroc, a sexy successor to the Scirocco coupe that Volkswagen will launch in 2008. Officially, the Iroc is a concept car, but make no mistake, this dynamic three-door is heading... Read more ...