Fan favourite Petter Solberg, one of the FIA World Rally Championship’s most charismatic drivers, will end his professional career at this year’s Wales Rally GB 3-6 October driving Volkswagen Motorsport’s Polo GTI R5. The 2003 World Rally Champion is no stranger to Britain’s WRC encounter; he’s started it 15-times and won four times. Between 2002 and 2005, he and Welsh co-driver … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: VW T-Roc Design 1.6TDI
Volkswagen were quick to enter the MPV market yet took their time when it came to the modern SUV sector, but it’s been worth the wait for the medium-sized T-Roc. There’s a very wide range of T-Roc models from which to choose with petrol or diesel engines, manual and automatic transmissions and a number of trim levels, all carefully packaged to tempt you to move on … [Read more...]
Welsh business recharges classic cars
Classic cars are being given a new life for the 21st century with a “heart” transplant and an electric powertrain by a Welsh enthusiast and engineer. Richard Morgan set up Electric Classic Cars in Newtown to give much-loved classics and popular cars a new lease of life with a modern twist. “I use to compete in the British Historic Rally Championship while I worked as a software engineer in … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: VW Tiguan Allspace auto 4Motion
The Tiguan mid-sized SUV is Volkswagen third best selling model range in the UK behind the Golf and Polo hatchbacks, writes David Miles. The 5-seater Tiguan and it larger 7-seat Tiguan Allspace form the meat in the VW sandwich of their ever extending range of SUVs. Globally over 5-million Tiguans have been sold in its 11-year history. Top layer of the VW SUV range is the large and … [Read more...]
EV-ery little charge helps
Tesco and Volkswagen have teamed up to launch the UK’s largest retail electric vehicle charging network. The world’s biggest vehicle manufacturer and the UK’s largest fuel retailer have committed to installing almost 2,500 charging bays across 600 Tesco stores over the next three years. It is the biggest boost to EV infrastructure in Britain, which currently has approximately 19,000 … [Read more...]
Ford and VW look at future alliance
Volkswagen and Ford are pushing ahead with a strategic alliance, beginning with van production, said the German manufacturer. At the weekend, The Sunday Times reported Ford was looking at 24,000 job cuts in Europe and ending S-Max, Galaxy and Mondeo production to stem losses which hit $73 Million in Q2. The US bosses have also said they will concentrate future production on light commercials, … [Read more...]
Newslines 24 July
VW is stockpiling new models it cannot sell because of delays in getting their emissions approval under the new WLTP tests. The tougher tests are taking VW longer to comply with and it has throttled back on production lines to stem the backlog so its rented car parks and open spaces to store the tens of thousands of cars involved. The MiVue 7 series premium dash cam is now available from … [Read more...]
Newslines 16 April
Volkswagen Connect DataPlug and smartphone app-based connectivity system is now standard on new up! and Polo models. It offers many of the benefits of Volkswagen’s high end Car-Net system featured in the likes of Golf, Tiguan and Arteon. Volkswagen trucks group and Toyota’s Hino cv subsidiary will collaborate on some future heavy engineering. They have agreed to jointly develop the next … [Read more...]
British owners take VW to court over emissions
A class action lawsuit covering over 50,000 UK owners of Volkswagen cars has begun in the High Court. Lawyers are seeking compensation over a diesel-emissions cheating scandal that has engulfed the automaker since 2015. The German company has offered to fix UK vehicles, and has said it broke no British laws and that drivers suffered no loss so it has not offered additional compensation or … [Read more...]
Tradelines 3 January
Swiss consumer protection organisation SKS has filed a claim on behalf of 6,000 car owners for damages from Volkswagen and Swiss car dealer AMAG over the “Dieselgate” emissions scandal. “The cars sold as environmentally friendly were overpriced from the beginning. Due to the manipulation of the exhaust system, they then lost even more of their value on the secondary market,” Stiftung fuer … [Read more...]
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