B&B tuning for Volkswagen Scirocco R
This Volkswagen Scirocco R tuning by B&B takes the 261 hp up to an impressive 306 hp. Torque has also been increased from the R version’s 350 Nm to a new level of 410 Nm at 1,900 rpm, and that’s…
European Volkswagen Jetta revealed
The European Volkswagen Jetta, released yesterday, shows only slight differences on the outside to the US-spec model, but has a brand new Jetta engine line-up for Europe and an improved suspension system. The Jetta has had mixed success in the…
Volkswagen Iroc Concept – first images
A reader sends us these photos scanned from a spanish magazine that show the Volkswagen Iroc Concept, the car that will be shown at the Paris Auto Show and that should prefigure the next VW Scirocco, expected in 2008.More than…
Funny car commercial: buying a Volkswagen Golf off an old lady
This is definitely going down as one of the funniest car commercials we’ve seen this year. Apart from the stunts the old lady pulls off in her little red Volkswagen Golf, the hilarious stuff is the dad checking out the…
Volkswagen Polo R: might use a four-wheel drive system
Volkswagen Polo R might be using a four wheel drive system. The rumours about a 4 × 4 system equipping the new sports version of Volkswagen Polo could be true, as the current generation of Volkswagen Polo is based on…
30 years of the Volkswagen Jetta
In honour of the 30th birthday of the Volkswagen Jetta, here’s a historic Jetta gallery which shows the model that was originally designed back in 1979 by Italian Giorgetto Giugiaro. While the smaller car has never been particularly successful in…
Geneva preview: Volkswagen Polo GTI and CrossPolo
The new Volkswagen Polo GTI and Volkwagen CrossPolo will be presented at the 2010 Geneva motor show, marking the further development of the new Polo range. The Polo GTI is the sports model and the CrossPolo has been designed as…
Volkswagen to purchase Alfa Romeo: Marchionne to sell to Germans?
The Italians are not enjoying this rumour at all: Volkswagen could be looking at a purchase of Alfa Romeo if Fiat were to sell the struggling brand. Italy’s honeymoon with Sergio Marchionne would be well and truly over if the…
VW Golf 6th: with a glance at the past
In Nomvember 2009 VW will play its ace with the sixth series of the Golf: a difficult task for the small-medium car which will have to make its way on the knife edge passage from one generation to the next.…
New Volkswagen Tiguan will be offered in three body styles
The new Volkswagen Tiguan, expected in 2014, will be built using the benefits of the MQB platform and will be offered in three different body styles: in addition to the Sport Utility, which will retain the same size as the…
Volkswagen presents three custom versions Beetle at the 2012 SEMA
Volkswagen will be at the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas (30th October - 2nd November) to present three custom versions of the Beetle. The APR-VWvortex Beetle Turbo has a true sports spirit hidden beneath its Beetle appearance: the engine…
New Golf 7: the technical slides of the VW presentation
The new Golf 7 gets shown in a new teaser released by Volkswagen and premiered during a press conference that has anticipated what’s new about the model. As previously announced, the Volkswagen Golf MK7 will be 100 kg lighter than…
Volkswagen Tiguan to be built in US
Volkswagen has some work to do for its brand on the US car market and in plans to expand beyond the Passat, Jetta and Beetle models, reports have emerged that it might expand its production and build the Volkswagen Tiguan…
Volkswagen Golf GTI Convertible: images and info
A few days ahead of its official unveiling at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen releases a few pictures of its long awaited Golf GTI Cabriolet, that will surely be one of the most sought-after models at the Swiss event.…
VW Tiguan – official design study
Volkswagen has a press release out, confirming the choice of the Tiguan name for its future compact SUV; coming out in 2008. The press release is accompanied by a nice design sketch, anticipating a car that is (fortunately) very different…
Volkswagen introduces the Cross Coupe Concept
Volkswagen will introduce its new Cross Coupe Concept at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. The model is a four-seat SUV powered by a supercharged TSI engine with direct injection and two electric units. The ‘regular’ engine has an output of…
Volkswagen Golf R Convertible: spy shots without cammo
The Volkswagen Golf R Cabriolet has been spotted again on the road, but this time around our photographers caught it stripped of any sort of camouflage. thereby the pictured model should be very, very similar to the final production version.…
VW Golf Bluemotion
Volkswagen will be showing at the IAA 2007 in Frankfurt the Golf BlueMotion for the first time. For the most economical version of the popular hatchback, VW boasts an average fuel consumption of 4.5 liters/100 km and only 119 g/km…
Volkswagen – the new Lupo, Golf Cabrio e Scirocco
Auto Zeitung has some information about upcoming new models from Volkswagen (the Lupo II, the Golf VI Cabrio and the new Scirocco), together with some computer-generated images (these don’t seem too credible, though).The two big novelties under the Piech-Winterkorn management…
New Volkswagen Golf 7 spied in video
This pic could be of the new Volkswagen Golf 7, which may have been revealed in a promotional video filmed in the Volkswagen design centre premises. The director of the video, in doing a “making of” video of the L1…
2013 Volkswagen Santana
The Volkswagen Santana gets rid of its squared and vintage aesthetics and becomes more modern, thanks to some substantial changes affecting aesthetics and mechanics of the model alike. The new Santana is about to replace a car introduced in 1981…
Volkswagen Golf VII to weigh 100 kg less?
The long-awaited seventh generation of the mighty Volkswagen Golf is expected to debut on the market worldwide in the second half of the current year, and a new GTI version of the iconic hatchback is obviously in the works too.…
Volkswagen in Geneva: the new Scirocco is coming
The new Volkswagen Scirocco will debut next week in Geneva 34 years after the first generation Scirocco. The new coupè, based on the Golf platform, will be quite a bit bigger than the original, with space inside for 4 adults.Initially…