12 January 2010
Volkswagen has unveiled the New Compact Coupé, a concept that delivers the seemingly contradictory mix of a petrol-engined, practical, performance-orientated coupé with extraordinary economy and sub-100 g/km CO2 emissions.
08 January 2010
With the introduction of the first petrol-engined model to feature BlueMotion technologies, the Volkswagen Eos has joined in with the tradition and has made a New Year’s resolution that it will drink less from January.
06 November 2009
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
29 October 2009
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
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.
05 October 2009
Volkswagen has won the top prize at The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year Awards, with the sixth-generation Golf, which went on sale in January this year, claiming the £16,000-£20,000 price category as well as the prestigious title of Caravan Club Towcar of the Year 2010.
05 October 2009
The new Golf range is extended today with the latest and most practical model: the new Golf Estate. The car is available to order now ahead of the first models arriving in showrooms on 6 November.
15 September 2009
The most powerful and fastest-accelerating Golf ever produced – the Golf R – has been unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Developed by Volkswagen Individual, the special projects wing of Volkswagen, and following on from the Mk4 and Mk5 Golf R32 models, the four-wheel-drive Golf R is equipped with a 2.0-litre TSI four-cylinder engine developing 270PS.
10 August 2009
Volkswagen has been honoured by a pair of wins at the prestigious Auto Express New Car Awards. The event, recognising the best new cars on sale in the UK, saw the Golf scoop the fiercely contested ‘Best Compact Family Car’ honour.
07 July 2009
Following the launch of the standard sixth generation Golf and the GTI and GTD performance models, Volkswagen is pleased to announce the ‘economy’ range, based on a new 1.6-litre common rail diesel engine, and which includes a BlueMotion variant.