Posts Tagged ‘Volkswagen’

VOLKSWAGEN is finally pensioning off its long-serving 1.9-litre TDI diesel. The car that really gave the modern diesel credibility has had a good innings, but it’s now being put out ...

IT all started after I loved a Golf GTI for a weekend. You know, I mused in the office, I might even go for DSG over manual. GET OUT came ...

VOLKSWAGEN’S Golf MkVI is a delight. Great to drive, obsessively built and more appealingly styled than first appearances reveal, it’s every inch a real Golf. The obvious maturation of the ...

ONE major advance of the Austin Maestro is often overlooked. Its fibre-optic instrument needle pointers. Yes, indeedy. See, in the olden days, cars used to have dials lit by a ...

VOLKSWAGEN’S Golf GTD is an inspired bit of engineering. Take one Golf GTI. Remove petrol engine. Replace with 2.0-litre TDI 170. Job (almost) done. OK, it has 40hp less, but ...

VOLKSWAGEN wowed everyone in the Motoring Research office when it sent the Volkswagen Golf GTD to us. I took it for a weekend, and almost became violent when it was ...

How cool is this? The Golf GTD. Like a GTI. But green and eco, too. Even PR genii are rarely this on message. On the eve of the 211PS Golf ...

I was honoured to speak with the chief engineer of the new Toyota Prius, Akihiko Otsuka, at the Geneva Motor Show recently. Honoured, because the young dude is quite a ...

… I saw a heavily cloaked test car a few weeks ago on the M42. Looked like a Jaguar, beneath the disguise. It was – the new XJ, which Hilton ...

… Top VW product man Ulrich Hackenberg says customers are prepared to pay more for Bluemotion ‘green’ cars. That’s because they’re 5-10mpg more economical. Win-win for VW, then. It gets ...