SALES FIGURES RELEASED by automotive data group JATO Dynamics for June 2009 show that the European market is continuing its slow recovery in vehicle sales.

While the market is down 10.3 percent at the mid-point of 2009, there has been a 15.7 percent improvement in monthly sales (June 2009 compared to January 2009), a trend that [...]

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AUDI HAS BEGUN testing the next-generation A3 in Germany, transplanting the new hatchback’s mechanical package into the body of the closely-related Golf VI in an attempt to keep prying eyes away.

But despite the unassuming facade of the Golf, our spy photographers weren’t fooled by the prominent wheel arch flares that have been grafted onto the [...]

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THE 2009 GOLF VI RANGE was let loose on the Australian market in February this year. It quickly stole its way into the limelight with a fresh new face and an almost all-new design on the not-so-new Golf V platform.

Don’t let that little fact deceive you though: it may not be all-new, but it’s damn [...]

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The nostalgically funky Fiat 500 has taken home the 2009 World Car Design of the Year award, while the monstrous Nissan GT-R has stormed to victory for the 2009 World Performance Car of the Year award.

Now – and perhaps of little surprise - the 2009 Volkswagen Golf has been crowned World Car of the Year.

Panelists [...]

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When I last had a quiet word with Jutta Dierks, Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Australia, it was at the recent local launch of the Volkswagen Golf VI. Talk inevitably turned to the hi-po GTI and how long it would take to arrive in Australian showrooms.

With the Australian market traditionally one of the last to [...]

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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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Evolution. The process whereby a species improves itself through eliminating its weaknesses and reinforcing its strengths generation-by-generation.

Volkswagen describes the newly-minted Golf VI as being a case of evolution rather than revolution, but has the German automaker truly improved upon the already excellent fifth-gen Golf, or is it nothing more than a fancy facelift?

Volkswagen Australia is [...]

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With the Australian release of the Volkswagen Golf VI on the horizon, the range of accessories revealed today will be good news for buyers looking to personalise their new Golf. The Sport & Design package features a front and rear apron, side skirts, and a roof spoiler. [...]

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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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