VW Wants €26,900 or About $34,500 for the All-Electric e-up! in Germany

If you thought the Volkswagen e-up! would be one of the cheaper EVs in the market, mainly because of its small size, and the affordability of the model which it’s based on, you were wrong.

Reality doesn’t come close to complimenting the previous statement, as VW has just revealed that the all-electric version of their über-compact city car will not be cheap at all, once it goes on sale in the months after its official reveal at the Frankfurt motor show, in September.

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VW Drops New Photos of 217HP Polo R WRC Limited Production Version

In order to homologate the Polo WRC rally car, the FIA requires Volkswagen to build 2,500 road-going models. The production version of the Polo R WRC was shown late last year when VW began taking orders for the car, and now, the German company has just released a big photo gallery of the most powerful production Polo ever made, ahead of the start of deliveries scheduled for September 2013. Read more »

This is Possibly The First Recorded Crash of a New VW Golf GTI Mk7

Even though there's always going to be a first time for car crashes, we sincerely doubt anyone in their right mind wants to have the distinction of being the number one when it comes to any kind of accident.

Nevertheless, sometimes, you just can't avoid it, as was the case of a duo of journalists trying out the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 during the hot hatchback's launch event in Cape Town, South Africa.

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VW May Offer Next Polo Subcompact and Sub-Tiguan Crossover in the U.S., Says Report

Ever since Ford deemed it productive to start selling what is basically the same Fiesta that the Europeans get in the US, it created a moderately big Polo-sized gap in VW’s Stateside lineup. Now, according to a MotorTrend report, the Wolfsburg giant has taken notice of this, and may offer the next-gen Polo, alongside its familiar range of models, as well as a new sub-Tiguan crossover. Read more »

VW’s New Golf MK VII Estate a.k.a. the Next Jetta SportWagen Reviewed

Just after receiving its official pricing information for the UK market, the seventh-gen VW Golf estate (to be sold as the new Jetta SportWagen in North America) has also gained its first short test, in the typical fashion of local reviewer Honest John.

As you’d expect for a VW Golf review, there’s really nothing bad to say about the car, and if you’ve watched previous videos done for the hatch, it is advisable to re-watch them before having a go at this this, just so you have a clear picture about what Wolfsburg’s breadwinner is all about.

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New VW Golf GTD Will Come to the U.S. in 2015, Priced from Around $27,000

Volkswagen plans to bring the new Golf GTD to the United States along with the other models of the seventh-generation Golf, after all, says a report from Autonews. The GTD will be the brand’s first performance-oriented diesel car ever sold in the United States.

While the Golf and the Golf GTI will launch stateside next year next year as 2015 models, the Golf GTD will arrive in 2015 as a 2016 model, according to Andreas Valbuena, product manager for the VW Golf. The German automaker's exec estimates the Golf GTD will have a starting price of around $27,000 (€20,750).

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Two Russian Women Wonder What Went Wrong

Here's a double Russian dashcam treat for you. Each of the two separate incidents that were caught on camera involve drivers who happen to be women and who are scratching their heads after they ended up crashing their cars. Read more »

VW Announces UK Prices for All-New Golf Estate

Volkswagen will begin accepting orders for the new Golf Estate in Britain on Tuesday, July 2, with prices for the station wagon model starting from £17,915 on the road, or £765 more than the equivalent Golf hatchback. Read more »

VW Reportedly Considering Door- and Roof-Less Buggy Up!, Patents Design in the U.S.

Europe's largest carmaker, the Volkswagen Group, isn't known for producing platforms and mechanical components for single body style models (at least not in the mainstream segments), and that applies for the Up! mini, which was launched in 2011 as a three-door hatchback and has since gained a five-door and a light crossover version. Read more »

VW Advertises Its Side Assist Technology in Funny Commercial

I’m pretty sure there is no driver out there that wasn’t surprised at least once by a vehicle he or she didn’t see in the car’s rearview mirrors. It’s called a blind spot and every mirror has it. This is why automakers have begun offering systems that alert drivers when a vehicle is in the blind spot. Read more »

Chris Harris Finds the Meaning Behind the New VW Golf GTI

I don’t really understand why some people used to call the old Mk V and Mk VI VW Golf GTIs boring, when in actual fact, with 200 – 210 hp, they are anything but that, and neither is the latest one, which is the lightest and most powerful one in years.

If you want a boring GTI, then look no further than the Mk IV, which only had a laughable 148hp (150PS) when it first came out, and was virtually indistinguishable from the rest of the range – it didn’t even have a proper visible exhaust tip, hiding its pipe behind the rear bumper.

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Mercedes A45 AMG Easily Beats BMW M135i and VW Golf GTI in Comparison Test

The following comparison test from Autocar couldn’t bring together more different types of hot-hatches. For starters, there’s the all-wheel-drive Mercedes A45 AMG powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder unit developing 355 horsepower (360PS). Then there’s the rear-wheel-drive BMW M135i powered by a turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six engine that churns out 316 hp (320PS). Finally, the most curious choice of the test is the VW Golf GTI Performance, a front-wheel-drive 227hp (230PS) car powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. Read more »

VW Details the Golf Variant, Features Huge Cargo Volume of 605 Liters [32 Photos]

As the all-new VW Golf Variant goes on sale this summer in Europe, Volkswagen has released full details and a new photo gallery of its Golf VII-based wagon (to be sold as the Jetta SportWagen State-side). Using VW’s modular transverse matrix platform (MQB), the new Golf Variant is up to 105 kg (231 pounds) lighter than its predecessor, offers 100 liters more cargo space and new petrol and diesel engines that are up to 15 percent more fuel efficient. Read more »

VW Says Passat TDI Set World Record Fuel Economy Across 48 States at 77.99 MPG

Volkswagen informed us today that a Passat TDI Clean Diesel set a new Guinness World Record for the “lowest fuel consumption - 48 U.S. states for a non-hybrid car” category returning 77.99 mpg US, which is equal to 3.01 l/100 km.

Ze Germans state that the diesel-powered Passat managed to beat the previous record for a car with a conventional powertrain by more than 10 mpg (0.45 l/100 km), while also breaking the hybrid vehicle record of 64.6 mpg (3.64 l/100 km).

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Revo-Tuned VW T5 Breaks Nürburgring Lap Record for Vans [w/Video]

People love to drive the wheels off all kinds of vehicles on the Nürburgring. If you didn’t know, the German track even has a record lap for commercial vehicles, set by Sabine Schmitz in a Ford Transit van on the Top Gear TV show. Following her record lap of 10 minutes and 8 seconds, the talented female driver was adamant that was the most a standard van could do around Nürburgring. Read more »

Lawyer and Retired Cop in Ties Get Into a Road Rage Fight in LA

While a fight is never a funny thing, you'll forgive us for chuckling at the sight of two dressed-up Los Angeles men in their silver-hair years trying to throw punches at each other, but at the same time, needing help to get up from the road...

YouTube author Jessica Breuer captured the road-rage fight on film. This is what she wrote about the incident: "Two men in ties fighting in the street. The guy with the short hair flew out of his car and started beating the crap out of the other guy."

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VW Advertises the Golf Mk7 as a Bad Getaway Car [w/Video]

The seventh-generation VW Golf is the most technologically advanced Golf ever made, and a look at the car’s optional equipment is enough to acknowledge that.

Adaptive cruise control, dynamic main beam control, lane-keeping assistant, traffic sign detection, Front Assist surroundings monitoring system with City Emergency Braking and Park Assist are some of the more important systems available on the new VW Golf.

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VW Builds 30 Millionth Golf in Wolfsburg, 2,000 Golfs Sold Each Day since 1974

This week, VW’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, built the 30 millionth Golf, about 39 years after production of the original Golf began in early 1974. Volkswagen’s most successful European car ever, the Golf has been sold in over 2,000 units every day over the past 39 years.

The milestone car is a Golf TDI BlueMotion, a recently introduced model that boasts a fuel consumption of just 3.2 liters/100 km (73.5 US mpg), making it the most economical Golf ever built. The vehicle will be officially on display for employees of the Wolfsburg plant on Saturday at the plant’s “open house day”.

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VW Details Special Edition Groove Up! with Fender Sound System

Following the launch of the Cross Up! earlier this year, Volkswagen is adding yet another new member to its family of minis with the Groove Up!, a special edition model that brings a Fender sound system for the first time in VW’s smallest model. The audio system, already known from the Beetle in the U.S., has been specifically tailored for the Up! and has a power output of 300 watts. Read more »

Racing Bliss: Watch Jari-Matti Latvala Tackle the Acropolis Rally 2013

To truly appreciate the talent, hardships and dangers of racing on a professional level in a very difficult and demanding course like the Rally Acropolis that is held in dusty, jagged and rocky mountain roads around Athens, one would have to take the seat next to the driver, but that's near impossible for most people.

The next best thing we can think of is to mount a couple of cameras onboard and watch the driver and co-pilot unfold their skills, which brings us to this video from the official WRC channel.

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