VOLKSWAGEN HAS REVEALED the newest addition to its small car family, the Polo three-door hatch, ahead of its official unveiling at the 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 [...]

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REPORTS OUT OF EUROPE this week tell us that Volkswagen is working on a very special two-door version of its all-new Polo, and it’s a whole other creature.

While the German giant did offer a three-door iteration of the Polo GTI in the previous generation, the design of the Polo V-based model is believed to be [...]

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Yesterday we caught a look at the special Q5 Custom Concept that Audi took to this year’s GTI meeting at Wörthersee, in Germany.

Not to be outdone at the show devoted to its own performance works, Volkswagen has unveiled Wörthersee 09 editions of the all-new Golf GTI and Polo GTI models.

Finished in a glowing red ‘Firespark [...]

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Volkswagen wheeled out two new additions to its extensive range of engines at the recent Vienna Engine Symposium, and both use the increasingly popular small-displacement, forced-induction formula.

A 1.2 litre turbocharged direct-injected petrol motor is the smallest of the pair, and produces 77kW (103hp) and 175Nm (129lb-ft) of torque.

Despite its small displacement, Volkswagen has managed to [...]

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There’s good news afoot for US Volkswagen fans, as a recent interview with Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen’s North American CEO, revealed some of what VW has in store for the US domestic market.

While speaking with Automotive News, Mr Jacoby confirmed pricing and a scheduled release date for Volkswagen’s upcoming mid-sized sedan, as well as plans to [...]

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Those official photos we officially showed you earlier today?  They’re even more official now.  Even better is the official information to go along with the officially official photos.

The first thing Volkswagen wants you to know is that the fifth-gen 2009 Polo is 7.5 percent lighter than the current model, and it has been engineered to [...]

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The man named Vince has done it again, this time getting his hands on the first official images of the upcoming 2009 Volkswagen Polo. Of course, we’ve got no official word that they’re official, but they sure don’t look dodgy to us.

No information has been provided by Volkswagen to accompany these images, but with the Geneva [...]

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