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In its presentation of the new Golf Cabriolet at the 81st Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen is writing a new chapter of a global success story. The four-seater has an innovative soft top with an electro-hydraulic drive that opens the Golf’s top in just 9.5 seconds. Continue reading ‘Golf Cabriolet drops its top in Geneva’
Volkswagen AG will begin selling the seventh generation of its best-selling VW Golf hatchback at the “end of 2012 or early 2013,” a company spokesman said on Saturday. Continue reading ‘VW plans to debut next Golf in late 2012 to early 2013′
Far from resting on its laurels after being named the 2010 “World Car of the Year,” the Volkswagen Golf continues to garner accolades from a variety of industry groups. The Golf has recently been named Urban Active Lifestyle Vehicle of the Year. The Golf TDI rounds out the accolades with two awards, the Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle Residual Award from Automotive Lease Guide and the distinction of winning the 2011 Best Resale Value Award for the Hybrid/Alternative Energy Vehicle category by Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Golf trophy list continues to amaze’
Next week during the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen of America, Inc. will offer U.S. media their first chance to get behind the wheel of the Golf blue-e-motion zero-emissions electric vehicle. Drivers will experience the pure electrically powered version of the most successful European car ever built, the Golf. For Volkswagen, 2013 is the key year of electric mobility. First the brand starts into the age of pure electric driving by introducing the all-electric Up! and shortly afterwards the Golf blue-e-motion. Continue reading ‘Golf blue-e-motion on U.S soil for first time as part of the Los Angeles Auto Show’
A Volkswagen Golf blue-e-motion prototype electric car is the overall winner of the inaugural Future Car Challenge. The car also won its category, Most Economic and Environment Friendly Regular Passenger EV.
The Royal Automobile Club Gold Medal for the winning vehicle was presented to Jim Holder, Editor of What Car? and Volkswagen engineer Folko Rohde who shared the driving. The pair joined a total of over 60 entrants in travelling from Madeira Drive in Brighton to Pall Mall in London – a distance of 57 miles – with the aim of consuming as little energy as possible. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Golf blue-e-motion wins the inaugural Future Car Challenge’
Volkswagen sold its first diesel in America in 1977. A lot has changed in the last thirty-three years, but one thing remains: If you want a cheeky, refined fuel miser, you call on the people who gave us the Beetle. Whereas most inexpensive diesels feel like the rolling equivalent of sensible shoes, the 140-hp Volkswagen Golf TDI makes no bones about its sporting bent. A whopping 236 pound-feet of torque at 1,750 rpm means you’ll rarely want for tire-chirping thrust, and a small, nimble frame lets you chase down sports cars in the curves. At 42 mpg, the V-dub makes the average hybrid look like a complicated answer to a very simple question. Continue reading ‘Diesel Car of the Year: 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI’
Volkswagen’s Golf has been named the winner of the £16,000-£20,000 price category in The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year 2011 awards, retaining the title in spite of competition from ten new cars in that class. The award was presented at a prestigious ceremony held at the Royal Automobile Club in London. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Golf wins Towcar of the Year 2011 award’
The Golf is the car of the year 2010 in South Africa. This was announced yesterday evening at a meeting of the Association of South Africa’s motoring journalists in Johannesburg. The Golf 1.4 TSI (90 kW) Comfortline prevailed against seven other models. (continue reading…)
