After the presentation this morning, accompanied by the first official pictures, back on the Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept to show his photos live shots for us at the Salon in Los Angeles by American friends of BenzInsider.
The curious German prototype, characterized by a line quasi-shooting brake “is really interesting to discover the technical. The power is delivered to a group hybrid diesel-electric,
In an interview with Autocar, Ulrich Hackenberg talked of plans for Volkswagen for the future. In particular, the head of R & D department of the House of Wolfsburg has concentrated on models BlueSport and Golf 7 and on the possible entry into Formula 1. Hackenberg has denied the interest of Volkswagen against top competition in the automotive world. Instead, it confirmed an increased effort in motorsports, which will consist in supplying 2.0 TSI and TDI engines for the lower formulas around the world.
Arrive in Italy the Volkswagen Golf R and R Scirocco, versions of their high performance sports models. Along with two cars also debut golf packages for R-Line Golf, Scirocco and Tiguan. The Golf R was conducted on the basis of the Sixth Generation and replaces the Golf R32 which derived from the Golf 5 and was equipped with a 3.2 liter V6, 250 hp.
After the presentation at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Volkswagen Scirocco R continues to get closer to debut on the international markets of the model, now known in its details that characterize (2.0 turbo 265 bhp, 350 Nm of torque, 250 km / h top speed, about 5.8 s 0-100), we show here the new official photos on the road.
The four-cylinder turbo Scirocco R (incidentally, the model can already book in Italy) comes from the version developed for the GT24 that took part in five specimens (three petrol, two natural gas)
Volswagen presented the Tiguan Track & Sports nell’allestimento Avenue. When the eye wants its part, in short, an SUV adjusts alloy wheels Savannah 19-inch, color shades with pearl effect “Oryx White” and “Island Gray” skid plate steel. The package also includes a front fender designed for the SUV, conformed to reach an angle of 25 °.
Exclusivity is not focused just outside the cockpit, as the Tiguan Track & Avenue adopt unusual dark-red leather “Heavy Waxy, sports seats and RCD 510 radio with Dynaudio sound system.
Volkswagen AG and Suzuki Motor Corporation have signed a long-term partnership that provides for the acquisition of 19.9% stake in Suzuki from the automotive group of Wolfsburg. The agreement in principle was signed today in Tokyo between representatives of the respective Houses. Epochal event was attended by Martin Winterkorn and Ferdinand Piech for Volkswagen, and the chairman Osamu Suzuki who, in recent months, had always denied the contacts between Suzuki and the VAG group.
The Volkswagen Golf debuts LED technology for rear lamps, now being ordered at a premium of 350 euros for versions sporting GTI and GTD, while the Golf R are included as standard. The rear lights, made a total of 48 LEDs, making it even more recognizable to the back of each silhouette Golf. Besides giving a more casual tone, the LED technology ensures less recourse to the maintenance of lighthouses and greater security due to increased brightness of the headlights themselves. In addition, new LED taillights can be combined with Bi-Xenon headlights,
Volkswagen could buy Alfa Romeo in the next few years. They made it clear two analysts polled by the Financial Times, probably aware of the real earthquake-easy-bet also raise among our readers. But let’s go with order and we report faithfully what appeared this morning on the website of the Italian Stock Exchange.
“A reputation hung on the revival of the Alfa Romeo” is how the Financial Times today titled an article on Sergio Marchionne. The manager is “one of the most fervent advocates of the need to drastically cut the production capacity to survive and only the most profitable brand.
Volkswagen introduces the Italian market’s renewed bus T5 version 4Motion, which for the first time can match the all-wheel drive and automatic transmission. The models Caravelle, Transporter, Multivan and California can then count on 4-wheel drive combined with 2-liter TDI engines BITD 180 hp and 140 hp, available with manual or 6 speed, only about 180 hp, with a 7-speed dual-clutch DSG.
The four wheel drive system uses the new clutch plates Haldex4 electronically controlled, which compared all’Haldex2 works quite differently: the oil pressure that determines the distribution of torque to the rear wheels is now run by an electric pump that feeds oil tank with a pressure of 30 bar
Volkswagen will present the renewed CrossGolf at the Geneva Motor Show. Derived from the restyling of the Golf Plus will be available as early as next April with the full range of Euro 5 engines TSI and TDI with manual gearbox or dual clutch DSG 6 or 7 reports and front-wheel drive. In detail, the range is composed of 105 hp 1.2 TSI, 1.4 TSI 122 hp, 1.4 TSI 160 PS, 1.6 TDI 105 bhp and 2.0 TDI 140 hp.
The CrossGolf Plus differs from the lower security plastic unpainted and some design touches like those brought on CrossPolo as widened wheel arches, the protections and stance raised by 20 mm and 17 “wheels Budapest. Also excluded 6 available colors: Candy White United Gray, Reflex Silver Metallic, Shadow Blue Metallic, Cashmere Brown Metallic and Deep Black Pearl Effect.
