TopGear is telling us they have the scoop on the Golf VII GTI, which they reckon is due to be revealed later this year. If true, the most likely date would be the Paris Motor Show. That’s when the garden variety Golf is scheduled to debut and it would be unusual to show the GTI [...]

Over the next few years, and especially in the short–medium term, you’re going to be reading a lot about Volkswagen’s MQB platform, otherwise known as the Modular Transverse Matrix. MQB will be used in the small-medium segments across the Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen brands. In the context of VW it will be used to [...]

Last year Volkswagen hit the jackpot with its Super Bowl ad featuring a junior Darth Vader. To date the YouTube clip has had over 49.5 million views. This year the German giant strikes back with an overweight dog and a Beetle. We can’t see this ad having the same cut through and its only the [...]

Volkswagen Australia has updated the pricing for its Polo range. Not all models are affected, the Polo GTI, for example, remains the same list price it was when originally launched in late 2010. Entry level pricing for the Polo now begins at $16,990 for the five-door Trendline with 5-speed manual. This model was previously only [...]

Last month news emerged that GM was the number one car maker in the world last year based on total sales. But, Volkswagen is having none of that and says GM’s sales figures are as rubbery as their tyres. Volkswagen claim GM’s published total of 9.03 million sales includes almost 2.5 million from Chinese manufacturers [...]

This latest spy shot of the Mk7 Golf show Volkswagen is in full swing as it prepares to launch at the Paris Motor Show in September this year. On that basis pencil in a 2013 launch for the Australian market. Speaking to Car, Volkswagen Group boss Martin Winterkorn said, “The modular transverse matrix [MQB platform] [...]

PC Paul Fletcher from the Greater Manchester Police was lucky to walk away from the wreckage of this Volkswagen Golf R after coming to grief during an early morning test drive. Fletcher, who has previously appeared on BBC TV’s Car Wars program and has a Facebook page in his honour, was evaluating the Golf R [...]

Legendary hot rod designer and manufacturer Chip Foose is a Volkswagen fan. Well, so he says in this promo from Volkswagen US released to build some hot hatch hype for the Golf R. The US market has only recently received the Golf R, which seems to be an odd decision to say the least. Why [...]

The Volkswagen up!, originally launched as a two-door only, has achieved strong market success in Germany. It’s little surprise then that a four-door up! will be launched in May. Volkswagen expects the four-door will represent over half of future sales for the up!. They’ll probably also be quite happy with reports suggesting the MINI Rocketman [...]

The latest tip on the new Golf VII says it will premiere at the Paris Motor Show in September. This spy shot of a three-door GTI prototype, captured last year, shows the Golf will continue its well proven evolutionary path. It will be a bit longer and a bit wider, as is the norm with [...]

Here we have a selection of images from the floor of the Detroit Motor Show, or more correctly, the North American International Auto Show. Unlike Tokyo late last year there’s a noticeable lack of weird and wonderful concept creations, but we certainly applaud the appearance of the Honda NSX Concept. It’s easily the clear star [...]

Volkswagen extends The Beetle model line by presenting the E-Bugster at the Detroit motor show. Featuring retro-cool speedster styling—the roofline is 90mm lower than a regular Bug—and seating for two, the E-Bugster has 85kW of zero-emission power on tap which can propel the car to 60mph in 10.9 seconds. The “central electric module” weighs 80kg [...]

Australia registered over one million new vehicle sales in 2011 the latest FCAI press release reveals. The final tally of 1,008,437 represents the fourth time the country has passed one million sales in a calendar year. Despite dropping more than 27,000 sales (-2.6%) on 2010 numbers, FCAI chief executive Ian Chalmers reminds us this is [...]

Here’s a cracking video that gives us a great look at one of the best Mk1 Golfs in Australia. The car is an Australian built 1975 three door owned by Stuart French. It’s fair to say the mod factor is off the scale compared to AUSmotive’s own 1980 Mk1 Golf GTI, which is in good [...]

The annual Race of Champions event took place in Düsseldorf in Germany on the weekend. There was local television coverage, we understand, but we still managed to miss it. Thanks to the magic of YouTube we’ve been able to catch up on the action and you can too. As the photo above indicates new Volkswagen [...]