With the ongoing electrification of cars, there are less and less cars offered with a manual gearbox, and for car enthusiasts this can ruin part of the experience of the car, how it feels and how it drives. Don’t get me wrong, the need for an alternative fuel source is long overdue, and its good to have a rough date on when petrol and diesel cars will be banned from […]
Volkswagen recently refreshed the up! city car line, this included the relaunch of the critically acclaimed up! GTI as well as the new e-up! which is now in its second generation. The 2020 e-up! went on sale in February this year. The 2020 e-up! went up for pre-orders back in November last year and officially went on sale in February. Volkswagen has revealed some sales figures for car, in the […]
The Volkswagen e-Golf is based on the outgoing Mk7 Golf which, has now been replaced by the eighth generation – Volkswagen refers to this as the ‘Golf 8’. The e-Golf was due to be discontinued as soon as the new ID.3 electric car hits the market, which is expected to be this summer. However, some reports have now suggested that the launch date may be delayed due to current software […]
This week, Volkswagen has updated the Polo range to include a new trim level, the Polo Match which will now take the place of the SE in the line up. Starting at £16,465, you now get 15-inch alloy wheels, front fog lights, rear tinted-windows, and front and rear parking sensors. All of those options were optional extras on the SE. All the other trim levels of the Polo still remain, […]
Last night, ahead of the Geneva Motor Show next month, Volkswagen unveiled the brand new Golf GTI, GTD and GTE all based on the brand new Golf 8 which only recently went on sale, earlier this month. As we reported on Monday, Volkswagen will still be showing off the new cars at Geneva in March, but the new models were unveiled yesterday. For this article, we’ll be focusing on the […]
The annual Geneva motor show is nearly upon us and a few days ago, Volkswagen announced that the new Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI will be revealed at the show. The new Golf 8 has already been on sale for a little while already, albeit with not many trim levels available at the moment. The first Golf GTI was actually unveiled forty five years ago at the IAA in Frankfurt, but […]
Last week, after a few months of test vans being spotted – Volkswagen revealed the all new Caddy van for 2020, and it really is all new. It now sits on the MQB platform, is more aerodynamic, the interior is much more modern and there are more engine choices. What’s new? For a start, the new Caddy sits on Volkswagen’s all new MQB platform which allows for more room, a […]
Volkswagen AG has announced that two coal powered power stations at the main Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg are in the process of being shut down to help the company reduce its CO2 emissions. The news has come from current CEO Herbert Diess, who said: “I have already declined offers from several interested parties who wanted to buy our old Wolfsburg coal plants and rebuild them elsewhere in the world.” Getting rid […]
At the end of January, Volkswagen opened up the order books for the brand new e-up! electric car, which has arrived shortly after the whole range was revamped, along with a return of the up! GTI The new e-up! has the same new features as the rest of the line up, so active lane assist is now standard as is the new VW logo. Range The outgoing e-up! had less […]
The new Volkswagen Golf for 2020 is now open for order, but only in a few entry level versions at this time, with the Golf Life and the Golf Style. The entry level version starts at £23,875. Golf Mk8 The new eighth generation Volkswagen Golf was announced back in October and has already been on sale in Germany since December, but as of yesterday the order books have opened up […]
