Earlier this week, Volkswagen has announced that going forward, all of its ID models that are on sale and future models will be receiving regular software updates over-the-air with an aim to help improve the infotainment system and even improve the range of the car, through software. This doesn’t really sound like anything new – Tesla has been doing this for a number of years now with the Model 3, […]
Volkswagen has put the new redesigned Polo up for orders starting on Friday this week, with prices from £17,885 in the UK. The new facelift was announced back in April this year and now sits more in line with the rest of the Volkswagen family, with the new VW logo, new trim levels and the latest infotainment system from the ID.3 and Mk8 Golf. The new Polo doesn’t have an […]
Volkswagen has recently introduced the new Taigo here in the UK, a new small crossover which shares its platform with the Polo and the similarly sized T-Cross. The Taigo is essentially the same size as the T-Cross, which itself sits in-between the T-Roc and the Tiguan. The Taigo is a coupe version of that car. The car has been on sale as the Nivus in South America since last year and […]
Volkswagen’s new performance version of the ID.4 SUV, the GTX has now go on sale in the UK, with prices starting at £48,510. VW announced the ID.4 GTX back in April and the brand is like GTI but for the company’s electric car range. The ID.4 GTX is on sale now and comes in two trim levels, GTX and GTX Max. The entry level car comes standard with 20-inch alloy […]
This week, Volkswagen has announced a new estate version of the eighth generation Golf R for 2021 with similar performance stats to the hatchback variant. The new Golf R estate joins the Golf, Tiguan and Arteon with performance focused models. The estate version shares the same engine as the hatchback, with a 2.0-litre turbo petrol, with 316bhp and 309lb ft of torque. The four wheel drive ‘4Motion’ and seven speed […]
This week, Volkswagen has revealed the updated Polo GTI for 2021 which has some new Golf Mk8 inspired designs and technology and more. The new GTI is based on the recently refreshed Polo which includes a design lift in places, new steering wheel and infotainment system. The new Polo GTI doesn’t get any new engine improvements here, it retains the same 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine with 204bhp driving the front […]
More and more car companies are moving towards the future of electric vehicles here in the UK as well as in the US, where the government push towards it is perhaps less forceful. The UK government will be banning the sale of new combustion by 2030, with hybrids sticking around until 2035 – however this is only in the UK for now and individual companies are taking it upon themselves […]
Volkswagen has recently launched the cheapest all-wheel-drive electric car in the US this month, with the ID.4 AWD Pro which comes in at $36,175 after the government incentives in the country. The ID.4 launched here in the UK and Europe last year and then earlier this year in the US, with the First Edition ID.4 which has only been rear wheel drive. The company is now expanding the line up […]
Volkswagen has announced the new T7 Multivan, which is replacing the T6 Caravalle as Volkswagen’s MPV that is van sized. In the past, the Caravalle has always been a people mover based on the standard Transporter cargo van, which also means this is replacing the Touran and the now discontinued Sharan. This new Multivan isn’t what the next Transporter is going to look like either, Volkswagen is going to continue […]
Ralf Brandstatter, the Volkswagen CEO has recently shared a preview of what he calls the Volkswagen ID.X. It looks to be a hot hatchback version of the new all electric ID.3 and the images show a revamped car with larger alloy wheels, green accenting in the cabin which extends to the dashboard, steering wheel, stitching and on the exterior. Brandstatter has made it clear that this doesn’t show a new […]
