VW’s R line does spruce up the Polo and give it a sportier edge. At least from a looks perspective anyway. Changes include: revised front and rear bumpers, front grille, new-look fog lamps and a revised interior featuring leather bucket seats, aluminium pedals and sporty steering wheel. The R-line is only available for the 1.2 TSI Polo variant. [...]

VW has launched a special edition GTI to celebrate its 35th anniversary. If we are honest the GTI is an iconic car if not the most iconic car ever made however over the past few years it has become fat and there has been vicious rivals. With the Edition 35, VW aims to highlight the significance of the Golf GTI and highlight [...]

 The next generation Golf will be unveiled at the 2012 Paris motor show. The new model will feature a whole new platform that will allow VW to fit a variety of bodies and engine variants.  We are also told that the next GTI will be in line with the original GTI’s core characteristics. This should [...]

270HP is what the standard Golf R comes with. That’s not bad but tuning house Siemoneit pushes that figure up to 530HP with the addition of a big ass turbo, a new induction system, a new exhaust, a tweaked ECU, and a new intercooler. Remember the v10 bmw m5 comes with 500 horses so 530 [...]

At the heart of the Scirocco R is a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder EA113 engine (as opposed to the EA888 fitted to the conventional Scirocco) in heavily revised form. The block has been reinforced with an entirely new alloy head, uprated pistons, conrods and high pressure injectors.   An uprated turbocharger generating 1.2 bar of boost is [...]

Much has changed about the way we commute today. In South Africa especially, the traffic levels are forever rising in the city, the police are speed trapping aimlessly, fuel prices will soon cost more than caviar and let me not even start on the clichéd South African taxi. So what can you do in this [...]

The new VW golf R has arrived on South African shores. Here is some information on the new hot hatch from VW. Although the new Golf R seems to pack the punch, the refined and somewhat restrained looks may invite easy prey at the lights. The Golf R features a 2 litre 4 cylinder turbo [...]

Volkswagen maintained its early grip on the 2011 Dakar Rally in South America with defending champion Carlos Sainz piloting his Race Touareg 3 to a second successive special stage victory between Cordoba and San Miguel de Tucuman in Argentina on Monday.  Three of the four factory-entered Volkswagens finished in the top four on the day’s [...]

Volkswagen’s quest for a third successive Dakar Rally victory began on Saturday as the 33rd running of the world’s longest and toughest motor sport event got underway in Argentina’s capital city of Buenos Aires.  A total of 407 cars, trucks, bikes and quads started the epic 9 500-km 16-day journey through Argentina and Chile. First [...]

VW’s ever successful Dakar history has placed their TDI technology on a plaque. However with the new Touareg 3, will they achieve fame once more, or will the ultimate rally prove to be too difficult, we wait and see. Here is the Dakar preview from Volkswagen: It takes a perfect combination of technological expertise and [...]

The sporty Volkswagen Comfort Coupe (CC) is now available as a standard five-seater. The rear seat which was previously designed to sit two persons can now comfortably accommodate three persons. The new feature is Volkswagen’s response to requests by customers to give the Volkswagen CC a convenient everyday use by adding an extra seating position. [...]

The Volkswagen Jetta model range has been rejuvenated with the introduction of the multiple-award winning 1.4 TSI and the common rail TDI engines. The rejuvenation aims to position Jetta’s engines in line with the Golf 6. Further changes to the Jetta include new exterior colours, interior trim, alloy wheels and standard multi-function steering wheels on [...]

Yes it’s that time again when the SAGMJ announces the car of the year, and in 2010 it happens to be the very refined Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI 90 kW Comfortline.

Highly powerful golf’s have always been fun and exciting, especially amongst those who like to entertain themselves whilst driving from A to B which is too often then not clouded by potholes and traffic jams. Luckily VW may have built a giant Aspirin pill to reduce the dreary weekly commute, this happens to be the [...]

The vivo is the replacement for the Velocity.