2010 Volkswagen Jetta V 125TDI, 147TSI, 77TDI First Drive Review
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2009 Skoda Octavia RS Diesel Wagon And Petrol Hatch Road Test Review
2009 Honda Odyssey Road Test Review
2009 Holden Calais V AFM Road Test Review
2009 Suzuki Jimny Sierra Road Test Review
2009 Suzuki Swift S Automatic Road Test Review
2010 Hyundai Santa Fe First Drive Review
2009 Jeep Wrangler First Drive Review
2009 Skoda Superb V6 3.6 FSI Elegance 4×4 Road Test Review
2010 Jeep Patriot First Drive Review
2010 Kia Sorento First Drive Review
VOLKSWAGEN HAS announced today that 20 of its its upcoming Amarok utilities will act as support vehicles for the 2010 Dakar Rally, a further 15 acting as press and shuttle vehicles. For local ute fans, Volkswagen representatives confirmed to TMR today that while an exact date is unclear, the Amarok remains [...]
HERE’S SOME NEWS certain to set the pulses of enthusiasts running a little hotter.
VW Australia Managing Director, Ms Anke Koeckler, confirmed to The Motor Report that the hot replacement for the Golf R32, the Golf R, is headed here in 2010, and the grunt-filled Golf GTD is also a “big probability”.
“We expect to have [...]
2010 Jetta V 125TDI, 147TSI, 77TDI First Drive Review
TOYOTA HAS A PROBLEM. It is called Volkswagen. And it’s breathing hard down Toyota’s neck for the global number one spot for car manufacturers.
Interestingly, where Toyota ‘zigged’ ten or so years back, choosing to put its technological eggs in the Prius basket, Volkswagen ‘zagged’.
Volkswagen’s answer to the [...]
YOU HAVEN’T misread that title, and it’s no ‘typo’. The Mk 1 Volkswagen Golf - the very one that kicked the line off in 1974 - has finally been cancelled in South Africa.
While the first generation Golf was superseded in 1985, its successor’s larger size (and price tag) prompted Volkswagen of South Africa to [...]
THE 2010 VOLKSWAGEN Jetta V update arrives in showrooms today, featuring new petrol and diesel engine options.
The range starts with the 1.6 litre 77TDI diesel engine (launched with the Golf VI in August), producing 77kW, 250Nm of torque and featuring a fuel consumption figure of 4.9 l/100km.
The 1.6 77TDI is available with a five-speed [...]
IT STILL RANKS second in total global sales - barely - but Volkswagen has now surpassed Toyota in vehicle production. Volkswagen built around 4.4 million cars in the first three quarters of 2009 to Toyota’s 4.0 million.
However, industry analysts IHS Global Insight said that Volkswagen’s rise has been aided by Toyota’s move to halve its output in [...]
REPORTS OF A more affordable entry-level Porsche have surfaced a few times this year, suggesting Porsche is considering a Speedster version of Volkswagen’s Bluesport concept.
No official word has been given that a new VW/Porsche developed model is on the way, but our new speculative rendering offers a glimpse at how a new sub-Boxster Porsche [...]
FOLLOWING REPORTS in June that Volkswagen was investigating a stake in Suzuki, The Japanese carmaker’s CEO Osamu Suzuki confirmed today that no deal has been discussed. The reports came after Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn told Germany’s Manager Magazin that Suzuki "would be an interesting partner because of its competency in small [...]
WITH MORE spy photos of Volkswagen’s next generation ‘New Medium Sedan’ test car showing the new model moving closer to production, its final appearance is now becoming clearer.
To add to the anticipation, Volkswagen has released two renderings: a highly stylised and streamlined illustration earlier in the year giving way to a more production-realistic sketch last [...]
FOLLOWING THE GLOBAL DEBUT of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI, development is well underway on its ‘New Medium Sedan’ (NMS), as our recent spy photos show.
Today, Volkswagen has released a new stylised sketch offering a glimpse of how the final production model might look, featuring the now familiar sharp headlights and long grille of the [...]
2010 Golf GTi First Drive Review
SHARPER, FASTER, tighter, leaner… yes, the benchmark for the sector is even better. Volkswagen’s new Golf GTI, now built ‘at home’ in Wolfsburg Germany, sets a new standard for the affordable hot-hatch, but at a familiar price.
If you enjoyed the old GTI (and who didn’t), you’re going to love this [...]
VOLKSWAGEN’S SLEEK Passat CC is less than a year old, but with nearly all of the brand’s models adopting the carmaker’s new corporate face, will the Passat CC soon join them?
Unlike the CC, the Eos - launched internationally in 2006 - is soon due to be either updated or superseded, and a facelift [...]
WE’VE DRIVEN the base model and tested the sporty 118 TSI, and now it’s nearly here: Volkswagen’s latest hot hatch flagship, the Golf GTI.
TMR is at the launch of the new GTI today, but for now, read on for the full technical details and pricing.
Virtually identical to the GTI concept unveiled in Paris last year, [...]
PLATFORM SHARING is one of the many tricks today’s carmakers use to maximise profit and minimise costs, and Porsche is likely to be no exception when Volkswagen takes a majority stake in the company.
Speaking with Britain’s Autocar, Porsche boss Michael Macht said that Porsche platforms, including the 911, “could be made available to other [...]
SPY PHOTOS obtained in the past week revealed the updated 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan in testing. These showed that the small SUV’s frontal treatment will reflect the brand’s newer styling direction.
As shown on our speculative rendering (above), the updated Tiguan will likely bear similar headlight styling to the Scirocco, Golf VI, [...]
OVER TEN YEARS OLD and one of the earlier examples of retro-inspired styling in a new car, the ‘New’ Beetle badge is quickly reaching a crossroads: retirement, or rebirth (again).
Speaking with press at a Volkswagen event in Germany this week, Volkswagen Group of America CEO Stefan Jacoby confirmed that a new New Beetle will [...]
Formula 3 champion Daniel Ricciardo in the Volkswagen-powered Red Bull Racing F3 car.
PORSCHE HAS BEEN LINKED with a return to Formula 1 after a VW/Audi executive revealed the manufacturer would consider competing in the category should costs reduce further.
The FIA has been working to cut expenses associated with running an F1 team. It attempted to [...]
THE 2009 GOLF VI may be less than a year old, but with an architecture based largely on the fifth generation Golf, an all-new model is expected to arrive much sooner than usual.
Recent spy images revealed that development of the 2012 Volkswagen Golf is well underway, and an unrelated VW promotional video last week revealed [...]
THE NEXT GENERATION Volkswagen Touareg, expected to land late next year as a 2011 model, has been spied testing on the roads of Germany this week.
The new 2011 Touareg will address the the current model’s lack of space for seven passengers, despite being slightly smaller in overall dimensions than the current outgoing model.
A range of [...]
ALTHOUGH A CONCRETE BUSINESS CASE for the Scirocco has yet to be made, Volkswagen Australia may bring the low-slung hatchback to our shores in high-performance Scirocco R guise only.
However pricing remains the number one stumbling block, with the cost of the Scirocco putting it well above that of the Golf range and potentially making it [...]
VOLKSWAGEN GROUP AUSTRALIA has confirmed it will bring the Golf Wagon to Australia early next year, marketing it as a competitor to the Peugeot 308 Touring.
Sold as the Golf Variant in Germany and Golf Estate in the UK, the Golf Wagon shares its underpinnings and front styling with the Golf VI hatchback.
With greater rear overhang [...]
VOLKSWAGEN HAS BEEN spotted testing the next generation of its evergreen Golf hatchback at the Nurburgring, less than a year since the current Golf VI’s global sales debut.
However, despite its new appearance, the Golf VI that’s on sale in VW showrooms now runs on a fundamentally unchanged Golf V platform.
These spy shots would seem [...]
WE MAY NEVER see the sporty Volkswagen Scirocco in Australian showrooms, but local fans can take some consolation in the release this week of a new iPhone game dedicated to the Scirocco R.
Following the successful launch of the Volkswagen Polo Challenge for the iPhone back in April, the Scirocco R 24 Hour Challenge allows [...]
PERHAPS ONE of the most hotly anticipated debuts this year, technical details and images for the 2010 Volkswagen Golf R were revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week.
Today, Volkswagen has released new promotional footage featuring the aggressively styled Golf R driving alongside its even more dramatic-looking sibling the Scirocco R.
Successor to the [...]
VOLKSWAGEN HAS LAUNCHED the newest addition to its small car family, the Polo three-door hatch, at this week’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
The 2010 Polo three-door shares its external dimensions with the five-door hatch already available in Europe, but uses its longer doors and uncluttered glasshouse to appear lower and longer than its five-door sibling.
Like the five-door, [...]
VOLKSWAGEN HAS COMMITTED itself to bringing a production version of its all-electric E-Up! concept to market by 2013, and aims to make the pint-sized city car the “Beetle of the 21st century”.
Utilising a 3+1 seating arrangement, the E-Up! concept saves interior space by storing its lithium-ion battery pack under the floor.
Overall weight of the concept [...]
SPEAKING WITH GERMAN magazine Stern, Volkswagen Research and Development chief Dr Ulrich Hackenberg echoed earlier comments by CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn that the carmaker will have an all-electric vehicle on the market by 2013.
Adding credence to speculation that the EV would be a production version of the Up! concept, Hackenberg said that the car [...]
The 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI GTI, launching in Australia later this year.
REPORTS ARE CIRCULATING that Volkswagen is preparing to unveil its most powerful Golf model yet at next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
Dubbed the Golf R, this new model will become the performance flagship of the Golf range, taking over from the outgoing R32 as the [...]
VOLKSWAGEN WILL TAKE the covers off its new range of super-efficient passenger cars at Frankfurt this month, unveiling the BlueMotion variants of the Passat, Golf and Polo on September 15.
All three cars boast a combined fuel consumption of less than 4.5 l/100km, the thrifty figure achieved without the aid of a hybrid powertrain.
Instead, Volkswagen has [...]
FOLLOWING THE GLOBAL DEBUT of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI, development is well underway on the next generation Jetta, based - as with its forebear - on the Golf hatch.
Snapped undergoing hot weather testing in the US, the heavily-camouflaged new Jetta, while giving away little at the front and rear ends, reveals the same sharpened [...]
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