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VW Golf GTI 35th just $3k more

• 08 Aug 2011
• Source: Carsguide
• In Car News

Volkswagen has announced pricing for the red hot, limited edition 35th anniversary Golf GTI. Prices kick off at $43,490 for the five-door manual, just $3000 more than a standard Volkswagen... more...

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VW Up price aims for $15,000

• 04 Aug 2011
• By Chief Reporter,  Paul Gover
• Source: Carsguide
• In Car News

$15,000 is the target price for the Volkswagen Up in Australia. The all-new baby car is coming in 2012 and, to slide in below the Polo and take over as the German brand's starter car, Volkswagen... more...

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Nicknames for the new Beetle

• 04 Aug 2011
• By Chief Reporter,  Paul Gover
• Source: Carsguide
• In Car News

A Beetle is not always a beetle in the world of Volkswagen. It could also be a Bug, a Vocho or even a Maggiolino. Those are just a few of the 50-plus local nicknames the... more...

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VW Kombi to be revived

• 28 Jul 2011
• By Neil Dowling
• Source: The Sunday Times
• In Car News

The Kombi is definitely coming back. After teasing the world in March with a concept van called the Bulli at the Geneva Motor Show, a Volkswagen insider has revealed to Carsguide that there is a... more...

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Top 10 best-selling cars

• 20 Jul 2011
• By Karla Pincott
• Source: Carsguide
• In Car News

What makes for a best-selling car? There are no clear clues when you look at the all-time top sellers, which include everything from a hulking Yank pick-up to sedate German sedan - and the... more...

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My 1980 Mk I Golf GTI

• 12 Jul 2011
• By Mark Hinchliffe
• Source: The Courier-Mail
• In Car News

AS a teenager growing up in Yass, Liam Murray was destined to be a petrolhead. "My first car was a 1977 LX Torana. I lived in Yass at the time and there wasn't much else to do except have a... more...

Touareg lifts safety level

• 11 Jul 2011
• By Chris Riley
• Source: Cumberland Group
• In Car News

It hasn't been crash tested yet but the new Touareg is shaping up as Volkswagen's safest vehicle to date. The big, stylish five-seat off roader fairly bristles with technology, including... more...

Volkswagen Edition25 Multivan

• 07 Jul 2011
• By Carsguide team
• Source: Carsguide
• In Car News

HO-HUM Chrysler dingy, the Caliber, hasn't floated close to Australian shores.... The Edition25 Multivan is based on the current Comfortline model, but looks sharper and offers equipment. A... more...

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VW to push BlueMotion

• 01 Jul 2011
• By Mark Hinchliffe
• Source: The Courier-Mail
• In Car News

Don't expect to see any electric or hybrid cars on the VW stand. However, all new diesels will feature the frugal Blue Motion technology, says VW Group Australia managing director Anke... more...

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VW Polo R WRC spec on cards

• 27 Jun 2011
• By Mark Hinchliffe
• Source: The Courier-Mail
• In Car News

Volkswagen will campaign a Polo R WRC in the World Rally Championship from 2013 ... ... and a production model for the streets is also on the cards. Volkswagen spokesman Martin Hube says the... more...

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VW Golf GTI Edition 35 on way

• 14 Jun 2011
• By Carsguide team
• Source: Carsguide
• In Car News

You'll want to be quick to get your hands on one of these beauties. To mark the 35th anniversary of the Golf GTI, Volkswagen has unveiled a special GTI Edition 35 with more power and more... more...

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Golf GTI and Golf R convertibles on way

• 03 Jun 2011
• By Craig Duff
• Source: Herald Sun
• In Car News

Cabrio versions of the performance Golf GTI and all-wheel-drive Golf R will join VW's expanding line-up ... ... when the soft-top models go on sale later this year. VW teased fans at... more...

VW ramps up electric charge

• 02 Jun 2011
• By Neil Dowling
• Source: The Sunday Times
• In Car News

ELECTRIC vehicles will account for 3 per cent of Volkswagen's global sales by 2018. It plans to start its zero-emission, all-electric range from 2013, starting with versions of its Up... more...

Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion economy

• 20 May 2011
• By Craig Duff
• Source: Herald Sun
• In Car News

The Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion is a fuel hero. You can get 3.3 litres/100km in Golf's latest slow-sipping diesel. More impressive is the fact that high 3s are possible in a long urban... more...

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Skoda to build small car

• 19 May 2011
• By Neil Dowling
• Source: The Sunday Times
• In Car News

THREE radical city cars sharing the same platform will be launched this year by Volkswagen brands. The first will be the Volkswagen Up followed by a Skoda version and then one from Spanish arm, Seat.... more...