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  • 24 August 2010

    Volkswagen unveils its new Dakar challenger

    Volkswagen has unveiled its new Dakar challenger, the Race Touareg 3.


  • 06 August 2010

    Das. World of Volkswagen magazine takes off

    The first edition of Das. Volkswagen’s new quarterly digital magazine has been released. The first edition kicks off with a feature called Think Blue, which explores Volkswagen’s energy efficient BlueMotion technologies, start/stop and a range of economical engines. There is also an opportunity to discover our new cars first hand – this month, meet the smart new Touareg.


  • 08 January 2010

    Volkswagen Amarok pick-up takes on the Dakar Rally

    Eight months before it arrives in the UK this September, the new Volkswagen pick-up, the Amarok, is demonstrating its power, durability and off-road performance by following the Volkswagen Motorsport team currently taking part in the gruelling Dakar rally across some of the toughest terrain in South America.


  • 03 December 2009

    Volkswagen sets sail in defence of Dakar Rally title

    With 60 tonnes of material and 17 support vehicles, Volkswagen’s 2010 ‘Dakar’ Rally crew has embarked on its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to South America


  • 17 November 2009

    Volkswagen Amarok will be Official Support Vehicle for Dakar Rally

    It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims from January 2010 during the world’s toughest rally.


  • 06 November 2009

    Legends drive Volkswagen Sciroccos at Race of champions

    The biggest names from the world of motorsport, including Volkswagen factory driver and Dakar Rally winner Giniel de Villiers and Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button, lined up on the grid in motorsport prepared versions of the Volkswagen Scirocco at this year’s Race of Champions in Beijing


  • 02 November 2009

    The Scirocco R and golf R now available to order

    Volkswagen has today confirmed pricing and specification for the most powerful and fastest accelerating derivatives of the Scirocco and Golf ever produced.


  • 29 October 2009

    Volkswagen presents world's most eco-friendly one-make cup

    Following the successful debut of the compressed natural gas-powered Scirocco GT24-CNG at the Nürburgring 24-hour race, Volkswagen is launching a one-make Bio-CNG-powered race series in 2010.


  • 07 October 2009

    Are you faster than Paul Collingwood?

    At Edgbaston, just before the third Ashes Test, Volkswagen built a miniature racetrack where Paul Collingwood proved he was very quick at something else other than bowling – driving a perfect model of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Mark VI around the purpose-built track in the Volkswagen stand.


  • 22 September 2009

    Take a spin in the Scirocco R around the virtual 'Green hell'

    As the covers are taken off the new Scirocco R at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), Volkswagen is revving it up with a new interactive racing game.