Posts Tagged ‘vw’

Volkswagen has simultaneously debuted the new Beetle this week both at the New York AND Chinese auto shows, in probably the biggest coup yet for the fast, fast-growing Shanghai show. ...

Volkswagen has saved the home to one of its most famous cars. Fittingly, it’s with the car that later saved the brand when the Beetle was substituted from the mainstream. ...

The Volkswagen Golf Bluemotion has a speedometer that reads up to 160mph. Slightly optimistic, that: the official top speed is 118mph. It still would have earned me top rankings in ...

SKODA has just launched the Superb estate to the UK press, prior to its on-sale date this Friday (26 February 2010). Much delight from me on a brief launch visit ...

BOLD colours are pretty badass. I love ‘em. Give me a colouring book and some BIG BOLD MARKERS and I’m sorted. So it’s always appreciated here when car makers do ...

VOLKSWAGEN made our jaws drop in the 90s with its blue and red dials. The key to it was, yes, the blue background, rather than the red needles. Red needles? ...

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 ...

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 ...