The times they are a-changing. In the past few years, despite the continuing success of Ford’s F-Series rigs, the US market has seen a dramatic shift away from cumbersome SUVs and big capacity V8s.

In their place, increasing numbers of consumers are opting for more fuel-efficient wheels. With this in mind, Volkswagen has set US sales [...]

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Volkswagen has shown its hand with the new Mark VI Golf GTI, but don’t expect that to be the end of the sporting story.

There is still more to come from the high performance Golf line-up, and the first of those offerings is being prepared for an unveiling at the AMI Car Show in Leipzig, Germany [...]

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The results are in: Volkswagen’s new Golf is a five-star performer. Following TMR’s first drive of the 2009 VW Golf VI, we’re convinced the new Golf has the goods to succeed. Now, Euro NCAP crash tests results are in, giving the new Golf something else to crow about.

Under the new stricter Euro NCAP test regime, [...]

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Its not even here, and it’s barely over there yet, but that hasn’t stopped Volkswagen’s new Golf VI from being awarded a maximum five-star rating by the Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) crash test agency.

It’s not a complete surprise, as anything less than a five-star rating would have seen the new model playing [...]

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After the recent leak of official Golf MkVI press photos let the proverbial cat out of the bag, Volkswagen has decided to follow it up by revealing the nitty-gritty details on its upcoming hatchback.

Aside from the new look, the sixth-generation Golf brings with it a new body, new engines, new transmissions and an all-new take [...]

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Okay, it’s a bit of a dodgy picture but this is quite possibly the very first spy photo of the next generation 2009 VW Golf.

Volkswagen are desperate to develop a cheaper to manufacture replacement for the current Golf which despite its popularity is not bringing home the bacon. VW engineered the current model Golf [...]

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