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Volkswagen has released the first images with the 2015 Passat and Passat Variant at the VW Design Center in Potsdam, Germany. Volkswagen describes the car as “premium class car without premium costs”. At the moment there aren’t official press release but some details are already available. The car It’s up to 85 kg (188 lbs)...

Designed to tether with the Volkswagen Accessories LogBox, the RaceApp displays and records things like lap times, route data, G forces, and boost levels which are sent to your smartphone via a Bluetooth connection. Measurable success – with the Volkswagen Accessories LogBox and the RaceApp. Driving like a racing pro: Thanks to the Volkswagen Accessories...

TSI technology from Volkswagen today once again received the ‘International Engine of the Year Award’: the 1.4 litre TSI twincharger, which won for the ninth time in succession in the 1.0 to 1.4 litre cubic capacity category, is thus the most successful engine in the history of this international competition for engine technology. For several...

The latest Golf R production model was introduced just recently With 221 kW / 300 PS of power. All-wheel drive. It handles the sprint to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds and attains a top speed of 250 km/h (governed) – this is the sharpest production Golf ever and one of the most agile sports cars...

While there are a lot of models responsible for VW’s rising global sales, a compact pickup known as the Amarok has been a key contributor to VW’s growth. Worldwide sales have grown dramatically since the truck debuted in 2009, rising from a few thousand units in 2010 to 66,400 sold in 2011 to 84,100 sold...

The Amarok is VW’s foray into pick-up territory, and all things considered the company has acquitted itself well. It’s a robust workhorse that does what it’s designed to do without unnecessary compromise – making it a comfortable, responsive and useful vehicle that ticks a lot more boxes than most of its immediate competition. The Amarok...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI was unveiled in 1975 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The UK market had to wait a further two years for vehicles to arrive – 1977 saw 34 examples, all of them left hand drive, sold in the GTI’s first tentative year. The GTI was powered by a 1,588 cc four cylinder...

Volkswagen developed a concept car for the race track and presented it at Wörthersse Treffen. The “Design Vision GTI” transfers the appearance of the Golf icon to car racing. The GTI meeting at Wörthersee is a veritable cult and pure automobile passion. Just like the car everybody is celebrating and driving there. There ought to...

The Golf GTI Cabrio Austria with 333 PS (245 kW) is a twofold premiere: it is the first time Volkswagen apprentices have designed a cabriolet for the GTI Festival at the Wörthersee Lake in Austria and it is the first ever collaboration between junior talents from Wolfsburg and Osnabrück. Thirteen apprentices of four professions built...

Volkswagen Beetle Fender Edition, named after the legendary guitar and amp maker Fender, has been announced to be released. The concept of this car was showcased at the IAA in Frankfurt. The concept finally made its world premiere in Leipzig at the AMI 2012. Designed to pay homage to the legendary guitar manufacturing American company,...