New Volkswagen Beetle Shows Its Heritage
Tweet Unquestionably, Volkswagen have always made good cars. Even those that were bad were good, if you can understand that. The last Beetle was a case in point. Not a bad car by any means but not great either. A case of form over function, perhaps. The original car has a long history. First designed [...]
Small But Spacious
Tweet Apparently, at Volkswagen Communications, staff managed to cram 15 women and one man into the new Volkswagen UP! Quite why they would want to do that – although I expect the chap may have enjoyed it – is not clear. I mean, can you imagine the noise? However, it does show that manufacturers are [...]
America or Germany – Just who makes better cars?
Tweet Now there is a question? And it is probably one for which there is no definite answer because who gets to define what criteria are used to judge cars against? A German was of course the first person to patent a petrol driven motor car when Karl Benz officially registered his Motorwagen in 1886….but [...]
Great Deals on the New Volkswagen Polo
Tweet Volkswagen has long had a reputation for designing reliable cars at market competitive prices. If that wasn’t enough to tempt you into making a VW your next choice of new car, they are currently offering fantastic promotions to customers purchasing a new Polo before the 14th April. All Volkswagen Polo’s purchased from a registered [...]
10 Top Fuel Saving Tips
Tweet With the numbers on petrol price boards across the country edging ever higher, and the proposed fuel duty announcements to be made in the chancellor’s budgets this week, the cost of motoring is at an all-time high. Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM motoring assist have come up with 10 top tips to make [...]
New World Record for Volkswagen Passat
Tweet A brand new Volkswagen Passat, fitted with a Bluemotion system has been officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records for travelling the furthest without refuelling. The VW Passat covered a massive 1,527 miles between Maidstone, Kent and the South of France and back to just outside Calais on a single tank of diesel. [...]
Electric Volkswagen Golf
Tweet If there is anyone who will take the definitive leap forward in electric technology it will be the Germans, as their sound bite goes “vorsprung durch technik” and they do not usually disappoint. The government is currently subsidising the purchase of new electric cars to the tune of £5,000 but the only realistic car [...]
New Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion
Tweet For many years the Volkswagen Golf has been noted for its award winning design and performance but with the new Volkswagen Golf Bluemotion they can now add the accolade of “What Car” 2010 Green Small Family Car of the Year. For the environmentally concerned family the VW Golf Bluemotion is the ideal vehicle, responsible [...]
Volkswagen service – new fixed price scheme
Tweet Dealer servicing has always been a critical issue in car maintenance but Vokswagen have set up a new scheme aimed at making it straight forward for customers to have their car maintained at a recognised VW dealer. The initiative, which is aimed at cars between the ages of three and 10 years old, [...]
