Volkswagen Golf R received a special treatment consisting in a tuning kit. The model clearly received some aesthethic improvements, but also the tuners modified a part that is very important for a part of the fans, the engine. The 2.0 TFSI engine can now develop 330 horsepower and 450 Nm thanks to a recalibrated ECU unit. Compared to the standard...
Volkswagen Bluesport is ready to enter the mass production. The standard version will be equipped with a 2.0-liter diesel engine that produces 178 horsepower. Volkswagen Bluesport was first shown to the public at the Detroit Motor Show in 2009. A source within the German company told journalists at AutoExpress that Volkswagen is ready to enter mass production of the Bluesport...
Volkswagen revealed the technical information and a complete photo gallery of the new generation Sharan. Unlike the previous generation, the platform is fully developed by Volkswagen and the design is subtle taken from other models in the range. Germans from Volkswagen unveiled the complete gallery and technical details of the new generation Sharan. The new Sharan is 22 inches longer...
The Volkswagen Golf, a nice car that went to being a great car with the GTI version and then went from great to even better in the R version. Now however, German tuning company Sport Wheels is offering a version of the new Golf that's downright reckless. Perhaps it's a bit of an exaggeration on my front but then again...
The 2010 International Engine of the Year awards seen an end to proceedings and in that end there were ten different engines being honored in 11 categories, plus an overall winner chosen. The engines were rated by a jury of automotive journalists from around the world had the difficult task of rating the engines and ranking each of them in...
You may remember that about a couple of months ago VW presented us with a facelifted variant of their flagship, the 2011 Phaeton. At the time, it was a bit difficult to understand why the car didn't get the eagerly awaited by fans major redesign and why the Germans only gave us these minute changes. Well, now it's becoming clear....
Volkswagen CrossPolo will debut on European markets during this month. Three months ago, the model was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. Volkswagen officials are preparing to start the CrossPolo's sales model, which debuted this year at the Geneva Motor Show. The new Volkswagen CrossPolo debuted in Geneva with the new Polo GTI. The model is offered with engines that...
Volkswagen USA has just announced that they will be recalling almost 16.000 Routan minivans over a possible fire hazard discovered. The current recall is the fourth to be made this month after General Motors, BMW and Chrysler issued recalls on certain models for problems that could lead to a fire. When sticking to the current situation, the German automaker is...
Today was the first time the world could lay their eyes on the latest incarnation of VW's Jetta sedan, the 2011 model that will soon hit stateside showrooms this October. For now, information on European availability and pricing is not available but there's still enough to keep us busy. The 2011 Jetta features a premiere, it has obvious styling cues...
Volkswagen Group have recently announced their plans to expand production capacities in China with the construction of a new automotive plant which is to be located in Foshan, in the Southern Chinese region of Guangdong. The new plant is scheduled to begin operations around the middle of 2013, sporting a capacity of 300.000 vehicles produced yearly. VW boss, Martin Winterkorn,...
Jonathan Browning has been named global head of Volkswagen AG's 10-brand national sales companies after formerly being GM global sales boss. The announcement was made Friday by VW Group sales and marketing chief Christian Klingler. Klinger introduced Browning as an “excellent sales and marketing expert” and said that he expects him to make use of his “outstanding international experience” when...
The photo in question despite some quality issues is of mild importance to people in the market for what is otherwise a very popular, quality, four door sedan. Due to be released at this year's Paris Motor Show the picture reveals what was most expected by the automotive press, the exterior design. To this extent it seems the 2011 VW...
You may remember the reports of a possible buying of Italdesign Giugiaro by Volkswagen AG and I am pleased to see some confirmation on the situation as the German group announced the future purchase a controlling stake today. The official figure desired by VW is a whopping 90.1% of the Italian design and engineering company. Volkswagen Group have will be...
You may remember how March brought an interesting set of news from the European sales market as Ford has got the distinction of the best selling brand of the month mostly due to the introduction of the new Fiesta. This didn't sit very well with the traditional place holder, Volkswagen who took back their crown the following month for the...
Some reports would lead you to believe just that despite any sort of confirmation from either of the involved parties. While most of you may know about Volkswagen Italdesign Giugiaro isn't that popular a name as you might imagine but it's a very successful company that has come up with some of the most stunning concepts ever made. Previous work...
Volkswagen have just announced that a new trim level will be available for the Eos hardtop convertible in Europe. The new package is called Exclusive and it gives you just that as it's solely purposed in making your Eos more different from the others. What the Exclusive version of the VW Eos offers you is a two-tone nappa leather combinations,...
Volkswagen’s new department responsible for very exclusive sporty models, the R GmbH division, is reportedly working a very hot version of the Polo. The R version of the VW Polo will, as befits tradition in hot hatch V-dubs, be faster and overall better than the GTI version available at the moment. With that in mind, since the Polo GTI has...
Is not the first time when we talk about this future come Volkswagen Polo sedan, back then we didn’t have much about this project, but now new details came out to the surface and we will talk about them in the following. This new Volkswagen Polo Sedan is no doubt an intense developing project, being many times seen in tests,...
We have here the Golf blue-e-motion concept from Volkswagen. This car receive a fast inauguration in the presence of the German chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, and let’s not forget the special thing about this car, I’m talking about that entirely electric propulsion. Even though this total electric technology was presented on a Golf 6 body, the technology will be built...
As electricity has proven itself as the alternative to internal combustion engines and most major manufacturers have taken a leap towards this technology, most of it's available applications imply batteries. Volkswagen, a company that is a bit behind in this field has announced that it will soon produce such a vehicle, most likely we're talking about a car based on...
