2011 Volkswagen Sharan spy pics
September 28, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Our photographers managed to snap shots of the replacement of today’s Volkswagen Sharan, likely the German firm’s longest-selling vehicle since the Beetle.
The original debut of the current generation, not sold in Australia, was way back in February 1995 – almost 16 years before the second-gen Sharan will make its debut at the 2011 Geneva Show.
Like all its competitors from Ford, Renault and Opel, the new Sharan will grow significantly in all dimensions but, different from those, will feature two sliding doors for easy access to the passenger compartment.
Apart from this radical step, however, the new Sharan will be an evolutionary development of the current design: more modern, of course, and with the new Golf’s face consisting of grille and headlights, but all in all not too far away from the existing model.
Under the bonnet we expect petrol engines between 85 and over 149kW or TDI diesels up to 120kW.
Price-wise the car will have to be well above the current Sharan which could make Volkswagen offer the existing model for yet another year or two.
Print it: 
The Sharan is a great car, loved by Taxi operators all over Europe. They are well built and as tough as little tanks.
The original debut of the current generation, not sold in Australia, was way back in February 1995 – almost 16 years before the second-gen Sharan will make its debut at the 2011 Geneva Show.
CA, the first generatiom Sharan was released in 1995 and then the second generation (the one still sold today) was released in 2000. So the above statement is wrong.
The 2000 ‘Mark 2′ was a facelift of the original 1995 version. So your statement is wrong.
Don’t be a victim…Don’t buy a lemon…
http://www.carcomplaints.com/V.....udge.shtml
What do you mean don’t buy a lemon? Read the articles. They are from people who have not followed VW’s service requirements. Buy ANY VW passenger car and the hand book says you have to use synthetic oil. My wifes Golf has the oil requirements on a label under the bonnet. If you buy a car and are stupid enough not to follow the manufacturers recomendations then what do you expect. If you read the articles you directed us to, almost all had them serviced by non VW service centres. Some had done there services at home or by friends. The only problem we have had with our Golf was a faulty door lock actuator, replaced quickly with lots of appologies.
Yes some VW’s have problems but look at the millions sold world wide that have no issues. They are not perfect, but what car manufacturer is?
mad max/ According to JD Power Survey, VW has been awfully unreliable…End of Story….Wake up …!!
Oh yes and the JD Power Survey surveyed every owner, these surveys are a joke.
JD Power Survey is not a joke…!! Wake up…JD Power survey is the most respected car reliability survey!!
You have to take all of these “surveys” with a grain of salt. What is reliability and what is cusomer satisfaction. If you buy a car from a dealer who treats you badly, that colours your judgement on the brand. I vowed never to buy another Holden after being treated like garbage by a dealer. What did I go and buy last year? A Holden due the the good deals they were offering. The dealer was absolutely brilliant and the sales lady was so prfessional. Since then we have purchased a number of cars for our company through them.
But often the JD Power type surveys look at how satisfied you are with the car and so people rate things like how a switch feels, or how comfortable the seats are, how good the radio sounds and so on. If I want to know how reliable a car is I use things like the motoring club road side assist call out surveys and the Herald Sun Friday reviews and the like. These are “real world” results.
Oh my freaking God!!! Is that it??? You get your authority from a survey without having experienced the cars? I’ve done 75,000 immensely enjoyable kilometres in my Golf. It’s the best car I’ve ever had, and there’s been 14 of them. Please, please, how do I make it live up to these surveys? Can someone please help me?
Relax, you own one of the best small cars built by any company worldwide. So does my wife. Goes well, habdles well, is quiet, comfortable and will be worth good money when its replaced. My only negative is the services are a bit steep but the money we save on fuel comparred to most cars in this category pretty well makes up for it. You made a good choice when buying the Golf.
In addition, you should have read the complain saying, “even if used the fully synthetic oil, it had failed…”
And if it was serviced by a VW dealer they paid for the engines no questions asked. I also read in the article that they were offering extended warranties on the engines. To me it seems like they have done all of the right things so long as the right oil was used and you kept receipts if it was serviced outside of a dealer. If it was serviced by a VW dealer, no questions asked. Wheres the problem. VW make great cars, end of storey.
Until VW pulled it apart and found traces of non-synthetic oil.
nothanks, what sort of problems should I have had with my 2005 Golf diesel? I bet you can’t answer. You know nothing.
You were lucky..That’s all…
Nothanks … I, too, must have been lucky with my VW T4 (220000ks no major prob), Golf IV 1.6 (60000ks no probs at all), Passat V6 (current car, 55000ks and running beautifully)
As mentioned by other owners above, the services are a bit steep but the cars are breat to drive AND own.
On the other hand, my wife’s Echo is a POS and she is begging me to buy her a new Golf … and judging by comments above and speaking to other owners I think this will be the replacement (or possibly the new Polo).
My wifes 06 diesel Golf has now clocked up 80′000 km. Apart from the above mentioned door lock actuator, not one problem. No squeaks no rattles. Nothing.
Her friends 05 diesel Golf, now 120\’000 kms. Nothing. My sisters 07 diesel Golf, 30′000 kms. Nothing. My mate at works 06 company diesel Golf, (company car) 152′000kms and he is buying it because its such a good car.
When they release the Golf Estate next year, I may well be the first customer. They are that good.
So you might not like them NOTHANKS but these are just a few real life examples from somebody with experiance of the diesel VW’s
I admit that the current model of VW cars are getting better in terms of reliability, but their reliability has been awful until quite recently. It is proven fact…so do not deny the fact!!
Nothanks … only “proven” by unreliable surveys. Talk to actual owners.
And as for “until quite recently” my ‘96 2.5litre T4 was an absolute pearler. As I mentioned above it had completed 220000ks. What I didn’t mention was that 40000 of that was towing a caravan (around 1.3 tonnes) and returned an average of 12.8 l/100Km for the 7 years of ownership.
VW’s owner retention is just at 29.3% but the industry average is 49.6%…What is the cause of poor owner retention? THE ANSWER IS DUE TO POOR REILAIBILTY….End of story…
Wake up guys… Do your research…!! Don’t be lazy!!!
Maybe in America the retention rate is low. In the rest of the world its a different storey. VW have tripled their sales in Australia over the past 5 years and still growing. And thats with a fairly limited offering of vehicles. In Europe they are near the top of the sales lists. Oh and if you want to talk about “reliability” surveys, have a look at Mercedes worldwide as well as Holden and Ford in Australia. If you believed them you would never buy another one. But Holden and Ford are still going strong and Mercedes are still seen (rightfully so) as a great car brand.
Visit this site..You guys will be shocked…
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingt.....o_imp.html
It didn’t shock me. It only made me laugh. You’re looking at an American website, which means zip. Americans don’t “get” Volkswagens, just like they don’t “get” Barry Humphries or cricket.
Okay, come clean, nothanks. Are you a Toyota stooge? Why all the bitterness? Do you come on here using other nicknames, or is your sole mission in life to infiltrate Volkswagen news stories everywhere with your twisted Americentric rant and survey “results”? I get it! You’re IN Amurrrrrrrica, you heard of someone who couldn’t get parts for their 17 year old Rabbit and you haven’t realised this is an Aussie website!
Chortle, chortle, chortle …
Bad luck nothanks, my 06 TDI has never missed a beat either. Granted, its only done 88,000 kls, but it’s never needed a spanner on it expect for service. Out of interest, I got 82,000 kls out of the OE Goodyear NCT5’s too. Plus I get 4.8l / 100 between Sydney Melbourne. It’s really been a cost efficient car, so buzz off with all your muck.