The highly anticipated Volkswagen Tiguan R has been spotted again in prototype form, sporting a distinct turbo soundtrack reminiscent of a five-cylinder engine. Could it receive the 2.5 TFSI from the Audi RS 3 and TT RS? We haven’t heard news of the performance Tiguan, dubbed the ‘Tiguan R’, for […]
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Volkswagen Golf GTI Original & Golf R Grid editions announced
Volkswagen Golf sales are currently being suffocated in the small car market segment in Australia due to the recent arrival of great products like the new Hyundai i30, along with the Toyota Corolla and Mazda3 continuing to dominate sales. To try and turn this around Volkswagen Australia appears to have […]
Video: Volkswagen T-Roc compact SUV previewed
A teaser of the upcoming Volkswagen T-Roc compact SUV has been released, giving us a sneak peak of the body design and interior technology. The new model will come in as Volkswagen’s smallest SUV, riding on the same VW Group MQB A0 platform as the latest SEAT Ibiza. It also […]
Volkswagen Amarok Sportline V6 on sale from $55,490
Volkswagen Australia will introduce the new Amarok Sportline V6 variant next week, bringing its torquey engine to a more affordable price point compared with the V6 Highline and Ultimate. The German carmaker, which has been embroiled in a massive emissions scandal, says the new Sportline will be the most “accessible […]
Volkswagen Gen.E could preview next-gen Golf
Volkswagen ‘s latest development prototype, the Gen.E, could preview the next-generation Golf VIII, due around 2019-2020. The concept car is a streamlined three-door hatchback, testing ideas around ‘maximum crash safety’ and also battery electric vehicles. According to Volkswagen’s press release, the Gen.E “provides an insight into the next generation of […]
Volkswagen T-Roc images surface, revealing new compact SUV
Images purportedly showing the Volkswagen T-Roc small SUV have surfaced on Ferd Facebook Fanpage months before its debut later this year. Just a week after the Volkswagen Polo, with which it shares its MQB A0 platform, was revealed, the T-Roc leak looks consistent with spy shots and the concepts which […]
Volkswagen MEB electric vehicle platform timeline leaks online
A slide leaked online outlines Volkswagen’s intentions for its MEB (Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten) electric vehicle platform, with five vehicles destined to use the architecture. The production timeframe for the 125kW, 500km ID hatch previewed at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show looks to be 2019, with the EU flag under it indicating […]
2018 Volkswagen Polo officially revealed, GTI packs 147kW
The wraps are off the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Polo, which is now streamlined onto the company’s MQB platform, like its big brother, the Golf. Details of the anticipated Polo GTI are also revealed, including confirmation of a 2.0 TSI. Revealed in Germany, the 2018 Polo comes with a substantially more […]