Volkswagen will launch a new high-performance VW Golf GTI soon after its standard flagship hatchback, company sources have revealed. It should arrive in showrooms in spring 2009, but we may get a sneak preview of the new GTI as soon as October, when...
Het was al bekend dat Volkswagen de zesde generatie Golf deze week in de openbaarheid zou brengen, maar het internet zou het internet niet zijn als de auto voor die tijd zou doorlekken naar de automotive websites. Dus presenteren we jullie, wederom a...
The abbreviation “CC“ stands for “Comfort Coupé“: an elegant 4-door vehicle. “But who says that a Comfort Coupé mustn’t be sporty?” asks Hans-Jürgen Abt. The managing director of ABT Sportsline is enthused by the curved lines of the Wolfsburg vehicle...
Volkswagen AG moved ahead of Ford Motor Co. as the world's third-largest automaker by vehicle sales in this year's first half, according to figures the companies released last week. Volkswagen reported a 7.2% increase to 3.31 million cars and trucks,...
Despite several recent conflicting reports, spy photographers caught Volkswagen’s upcoming pickup in the United States. Rumour currently has it that VW won’t be selling its Nissan Navara rival in Europe. However, other sources have stated that it wil...
As Volkswagen readies the next-generation Golf, to be launched in September, the scale of the changes at Volkswagen's design department becomes clear. Put simply, when former Volkswagen Group R&D chief Martin Winterkorn returned to the company in...
July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, may bring a subcompact car similar to its Polo to the U.S. as record gasoline prices spur sales of fuel-efficient vehicles. Construction of an engine plant in North America, probably in...
Yes, Deadheads, there is an MkII New Beetle. It's being developed on the sixth-generation Golf platform and may appear as a 2011 model. And Volkswagen's strategy for the iconic retromobile may extend even to adapting the Beetle's distinctive style to...
The X-Bow is only the beginning for KTM. The Austrian bike manufacturer is now readying a slew of new low-cost, eco models – including a cleaner, cheaper 4x4 and a choice of city cars aimed at developing countries and Europe alike. KTM isn't desertin...
The Polo is getting a ‘fresher’ flavour! VW’s fifth-generation supermini will go on sale next year with a more upmarket look – and a front end which has been given ‘the Scirocco treatment’. The car’s nose reflects the styling of VW’s sleek coupé – an...