Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen L1 Concept

Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen L1 Concept
The supereconomical concept car from Volkswagen, which is called L1 had its world premiere at the international Motor Show in Frankfurt. According to the car manufacturer average fuel consumption of such a vehicle is 1.49 liters per hundred kilometers, and the level of CO2 emissions do not exceed 39...

Volkswagen Golf Has Become The Most Sold Model in Europe

Volkswagen Golf Has Become The Most Sold Model in Europe
By the end of the first six months of 2009 VW Golf has become the most sold model in Europe. According to Carscoop, with reference to Jato Dynamics, from the beginning of the year, Europeans have bought little bit more than 286 thousand “Golfs”. In the second place is the model Ford Fiesta –...

Volkswagen will Create an Alliance with Suzuki

Volkswagen will Create an Alliance with Suzuki
Volkswagen is considering the possibility of establishing a strategic alliance with the Japanese car manufacturer Suzuki in the sphere of developing subcompact cars. This was reported by Bloomberg News, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation. As explained by Reuters, in the scope of the partnership...

New Volkswagen Phaeton luxury sedan passes road tests

New Volkswagen Phaeton luxury sedan passes road tests
German automaker Volkswagen conducts tests on updated sedan Phaeton, the first version of which was born in 2002. Experts agree that Volkswagen could hardly sell a lot of units of the car because of its high cost and the availability of Audi A8 model in the market. The main competitors of VW Phaeton...

Volkswagen Golf Plus BiFuel Sales Started

Volkswagen Golf Plus BiFuel Sales Started
The sales of Volkswagen Golf Plus BiFuel have started in Europe. This environmental friendly and efficient car has already become the second line BiFuel after the “standard” Golf MkVI. The vehicle made its debut in December last year at the Bologna Motor Show. The spacious hatchback is equipped...

Volkswagen Touareg BlueMotion

Volkswagen Touareg BlueMotion
Volkswagen Company is constantly reviewing and improving its product range, whether with the new model or a special edition of an existing one. Although not yet officially confirmed, but sources of the German automakers have informed that Touareg BlueMotion version, which, of course, is designed to reduce...

Volkswagen CC received the highest award of IIHS

Volkswagen CC received the highest award of IIHS
2009 Volkswagen CC four seat coupe, was awarded the highest assessment of the ”Top Pick” American Institute of Road Safety (IIHS). Automotive systems such as stability control, ABS and anti-slipping system have become so familiar that sometimes when buying a car people do not pay much attention...

New Volkswagen named Amarok

New Volkswagen named Amarok
Volkswagen has announced the name for its new pickup. It will be called Amarok. In Inuit (native Eskimos in Northern Canada and Greenland) mythology, the word giant wolf was named Amarok. Amorak was generally following and killing anyone who decided to hunt at night. In fact, Amarok is different from...

Fast Strong Volkswagen Scirocco R is coming

Fast Strong Volkswagen Scirocco R is coming
It has been a long time since the Germans presented a concept Scirocco Studie R with 2.0-liter 270-strong quartet in 2008. And now we have mass produced Volkswagen Scirocco R. It certainly differs from the concept. For example, technical filling lost the whole drive, only the front is left, but not...