Volkswagen up! Revealed Ahead of Frankfurt Debut
21 Aug 2011, 17:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Volkswagen up! has been a long time in the making, and that’s mainly because the German carmaker need to offer something that both revolutionary and cost effective. The model also need to ...
Volkswagen Is All Worked Up! About Something That's Coming to Frankfurt
10 Aug 2011, 08:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here we go again! We find ourselves talking about a car that been given too much attention from the marketing side and not enough from the ‘i want more power’ side. We swear, it’s ...
Skoda Plans New Models
15 Mar 2011, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of the Volkswagen Group, Czech manufacturer Skoda has to do its best to help the mother company achieve its goal of becoming the number one auto maker in the world by 2018. And, judging by t...
Volkswagen to Build Ultra-Efficient Up City Car
7 Feb 2011, 08:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen recently impressed the whole automotive industry with what it called the XL1 concept, an innovative prototype that could burn as less as 1 liter of gasoline per kilometer. Not only that t...
Volkswagen Up to Spawn Skoda Small Car
29 Jan 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With its big plans of taking over the world by 2018, German manufacturer Volkswagen is thinking small. For about two years now, the world lives under the shadow of the soon to be production version ...
Audi Q1 Entry-Level SUV in the Works
24 Jan 2011, 08:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The A1 will remain the smallest model in Audi's yard, as the German manufacturer has no intention to rebadge the upcoming Volkswagen Up minicar. However, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler confirmed for A...
Volkwagen Up Will be Priced Around EUR10,000
8 Dec 2010, 18:34 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Volkswagen plans to unveil a near production version of its Up minicar at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September 2011. The first variant of the new lineup will be a four-seat, three-door model, powere...
Volkswagen Up Will Have Three Pistons or More
29 Nov 2010, 14:39 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Volkswagen excluded the possibility of using a two-cylinder engine in its Up city car, saying that engine downsizing has reached its limits, in spite of Fiat recently introducing the two-piston Twin...
Production for Volkswagen Up! Ready in 2011
8 Nov 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Initially, Volkswagen’s little box on wheels was destined to reach markets in 2013. However, the Germans have changed their minds and now say the UP! will see a debut as early as the 2011 Fran...
VW Up May Not Go Down Under
10 May 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the Volkswagen Up! minicar getting ready to enter production sometime in 2011, German carmaker Volkswagen is making its calculations to see where the car will be best sold. According to those c...
Volkswagen In Micro Car Concept
1 Feb 2010, 14:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It is very common these days to see various computer or manually drawn car concepts, created by amateur designers and linked to top automotive manufacturers as rhetoric proposals. However, the d...
Next-Gen VW Beetle to Get Clean Diesel in the US
8 Dec 2009, 11:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen will offer a clean diesel option in the United States for the next-generation Beetle as well as an electric version of the Up! hatchback, Volkswagen Group of America President Stefan Jaco...
Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept Official Details and Photos
4 Dec 2009, 08:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After earlier this year German carmaker Volkswagen presented the world with the Up concept, the manufacturer is at it again in Los Angeles, where it unveiled the sugar-free version of the L1, dubbed...
VW Up Production to Create 8,500 Jobs
26 Nov 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen's new Up small car will be an important addition to the company's product lineup but will also represent a very important move for the auto sector as it is believed to create ar...
Volkswagen Up! Postponed Until Late 2011
8 Oct 2009, 09:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Up! minicar won't arrive sooner than late 2011, a company spokesman said in an interview, emphasizing that the delay is mostly caused by some internal problems. Volkswagen’s pr...
Frankfurt Auto Show: VW E-Up! Concept · Live Photos
16 Sep 2009, 06:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show witnessed the introduction of a brand new concept developed by Volkswagen, the so-called E-Up! concept powered by an electric motor. Just as its name suggests, the car i...
Volkswagen Up! Production to Cost 900 Euros!
6 Jul 2009, 08:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen really knows how to deal with the crisis. While most automakers struggle to reduce output, cut workforce and shut down plants, Volkswagen is trying a different move. It will pay for the p...
Electric Volkswagen up! Set for 2013
14 May 2009, 13:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since all automakers are slowly migrating to electric cars, there should be no surprise that Volkswagen is preparing its very own electric model. But more importantly, the car is going to be based o...
Is the Slovakian Factory Up for Volkswagen?
23 Apr 2009, 08:16 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Apparently it is, as the German manufacturer yesterday confirmed early April reports that the future small family model, or Up as it is known in the industry, will be manufactured at the company...
Bratislava to Host VW Up Production
7 Apr 2009, 13:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen Up, the new city car lineup prepared by the German manufacturer, might be produced by the company's Slovakian plant in Bratislava, sources close to CEO Martin Winterkorn said accordi...