Volkswagen to produce more engines, transmissions in China

Volkswagen will produce more engines and transmissions in China as part of its global expansion strategy to meet rising demand for fuel efficient vehicles.

The company – China’s largest foreign car manufacturer – will manufacture its TSI engines and DSG gearboxes in an attempt to reduce the fuel consumption of its locally made cars by 20 [...]

Skoda begins production of new engine with Audi, Seat, VW

Skoda has commenced production of a new four-cylinder engine which will be shared between itself, Audi, Volkswagen and Seat.

The all-new 1.2-litre design is a supercharged, direct fuel injection unit capable of producing 77kW and will carry the TSI (Turbo Stratified Injection) family name.
Skoda BOD chairman, Reinhard Jung, said the engine was designed specifically to minimise [...]

2010 Volkswagen Polo sedan pics

Renderings of a sedan variant of Volkswagen’s new Polo have today been shot across the CarAdvice news desk.

The VW Polo sedan will share a more ‘family’ look, in line with Mark VI Golf and Tiuguan, and will be offered with the usual spread of diesel and petrol engines.

No test mules have yet been caught by [...]

Volkswagen Amarok will be official support vehicle for Dakar Rally

The Dakar Rally runs from the 1st to the 17th of January 2010, covering a distance of 9,000km through Argentina and Chile starting and finishing from Buenos Aires.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the Official Supplier to the Dakar Rally and have chosen the Amarok to be the support vehicle. Organisers will use 20 Amarok with another [...]

Toyota still world’s number one manufacturer

It seems a report published by IHS Global Insight last Thursday was a little premature, with official numbers today showing Toyota is still ahead of Volkswagen in sales volume.

Volkswagen’s third-quarter financial results revealed the manufacturer produced 4.4 million vehicles during the first nine months of the year – trumping Toyota’s 4.2 million units. However, VW’s [...]

2010 Volkswagen Jetta Review

Volkswagen have today released its revised 2010 Jetta range featuring a new range of engines, trim and specification levels – as well as a competitive reduction in pricing – across the entire Jetta line up.
CarAdvice this afternoon joined Volkswagen Group Australia for a drive day in Victoria’s picturesque Yarra Valley wine region for a taste [...]

Volkswagen tops Toyota as world’s largest vehicle producer

Figures from automotive industry analyst IHS Global Insight show that Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota as the world’s largest vehicle producer for the first three-quarters of 2009.

VW made 4.4 million vehicles from January to September compared to the 4.2 million tallied in Toyota’s recent financial report.
However, Toyota today claimed that it has actually produced 4.9 million [...]

Volkswagen Touareg set to defend ‘Dakar’ title

Volkswagen will field not one but five race-spec Touaregs early next year as the team bids to defend one of the most challenging international motorsport events, the Dakar Rally.
Taking place across the South American continent for the second consecutive year, the 31st ‘Dakar’ Rally will see the five Volkswagen teams encountering some of the most [...]

Volkswagen Beetle Germany’s most popular classic car

The Volkswagen Beetle reminds me of my childhood watching Herbi the Love Bug on TV. Most people would have fond memories of the Beetle be it their first car or someone in the family owned one.

In Germany the Volkswagen Beetle is the most registered car produced before 1979, with 44,540 still driving the streets. The [...]

2011 Volkswagen Touareg spy pics

Today’s spy pics show an actual prototype of the 2011 Volkswagen Touareg.

The 2011 Touareg will go on a crash diet and be some 300 kilograms lighter! This should certainly help the Touareg’s less-than-stellar fuel economy and improve handling. Along with its weight loss, we’re also hearing the chassis has in fact been lengthened by a [...]

2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI Review

I’m somewhere in the Victorian Alps with about forty-kilometres of clean, windy road ahead and I’m driving the new GTI at eight-tenths with former F1 driver Hans Stuck on my tail. Make that nine-tenths.
I’m carrying an awful lot of speed into these curves, and yet even in the tighter sections, the GTI is seemingly [...]

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