Reuters published some details about the agreement between Volkswagen and Martin Winterkorn, the current chief of the Germans. According to the information, it seems that VW's Chief Martin Winterkorn is about to sign a new contract with the German company, a contract which will last until 2016. Bernd Osterloh claimed that Martin Winterkorn did a great job at the steering...
About in the same period of the last year Volkswagen introduced rear LED lights for Golf VI. Now, it seems that the German manufacturer decided to make available front LED lights for the Golf VI for the customers who want to equipp their cars with this type of lights but don't want to buy expensive tuning kits. The new front...
The Germans just handed over the first bit of news on the 2011 Volkswagen Eos since the Exclusive package was announced. Volkswagen have told us the what the price tag on a 2011 Eos will look like. Sadly, that price tag is for the United Kingdom only at the moment. Even so, it's worth looking into. If you're British, and...
In order to improve the fuel consumption and the CO2 emissions, the Germans from Volkswagen decided to introduce the BlueMotion Technology package for the 2.0-liter TDI engine found in two power options: 140HP and 170HP. The VW Scirocco benefiting from the 2.0-liter TDI BlueMotion Technology is able to obtain a better fuel consumption of 3,7 liters/100 km and 119 g/km...
It seems that the pick-up models are not avoided at all by the tuners, this time a package able to improve the engine's figures has been developed for the Volkswagen's Amarok pick-up. The Germans from Oettinger decided to upgrade the 1.9-liter engine able to develop 163 horsepower. Thanks to few modifications made just to the ECU unit, the German tuners...
The Germans at Volkswagen came out with a pretty interesting announcement; they plan to invest no less than 51.6 billion euros in their Automotive division. There's more too, VW Group plans to invest this sum over the short period of five years. According to VW CEO, Mr. Martin Winterkorn, this sort of investments are going to be made in order...
The people from Volkswagen revealed in depth the electric version of Golf, a best-seller model for the Germans. Expected to debut in about three years, the Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion features an electric engines able to develop slightly over 100 horses, 150 to be more exatly. The German model comes with a LED light which works while charging such as other...
I know it doesn't sound glamorous but for somebody like me, who has winter mornings wasted scraping away the ice it's an immensely good idea. The new Windshield tech VW is currently testing relies on some chemical magic to work against ice and fog giving you a hard time. The Germans people's car makers got together with the Germans from...
MR Car Design decided to develop a performance tuning kit for the VW's Golf R, a tuning kit called MR6R, able to improve the technical figures of the German car. To be more exactly, the German tuners managed to squeeze 330 horsepower and 470 Nm of torque from the 2.0-liter turbo that fits the Golf R, mainly by revising the...
The convertible version of the Volkswagen Golf is getting closer and there are not anymore doubts if this body version will enter production or not. According to a Volkswagen official, Martin Winterkorn more exactly, the Volkswagen Golf Convertible is ready to enter the production line somewhere next year, in the early 2011, in Spring. The German convertible model that most...
The German tuners from ABT Sportsline released details and figures on the modified engines that will be available for several Volkswagen models such as Scirocco, Jetta, Golf, Polo but also the modified propellers will be available for Audi A3, Skoda Octavia, Seat Ibiza. There are three modified engines in question, two TSI engines, 1.2-liter and 1.4-liter but also a 1.6-liter...
The new Volkswagen Jetta designed for the European market got revealed few moments ago, the European model of the manufacturer in Wolfsburg coming with few changes compared to the U.S. version of the model. These modifications include more standard features for the European Jetta but also a new multilink rear suspension. The entry-level engine option is the 1.2-liter TSI 105...
After updating their 2011 Touareg with the addition of an Exclusive package the Germans over at Volkswagen decided to apply pretty much the same rules to their 2011 Eos Coupe Cabriolet. Unlike the new Volkswagen Touareg the 2011 Volkswagen Eos is not that much more than a facelift of the older version. That shouldn't put you off however as the...
Knowing their Passat is a volume car and considering the great quality feel it features in models of late it's no wonder that the Germans at Volkswagen decided to allow people to place orders already. The first market open to orders will be the British one and that's ok, except ordering usually requires something extra. That'll be the price for...
I admit that this is not the first time we talk about the Exclusive equipment package available for the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg but now we can go more deep in the details as the Germans at Volkswagen revealed new details on this new equipment package developed for Touareg. The price announced is €58.150 for the V6 TDI BlueMotion Technology but...
The Germans at Volkswagen have just revealed the revised version of the coupe-cabrio model, Eos, which comes with a starting price of €27,795. The manufacturer in Wolfsburg prepared four engines for the facelifted version of Eos, three petrol engines are available: 1.4-liter TSI (122HP), 1.4-liter TSI (170HP), 2.0-liter TSI (210HP) but also a diesel unit, 2.0liter TDI able to develp...
The Germans at Volkswagen revealed the new Volkswagen Passat which comes with a wide range of engines and with a modern design found also on various models of the Germans. The new Volkswagen Passat Sedan and Variant comes with the latest driver assist technology availabe such as City Automatic Emergency Braking, but also with systems that increase the ease of...
Car warranties are always a good thing to have and it would be great if they would last more than the number of kilometres on paper. Because there are people that want to drive their cars a lot and when the magic number is up, out goes the warranty. Volkswagen Australia decided to change this policy and it can only...
We saw few days ago a special edition created for the Citroen's DS3 together with the Kenzo fashion house and now, IKKS fashion house decided to create a tuning kit for the Polo model of the German manufacturer. The Volkswagen Polo IKKS special edition will be manufactured in just 3.000 units and comes with several visual improvements. From the improvements...
The folks at Volkswagen have reasons to celebrate because the car manufacturer has had a profitable last August, with a 11 percent in sales increase. This positive trend has been following the 13 percent rise in sales for the first eight months and a nearly three percent rise in sales in July. According to Volkswagen, 545,000 units were sold in...
