Volkswagen and Ford are investigating several joint projects including a range of commercial vehicles. Jim Farley, Ford’s president of Global Markets said: “Ford is committed to improving our fitness as a business and leveraging adaptive business models – which include working with partners to improve our effectiveness and efficiency. This potential alliance with the [...]
Volkswagen launched its new electrically powered I.D. R Pikes Peak. The current electric car record time for the famous hill climb is 8.57.118 minutes. Volkswagen are looking to set a new Pikes Peak record time with this electric vehicle. We Blog Any Car stats: 680 hp 500 kW 650 Nm of torque 2.25 seconds [...]
VW have announced a new factory order only Performance Pack upgrade for the new Golf R DSG. It still has the same 310 PS 2.0-litre TSI engine but has its top speed derestricted. Top speed is now 166 mph for the hatch and 168 mph for the estate. It will also come with: 19 [...]
Here is a sketch of the new VW Polo GTI R5 which is going to be a customer rally car based on the new Polo GTI. Expect to see this rally car with its 270 hp, 4 cylinder turbo charged engine, during the second half of 2018 WRC and other rally championships. “With the [...]
This is the brand new VW Arteon which is available to order now. Prices start from £34,305 on the road and will be in VW showrooms from September. Initially there will be 3 turbo charged engines available from launch. There are two 2.0 litre TDI diesel engines with power outputs of 240 PS & 150 PS and one 2.0 litre TSI petrol [...]
Volkswagen group deliver 5.2 million vehicles in the first half of 2017.
VW have announced that they will be launching the new Arteon at next years Geneva Motorshow. The Arteon is going to be positioned above the Passat. Think of it as the new Passat CC. It will be on sale in summer 2017. Tobias Sühlmann, Volkswagen Exterior Designer, said: The four-door fastback impresses both through revolutionary [...]
Volkswagen have just announced a longer version of the Tiguan called the "Tiguan Allspace". The Tiguan Allspace will be making its world premiere at the North Amercian International Auto Show in January 2017. This lengthened Tiguan will be 11cm longer than the standard Tiguan and will be offered with up to 7 seats. Expect the [...]
This is the new Volkswagen Atlas which will seat 7 adults and their luggage with ease. Currently it is only being offered in the USA. It is based on the VW Audi group familiar MQB platform with a length of 5,037 mm, a width of 1,979 mm and a height of 1,768 mm. Until this [...]
New Car Blog News! VW have informed me that there will be in their words, "AN EXTENSIVE UPDATE" to the current Golf. Its World Premiere will be in November but here are some facts about the 42 year old Golf. For 42 years a Golf has been sold every 40 second around the world 32,590,025 Golfs [...]
