Tag: Volkswagen

Volkswagen will be making an electric Golf for the ninth generation

The current Volkswagen Golf wasn’t expected to stick around for that long, as it was well understood that VW was planning on replacing it with the ID.3 in the coming years. However, Volkswagen boss, Thomas Schafer has said that in the future, there is room for the all electric ID.3 and a future all electric Golf to co-exist. Schafer has said that the Golf will have an all electric model again […]

Free charging at Tesco with Pod Point is coming to an end

EV charging network, Pod Point has announced this week that its free charging program at Tesco supermarkets in the UK is coming to an end. Back at the end of 2019, Volkswagen and Tesco partnered up to provide free EV charging at its supermarkets but only for 7kW fast chargers, at the time there was a small charge for anything faster, at 50kW. However, in the three years since the […]

Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo available to order now, prices from £46,621

The all new Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo is available to order now with prices from £46,621 in the UK. The new all electric van is based on the existing ID. Buzz multi purpose van/people mover and is aimed at businesses. The base model has plastic bumpers and strips away unnecessary additions, pay more and get extra paint options, wireless CarPlay and such lavish items as a reversing camera. The base […]

Volkswagen reports it has now had 12,500 pre-orders for the new ID. Buzz

Today, Volkswagen has hit an important milestone for the upcoming ID. Buzz. The company has reported that it has now had 12,500 pre-orders for the all electric vehicle, around 6,000 of which are for the ID. Buzz Cargo. Volkswagen CEO, Carsten Intra spoke to Automobilwoche and said that delivery estimates are now sitting at around 6 months time, with the first deliveries happing in March 2023. Intra also mentioned that […]

Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years sets new benchmark at the Nürburgring

Late last month, Volkswagen took the new Golf R 20 Years around the iconic Nürburgring racetrack in Germany. The new car was announced back in June of this year and is a special edition to celebrate 20 years of the R-badged cars. The Golf R 20 Years gets more power and a new drivetrain calibration, to allow it to be much more efficient on tracks. All of these improvements helped […]

What could have been….Volkswagen reveals Mk2 Phaeton that was never launched

Today, Volkswagen has revealed what the second generation Phaeton could have looked like, if the company had actually released it. The Phaeton D2, as it was known was originally intended to replace the original Phaeton which was released back in 2002. However, Volkswagen decided to kill off the project in 2016 due to the company needing to focus on electric cars. Volkswagen now has an ever growing range of all […]

Volkswagen reveals all new Amarok pickup truck, on sale later this year

Today, Volkswagen has revealed the all new Amarok pickup truck which will go on sale later this year. The new Amarok is actually based on the latest Ford Ranger, which was revealed last year. For the future of commercial vehicles from Ford and VW, the two brands are doing some platform sharing to help cut costs. The new Volkswagen Amarok replaces the outgoing model, which was on sale for 12 […]

Volkswagen is working on a sporty ID. Buzz GTX

Volkswagen has revealed that it is working on a more sporty version of the recently announced ID. Buzz minibus. The company has announced that, over time the GTX badge will come to all of tis electric cars under the ID brand, which includes the ID. Buzz minibus. So far, VW has two GTX models in the lineup, the ID.4 GTX and the ID.5 GTX. Both have four wheel drive, with […]

Volkswagen announces new Golf R 20 Years, its most powerful Golf to date

It’s been twenty years since Volkswagen unveiled the fourth generation Golf R with its 3.2-litre V6 and four wheel drive. To celebrate this iconic birthday, VW is paying homage to the first car the R performance division worked on. The new Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years has been announced, becoming the most powerful Golf has produced to date. While there isn’t a V6 crammed into the new Golf R 20 […]

New Volkswagen ID. Buzz priced from £57,115 in the UK

Volkswagen announced the all new ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo earlier this year in March, but the company has finally revealed the pricing structure for the upcoming electric minivan. Pre-orders will take place between now and 30th June and it’ll go on sale in July. Potential customers will need to put a deposit of £2,000 down between now and 30th June to secure a slot, however this is only […]