The stylish new Volkswagen Passat CC can now be had in the United Kingdom with the company’s vaunted seven-speed DSG transmission – but only if you’re after the 118kW 1.8 litre TSI model.

Acceleration with the DSG transmission is moderately improved, with a 100km/h sprint covered in 8.5 seconds, as opposed to 8.6 seconds in the [...]

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Previously if you wanted an all-wheel-drive Volkswagen hatchback you had to spring for the top o’ the line Golf R32. However, following the axing of the R32 for the sixth-generation Golf, VW has decided the time is ripe for the AWD flame to be spread to the others in the Golf range.

The first non-performance recipient [...]

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“Think of it as being like Mike Tyson in a business suit – smooth on the outside, but you can just tell that it’s ear-bitingly mad on the inside”

Life, as they say, is full of compromises. It’s a familiar tale – boy meets girl, marries, then rug-rats, and goodbye to the low-slung sports coupe. Then [...]

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Another 2008 Detroit Auto Show debutant is Volkswagen’s Passat CC. Designed in the four-door coupe mould made popular by the Mercedes CLS the Passat CC is longer, wider and lower than the humble Passat sedan on which it is based.

The Passat CC will be available with a choice of petrol and diesel engines, depending on [...]

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Volkswagen have recently made available via press release images and specs for their upcoming Tiguan compact SUV. The Tiguan will rub shoulders with the likes of BMW’s X3 and Range Rovers Freelander, neither of which are considered category killers so we expect the Tiguan will prove to be a formidable opponent.

VW are pitching their Tiguan [...]

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