17 May 2012, 11:03 PM
It's been a tradition for over 30 years now – a convention within the convention – The “GTI Meeting at Wörthersee”.... for Volkswagen people. This year a concept “warm” hatch is making an appearance – It's the Polo WRC Street. And calling it warm is a massive understatement. Surely however, the GTI festival won't be a party of one. Lot's of other exciting appearances will be made as almost all of Europe rolls into Austria for the event.
Literally taken from the track and put on the streets, t
14 May 2012, 04:19 PM
Volkswagen has announced the new 2012 CrossPolo Urban White special edition.
It features a nice white exterior with some gloss black accents like mirrors and 17” alloy wheels. The exterior also boasts tinted windows and black roof rails.
The interior boats cloth and Alcantara sports seats, a black headliner and silver contrast stitching. There is also a silver-painted center stack, chrome trim and an air conditioning system.
Numerous "Silver One" painted in panels on the radio, climate
09 May 2012, 01:59 PM
We often get figures from car makers that, from time to time beggar belief. Especially when we are talking about estimated mpg data. It goes without saying then, that nothing beats a real life test to see exactly what's what. That's exactly what record breaking duo John and Helen Taylor have done - travel 1626.1 miles on a single tank of fuel (a record breaking distance). The car of choice was a 2012, manual Volkswagen Passat TDI SE Clean Diesel.
It was a three day journey with a starting po
03 May 2012, 09:47 AM
Volkswagen has unveiled the new 2012 Passat R-Line, which is available from €30 225 in Germany. The R-line is based on the Euro-spec model and comes with complete aerodynamics package and some other nice upgrades.
The exterior package includes a new front and rear bumpers, a pair of revised side skirts and a gloss black rear diffuser. The front grille features R-Line logo. The vision is further enhanced by a body-color roof spoiler and silver anodized roof railing for touring version.
The
01 May 2012, 07:40 PM
2012 Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet is officially available to order at the brands retailers. This particular model is being on the top of the Golf Cabriolet range.
This means that it combines the pleasures of practical and safe open-air motoring with great performance and on-road dynamics.
What is more, the 2012 Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet comes equipped with all the classic design cues. For instance, the radiator grille has a honeycomb structure with red edging and GTI badge. At the sa
27 April 2012, 08:33 PM
Volkswagen Polo R-Line is based on the Match model and adds a lot of nice upgrades to make the small city car even more exclusive.
The unique styling packa includes new front and rear bumpers, a black gloss radiator grille with R Line badging, deeper side sills and 16-inch ‘Mallory’ alloy wheels. From the B-pillars back, the glass is dark-tinted and 65% light-absorbing, while the standard front foglights also include a static cornering function.
There are also scuff plates with R Line lo
26 April 2012, 01:32 PM
2013 Volkswagen Lavida is showcased for the first time at Auto China 2012. At the auto show it made its firs global appearance with its clean design and sharp body lines.
The styling of this Volkswagen vehicle fully incorporates powerful, contemporary and sporty design philosophy. The Lavida is going to be offered in three engine versions and four equipment lines.
The engine choices will be the 2.0-liter, 1.6-liter and a 1.4-liter turbo motor. The last one is able to develop 140 horsepower
25 April 2012, 04:17 PM
ABT Sportsline has announced the new tuned Beetle, which comes with full exterior package as well as some performance modifications.
The 2.0 liter turbocharged petrol is boosted to 240HP (176 kW) – an increase of 40HP. The exhaust system includes two oval ABT rear mufflers. An ABT Beetle is an everyday athlete and makes driving a real pleasure. The design elements turn this unusual car into a cheeky and dynamic sports car before you have even started the engine.
The exterior features carbo
21 April 2012, 05:49 PM
2012 Volkswagen E-Bugster Concept is the successor of the emblematic Beetle and it will be exhibited for the first time in Asia during Auto China in Beijing. There it will show how sportiness can also be transferred to a Beetle with pure electric drive.
The Concept vehicle is a two-seat Beetle speedster, 85 kW in power, and able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.8 seconds. The surprise here is that it is able to produce zero emissions.
To go further into details, the central electric
10 April 2012, 08:03 PM
ABT Sportsline has released their tuning program for the new Volkswagen T5 Multivan.
"The car can manage a lot of (shopping) baskets and is fast and agile despite its XXL size.", said Dirk Nowitzki, the world’s famous basketball player.
The ABT T5 comes with complete aerodynamics package including a new front grille, a new front spoiler, a pair of modified side skirts and a new rear bumper.
All components are perfectly matched; rear skirt and rear spoiler form a harmonious unit in combi
10 April 2012, 01:30 PM
You might be not familiar with the fact that Superchips is the official Volkswagen Racing Tuning Partner in the United Kingdom for more than ten years now. For this reason the company has upgraded a model from the Polo Line-up, boosting its performance with ECU remap.
The result is the Superchips ECU Volkswagen Polo GTI 1.4 TSI Twincharge.
Being a standard Polo model, this VW delivers an excellent combination of light weight, small size and an economical, 1.4-litre, direct injection, petro
02 April 2012, 11:02 AM
BBM Motorsport is specializing in chip tuning, although the company is just five years old, they have a lot of experience in this field. The BBM Motorsport company is stemmed from Björn Berlemann (owner of the BB Chiptuning) and Marcel Wiechmann (co- owner of the ARTEVO Performance).
BBS offers engine optimization software for premium brands like , BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen. They also offer a wide range of tuning spare parts tools and accessories for the improvement o