2011 Volkswagen Up to debut at Frankfurt show

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By Brett Davis | November 08th, 2010

Volkswagen has announced it will unveil the upcoming Volkswagen Up! production version at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September, 2011. It’s likely to be called the Volkswagen Lupo by production.

Volkswagen plans a range of new platforms for the Up! (new Lupo) including a sedan, a five-door and a minivan variant – all offered with various engines. Volkswagen has said an electric model will be on offer in 2013, but before then we’ll get three-cylinder diesel and petrol versions. Reports say an Audi version of the electric model may also follow.

Pricing for the new minicar is said to hover around the €10,000 mark, which puts it nicely into the AU$15,000 category here in Australia. The car will be accompanied by the usual import taxes though so we can expect a price slightly higher than a straight exchange-rate conversion.

The car is scheduled to go on sale shortly after debuting at the Frankfurt show with deliveries set to take place at the end of 2011. Production is said to take place at Volkswagen’s manufacturing plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Greasy

Will that exclamation mark be necessary if veedub decides not to change the name? Then there’ll be Volkswagen Ouch!, Pow!, or Bugga! specified for Australian market

Golfschwein

Ours would be renamed for sure, with a grey interior.

bangel

Now thats what a city car should look like , i would drive this if needed , makes all others look like rubbish.

Mythfrances

Its not so good looking that it will make all the others rubbish I reckon. Why yellow anyway?

Exar

Brilliant little car, absolutely perfect for girls – in tight white pants no less – negotiating chaotic European or Asian cities, but I’m not sure VW would see a business case for it here in Aus.

I may of course be proven wrong, but it would have to be sourced from elsewhere to make it viable.
Nick K

Will the UP! retain the rear engine of the concept car?

Golfschwein

No, so I read somewhere.
t39

I, too, read it went from rear engine, rear drive to front engine, front drive. I wish they did not raise the expectations….. Maybe it should now be called “DOWN”

LukasUtopia

It should be produced in India or China for the Australian Market to sell at a price below $14,000, otherwise it is too similar in price to the base Polo.
Banicks

Here’s a shocker, looks like a Barina to me. Just a little more glass and shiney bits.

*dons flamesuit for euro fanboys*

Wonder what the build quality will be like?