Volkswagen

Volkswagen Completes WRC Test In New Polo R WRC

October 26, 2011

The World Rally Championship is currently seeing a renaissance in both the cars that are running (super aggressive super minis anyone?) and and overall popularity. Volkswagen is not a manufacturer to miss out and has prepared a Polo R WRC car, which should be sitting on the starting line some time in 2013. The test [...]

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New Volkswagen Amarok Demolition Job Shows Real Power

June 3, 2011

The new Amarok is the latest pickup from Volkswagen and it’s already showing real promise – by using just four of these powerful beasts in order to tear down a 67m high steel chimney weighing 140 tonnes and standing at nearly the same height as Westminster Abbey. In what can only be described as a [...]

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The All New 2011 Beetle

April 29, 2011
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This is the all new latest generation Volkswagen Beetle. The Beetle now measures 4,278 mm in length (+152 mm), 1,808 mm in width (+84 mm) and 1,486 in height (-12 mm). The track width front and rear, as well as the wheelbase at 2,537 mm, are also increased. Overseen by Walter de Silva (Volkswagen Group) [...]

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Volkswagen Passat Sets New World Record

October 4, 2010
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Here’s the very latest from Volkswagen on how the Passat set a new world record for fuel economy: A Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest distance travelled by a standard production passenger car on a single tank of fuel. The attempt, carried out by a team from The [...]

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New Scirocco Proves Sales Success

August 12, 2010

The 100,000th third generation Scirocco has now rolled off the production line. Andreas Hinrichs, Autoeuropa Plant Manager, said: “The Scirocco is one of the most important cars that we produce. For myself personally, it was a moving moment.” The celebrated model is a Scirocco R 2.0-litre TSI, in Rising Blue Metallic, with a Titan Black [...]

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Volkswagen Scirocco R And Golf R Available To Order Now

November 2, 2009

The Golf R and Scirocco R are now available to order. Both are absolutely brilliant looking cars, as you can see in the above image. Build quality, reliability and driving performance are no doubt great too (I’ve not had the pleasure of test driving either so I can’t give you the official ‘Car Articles’ verdict [...]

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Fifth Gear: WebTV 5

August 2, 2009

Admit it or no, I know you’re all a fan of Ms Butler-Henderson. I think it’s the voice that does it… On a more serious note, that VW Bluesport concept looks brilliant.

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Volkswagen Golf GTI is Virtually Here

May 18, 2009

The new VW Golf GTI is set to be launched on May 22nd, and to let us all have a taste of the action prior to the big date, Volkswagen have produced a really cool microsite.  The site is a Scalextric game on a huge scale, which allows enthusiasts to race online against other players [...]

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