Volkswagen
New Volkswagen Polo GTI revealed
As the rest of the range hits Australian showrooms, Volkswagen has released details about its upcoming Polo GTI
Golf sales to be hit
Volkswagen says supply shortage will cause two-month drop for top-selling Golf
VW confirms Scirocco R for Oz
Sleek Scirocco R gets a reprieve with facelifted model to come in November
VW HOVER CAR LIFTS OFF
Given the name Volkswagen translates to English as ‘People’s Car’ it’s no surprise the German giant is effectively crowd-sourcing future personal transport ideas using the power of the web and social media.
The fastest way to spend $28K
Readers, we have a problem. The new Volkswagen Polo GTI has knocked the stuffing out of our Bang For Your Bucks award.
Bentley to build an SUV
New Bentley boss Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed one of marque’s worst kept secrets.
Toyota tops taxed new-car market
Japanese brand takes No.1 sales spot, but grumbles over luxury car tax
Merc charges into the top 10
Luxury brand Mercedes-Benz makes Australia’s top 10 bestsellers list
2012 Volkswagen Polo 77TSI Comfortline 6R
Volkswagen’s premium supermini has been with us in its current guise for two and a half years now, but the Polo still appears fresh-faced – sporting VW’s latest corporate identity that’s now seen across the German firm’s entire model range.
The iBeetle
Forget the iPhone. Forget the iPad.
Retromania: 20 modern retro-styled cars
Ever get that sense of deja vu? That you’ve seen it all before? In the world of car design, the clock is turning back once again to a bygone age of style. Here are 20 slices of thoroughly modern retro.
VW GOLF R Evo for Beijing?
The Volkswagen Golf R has just arrived, but already the rumour mill is in full swing – will we see a Golf R Evo in Beijing?
Golf GTI gets 173kW
Volkswagen is celebrating 35 years since the birth of its iconic Golf GTI with a special “Edition 35” series of Mark VI hatches
Golf GTI Edition 35 coming to Oz
New details have emerged for Volkswagen’s very special Golf GTI Edition 35, the latest in a line of tuned commemorative models
Question marks over Skoda pricing
Skoda is known as the VW Group’s value brand, yet this week the Fabia hatch launches in Australia with a price and equipment equation that is inferior to the equivalent Volkswagen Polo.
“I crush you like a Bug…”
Not an ’80s movie quote, but a faulty switch on Volkswagen’s latest Beetle that could literally have heads rolling in America.
Car prices going down
Smart shoppers know that the best deals on new cars emerge before and after January 1. In less than a month’s time, anything built in 2011 will be immediately deemed, like, so last year. Literally.
How the West was won
Many visitors to the sunburnt West make the trip across the Nullabor to cruise vineyards, rivers and winding roads. But once a year, a hundred car nuts come to take in the sights at 200km/h.
February vehicle sales down 21.9 percent
This month’s VFACTS sales figures show more short-term doom and gloom for the local market, but spirits (and sales) should rise by June.
2012 Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet
Volkswagen has unveiled the world’s first-ever Golf GTI Cabriolet. The new model produces 154kW, making it the most powerful Golf Cabriolet ever. It will be revealed in full at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show next week.
Manual for next Polo GTI
VW to offer lower-priced Polo GTI with a manual gearbox in 2015
WIN Wheels Car of the Year
Wheels is giving away a Volkswagen Golf GTI, the 2013 Wheels Car of the Year
Atkinson returns to WRC
Australian rally star Chris Atkinson is returning to the World Rally Championship with Hyundai.
VW Golf R: hot hatch gets supercar performance
Volkswagen has just ripped the covers of its new flagship hot hatch – the Golf R.
