Price is only 475 euros higher than that of the two-door Wolfsburg, 23 January 2012 – All signs point to a big future for the small up!. In Germany, the two-door city specialist immediately garnered first place in its class in registration statistics. Now Volkswagen is raising the bar by presenting the four-door version of the up!. In May, the latest member of the New Small Family – Volkswagen’s internal name for the...

Volkswagen Group Australia has commenced business at its purpose built new corporate headquarters in Chullora. The new state of the art facility incorporates all business divisions under one roof housing Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, ŠKODA Australia, Bentley and Volkswagen Financial Services.  The new facility was developed in anticipation of...

  The Volkswagen Polo range has redefined its market segment since its introduction to the Australian market. With recent awards such ‘Best City Car’ for Polo 77TSI (Drive Car of the Year) and ‘Best Light Car over $20,000’ for Polo 66TDI (Australia Best Cars) added to its achievements, the Polo has for the second year in a row been credited for its outstanding quality and class leading engine technologies.    And now with the...

  With the arrival of the new model year 2012, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is introducing more engines and standard features to its award winning Amarok ute range.  Two new engine options are now available for the two-wheel drive entry Amarok model. The first is a new diesel, the TDI340 which develops 103 kW and, as the name suggests, 340 Nm of torque from 1750 to 2250 rpm. The TDI340 is the most economical model in the range requiring...

Yesterday in Munich, ADAC announced award winners of its “2012 Yellow Angel” competition. Volkswagen took two of the coveted top honours: in the category of “Innovations and environment” the Wolfsburg-based company was recognised for its development of the multicollision brake, while in the “Car of the future” category the Passat TSI EcoFuel impressed the experts. A jury of experts – made up of the ADAC executive board and...

Audi Australia is adding a new variant to its R8 high-performance sports car lineup. Hot on the heels of the R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro comes an additional variant – this time with a 4.2-litre V8 engine. The R8 Spyder’s 4.2-litre FSI produces 316 kW and launches the open-top two-seater to 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 300 km/h. The engine is mated to either a six-speed manual or R tronic sequential manual gearbox...