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It’s nearly the annual Wörthersee GTI meet again and Volkswagen’s skilled apprentices are once again preparing a special Golf GTI for the gathering. Like last year, the 10th apprentice-tweaked Golf GTI for this year’s event will be a three-door version of the popular hot hatch. This year’s project team is …

Volkswagen has unveiled the pricing and specifications for its updated 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI and R performance range, with pricing kicking off at $41,490 plus on-road costs for the GTI six-speed manual. Headlining the updated range is the return of the three-door GTI and the Golf R wagon, the latter …

Volkswagen’s once humble Kombis are now highly collectible in the ‘white-collar’ circles, both here and overseas. Two prime examples have made their way to the Shannons Melbourne Autumn Classic Auction on May 8. The show-stopper of the VW duo is a former ‘barn find’ 1967 Split Window Kombi that today …

The Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, US was the place where Monster Truck aka Bigfoot made its debut. Today the stadium is permanently closed and abandoned, there isn’t a single person in sight, but the massive parking lot surrounding the stadium is full of cars. Why? That’s because the vast empty space …

Just two days after catching the next-gen Polo out in the open, a third-generation Volkswagen Touareg has been spied, again without a shred of camouflage except for the blanked out VW badge. Taken at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, the prototype shows a front end similar …

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Polo has been spied out in the open somewhere in South Africa. Caught without a shred of camouflage, the photos give us an early preview of VW’s new small hatch ahead of its world debut at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Based on the …

Volkswagen has introduced a hotter Performance variant to its range-topping 2017 Golf R model, albeit only in Europe, for now. Said to be a faster and sharper version of the already rapid Golf R, the Performance variant gains a set of titanium exhaust system and stickier Pirelli Trofeo R tyres, similar …

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Arteon has made its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show after a series of leaked images. Based on VW’s modular MQB platform, the VW CC replacement will be positioned above the Passat as the brand’s passenger range halo model. Described as a premium Gran Turismo …

The small SUV segment is one of the fastest growing in the car world and it may come as a surprise that one of the world’s largest automotive group, Volkswagen is resoundingly absent in this hotly contested segment. But things are about to change, as according to Autocar, Volkswagen will …

Volkswagen has released a couple of teaser images of its upcoming CC replacement, the Volkswagen Arteon. The first teaser image shows the four-door coupe’s front fascia, which is identical to the leaked images we published last year. It’s a similar story with the second image, which gives us a glimpse …

Volkswagen has added a second model to its future electric vehicle range with the I.D. Buzz Concept. Introduced at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, the I.D. Buzz Concept is the company’s answer to the Microbus of the future and shares some of the advanced technologies first seen in the BUDD-e …

Following on the recently revealed facelifted Golf range, Volkswagen has unleashed its range-topping hot hatch, the 2017 Golf R. While the subtle facelift brings a new set of LED headlights and more aggressive front bumper, the headline news is no doubt the car’s more potent 2.0-litre turbocharged four, which now …

Volkswagen in the U.K. has partnered with long time VW tuner, Oettinger to introduce a series of body kits for the carmaker’s trio of performance Golfs – the GTD, GTI and Golf R. The new kits – which appear to have been created for the pre-facelift Golf – were designed …

Volkswagen has given us a glimpse of the Volkswagen CC’s replacement called the Arteon, which is set to hit the show stand at the Geneva Motor Show in early 2017. The new four-door model will herald Volkswagen’s new design language and pushes the car further upmarket. The car’s radiator grille …