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VW Golf GTI Cabriolet (2012) UK pricing announced

Mark Hamilton, 02 May 2012 07:46

Volkswagen Group's march towards niche-smothering world domination continues with announcement of the VW Golf GTI Cabriolet's UK pricing and specifications. CAR brought you details of the Mk 7 Golf GTI our the April 2012 issue, but if you're looking for something summery to drive to GTI fanfest at Worthersee this year the Mk 6 GTI Cabriolet may be the car ...

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VW Golf GTI Cabriolet (2012) UK pricing announced

Mark Hamilton, 02 May 2012 07:46

News watch April 2012: today's auto industry news

Sarah-Jayne Harrison, Ollie Kew, Tim Pollard and Ben Pulman, 30 April 2012 09:31

Welcome to CAR Magazine's news aggregator as we round up the daily stories in the auto industry. Top tip: news summaries are added from the top hour-by-hourMonday 30 April 2012• Kia posted global first quarter 2012 profits up 26%, with sales up 12% worldwide. 635000 new Kias found homes, 79000 in Europe (up 24.6% on 2011 in a total market which ...

VW Phaeton - the new one coming in 2015

Georg Kacher, 21 September 2011 14:01

A brand new Volkswagen Phaeton Mk2 will be launched in 2015, based on a new architecture being masterminded by cousins Audi. Dubbed VW631, the new VW Phaeton will be based on MLM Evo (modular longitudinal matrix) which makes provision for a plug-in hybrid option, an aluminium-intensive body structure and a much more advanced and less nose-heavy dynamic layout. Although VW ...

VW 'to announce its WRC entry' at Rally Sardinia

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Ben Barry, 15 April 2011 17:45

VW Polo R WRC (2011): Volkswagen enter the WRC High-level sources in an existing World Rally Championship team have told CAR that Volkswagen will formally announce its decision to enter the WRC at Rally Sardinia, which starts on 5 May 2011, somewhat stealing the thunder of Mini’s WRC debut. It’s believed that sister firm Skoda’s Fabia Intercontinental Rally Challenge car ...

VW Tiguan (2015) first details of the next generation

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Georg Kacher, 05 April 2011 11:06

First details are starting to leak out of Wolfsburg regarding the next VW Tiguan. The compact soft-roader is due in showrooms 2015. Hang on, haven't they just launched the new VW Tiguan? Indeed. VW unveiled the sustantially-facelifted Tiguan with the subtle/bland (delete as appropriate) new corporate look at the 2011 Geneva motor show. But work has already begun on its replacement, due ...

Volkswagen 'will build the XL1' - Piech

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Tim Pollard, 27 January 2011 10:30

Volkswagen will build the radical 313mpg XL1 eco cigar in 2013, Ferdinand Piech revealed at the Qatar motor show. In an interview with Automotive News, the VW chairman said: 'We want to go into series production with this car starting in 2013.' He insisted it would go on sale to real people, not just as media demonstrators. And VW chief ...

VW Amarok: Volkswagen pick-up comes to UK in 2011

Tim Pollard, 26 October 2010 15:12

Volkswagen will launch the Amarok pick-up truck in the UK in spring 2011. It’s the first time since the 1980s that a VW pick-up has been sold in Britain. VW plans to sell just a couple of thousand Amaroks a year in the UK in a full year; the big markets for this truck are utility-centric markets such as Australia ...

VW Up! (2011): Georg Kacher has the lowdown

Georg Kacher, 12 August 2010 11:40

It's only a year to go until Volkswagen launches its new Up! microcar family. The Up! is due on sale in summer 2011 and will eventually be available in three sizes, as part of VW's New Small Family (NSF) generation of city cars. Although the Lupo name was tipped to make a comeback, that's now very unlikely. Expect this to ...

VW's new 2011 Eos, replaced by 2014 Passat cab

Georg Kacher, 09 August 2010 19:03

In early 2011, the facelifted VW Eos arrives. Three years later, it will be replaced by the Passat Cabriolet. No, up in Wolfsburg they don't exactly love the Eos. The convertible was signed off by the Pischetsrieder, Bernhard and Günak regime, and according to the new leaders it combines the worst of all worlds – a retractable hardtop along with ...

VW, Seat and Skoda confirm new supermini family

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Ben Pulman (artist's impressions by Larson), 22 April 2009 12:09

The Volkswagen Group has announced that it will put its range of Up concept cars into production in 2011. What about some Seat and Skoda versions of the VW Up too? You’re getting ahead of us. As well as VW models, there will indeed be Seat and Skoda versions and all the cars will be built in three- and five-door ...

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