Ben Pulman | Volkswagen | CAR Magazine Online

This is the VW Polo BlueGT, just unveiled at the 2012 Geneva motor show. The VW Polo BlueGT is the second most powerful Polo you can buy, but thanks to some clever technology is also one of the cleanest and greenest. VW Polo BlueGT? Is this a hot hatch with an eco conscious? Sort of. Says Volkswagen: ‘This uncommon coexistence ...

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VW Polo BlueGT at 2012 Geneva motor show

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Ben Pulman, 06 March 2012 08:30

VW Cross Coupe at 2012 Geneva motor show

Ben Pulman, 04 March 2012 06:00

This is the new Volkswagen Cross Coupe, which will be unveiled at the 2012 Geneva motor show... Hang on! Haven’t we seen the VW Cross Coupe before? Yes, but not in red. Or more importantly, not with a plug-in hybrid TDI powertrain. Volkswagen unveiled the first Cross Coupe at the 2011 Tokyo motor last autumn with a plug-in electric-petrol powertrain; now ...

VW Golf GTI Cabriolet (2012) first official pictures

Ben Pulman, 29 February 2012 06:00

This is the new 2012 VW Golf GTI Cabriolet, a 208bhp hot hatch-cum-convertible that Volkswagen will unveil at the 2012 Geneva motor show in March. This is Ronseal stuff, right? The VW Golf GTI Cabriolet is what you get when you mix a Golf GTI and Golf Cabriolet? Spot on. VW first unveiled the latest Golf Cabriolet at the 2011 ...

VW Polo R WRC (2011): Volkswagen enters the WRC

Ben Pulman, 05 May 2011 17:00

This be-spoilered supermini is the new VW Polo R WRC, Volkwagen’s entry into the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship. Unveiled today in Sardinia ahead of Rally d'Italia Sardegna, it's a 300bhp, four-wheel drive hot hatch that's going to take on Ford, Citroen et al on the world's toughest mud, gravel and snow Special Stages. VW Polo R WRC, huh? What ...

Volkswagen Golf24 (2011): VW's new 'Ring racer

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Ben Pulman, 10 February 2011 16:00

This flame-spitting beast is the Volkswagen Golf24, VW’s new Nurburgring 24hr racer. The Golf24 will race at the ‘Green Hell’ in the legendary endurance event on 25-26 June 2011, but although it’s been built as part of Volkswagen’s celebrations for the 35th anniversary of the GTI, it shares little with the hot hatch that we know and love. So what’s ...

VW road-legal Race Touareg, Gold Edition (2011)

Ben Pulman, 28 January 2011 11:00

Volkswagen has unveiled two new Touareg SUVs at the inaugural Qatar motor show. One is a rather cool road-going version of the Race Touareg 3 that’s just notched up a victory at the 2011 Dakar rally, and the other is an awful monster called the Touareg Gold Edition. Let’s start with the good stuff – what do we know about ...

VW Race Touareg 3 (2011) first pictures

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Ben Pulman, 20 August 2010 21:00

You might usually associate the Volkswagen Touareg with school-run mums whose furthest foray off-road is up the kerb and onto a wet field – this is something different, this is the new VW Race Touareg 3. The Volkswagen Race Touareg 3? But isn’t there a VW Race Touareg 2? That there is, and it’s the Race Touareg 2 that’s taken ...

VW Jetta (2011) first official pictures

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Ben Pulman, 15 June 2010 16:00

This is the new, US-spec Volkswagen Jetta, and it’s part of VW’s plans to triple its annual sales in America to 800,000 units by 2018. And to help its cause, the VW Jetta no longer shares any body panels with the Golf, so the bold claim being made is that this new model is ‘just as independent as a CC or a ...

VW Touran facelift (2010) first official pictures

Ben Pulman, 09 April 2010 11:00

This is the new VW Touran... Wait! This is a new VW Touran? Not new as such, more a mid-life facelift with Golf/Polo/Touareg-aping styling. Bar the four doors every external panel is new so there are now oblong headlights for the nose, and the rear light cluster is now split between the body and bootlid. Of course there are new bumpers ...

Win some goodies from the VW Motorsport collection

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Ben Pulman, 19 March 2010 10:30

Carlos Sainz won the 2010 Dakar rally car category in his VW Race Touareg 2, and now VW’s motorsport division is gearing up for the Nurburgring 24-hour race. To celebrate El Matador’s win, and in anticipation of an epic race at the ‘Ring, CAR is giving away a collection of Volkswagen Motorsport gear. Click here to enter our competition Up ...

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