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17 May 2012
Volkswagen up! claims another top award at Fleet World Honours
Volkswagen’s new small car, the up!, which went on sale in the UK in January, has claimed yet another award, being named Best City Car in the 2012 Fleet World Honours. The trophy was presented at a ceremony held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall.
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17 May 2012
31st GTI meeting at Wörthersee
For more than 30 years, the ‘GTI Meeting at Wörthersee’ has been a holiday in the calendar of fans of sporty Volkswagen vehicles. An event that will also this year see fans from right across Europe coming to the largest GTI meeting in the world in Austria. At this show of the superlatives, besides the Golf GTI Cabriolet, Volkswagen and Volkswagen Motorsport will be presenting the Polo R-WRC, the Polo WRC Street special edition model plus two further Golf GTI concept cars.
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16 May 2012
Volkswagen introduces standard DAB radio from Polo to Phaeton
Volkswagen is tuning in to customer demand and fitting DAB radios as standard on all models from the Polo to the Phaeton, giving buyers not only a wider choice of radio stations but also a higher quality of sound.
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16 May 2012
30 Volkswagens set for brands bonanza
A 30-car field is expected at Brands Hatch in a few days when the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup takes to the track for one of its biggest-ever weekends, supporting the world-famous DTM, the German touring car championship.
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14 May 2012
Seventh issue of "Das." now online
In the summer of 2010, Volkswagen successfully launched its new digital, international customer magazine ‘Das.’ The third issue of this ‘Digital Automotive Space’ can be found online now at www.volkswagen-das.co.uk
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08 May 2012
'Rat Pack' to be reunited for Scirocco R-Cup race at brands hatch
The Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup will welcome some extra special drivers at Brands Hatch (18 - 19 May) when Damon Hill, Mark Blundell, Perry McCarthy, Julian Bailey, Martin Donnelly and David Brabham join the regular line up for the ultra competitive one make race series.
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01 May 2012
Volkswagen tops off Golf Cabrio range with new GTI model
Following its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, the new Golf GTI Cabriolet is now available to order at Volkswagen Retailers across the UK, with prices starting at £29,310 RRP OTR for the manual version and rising to £30,610 for the DSG.
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27 April 2012
Polo R-Line: adding more style to the substance
Volkswagen is adding even more style to its popular supermini, with the launch of the Polo R Line, which builds on the impressive specification of the Polo Match with unique styling touches inside and out.
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23 April 2012
Volkswagen at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show
Volkswagen is lifting the lid on the E-Bugster concept car at the Beijing Motor Show, which opens its doors to the press on Monday 23 April. The E-Bugster made its debut as a coupé at the Detroit Auto Show in January, but this time the electric concept’s hard-top has been removed, giving the best hint yet of the look of the future Beetle Cabriolet, and also showing the potential for Volkswagen’s future all-electric drivetrains.
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05 April 2012
Volkswagen up! is World Car of the Year
Volkswagen is proud to announce that the up! has been honoured as the 2012 World Car of the Year. With 66 of the top automotive journalists from around the globe judging, the up! surpassed a total of 33 other nominees