Fashionable, they might be, but for some, a regular SUV is no longer quite enough Car Reviewed: Volkswagen Taigo R-Line 1.0-Litre TSI 110PS 6-Speed Manual 5DR Behold the Volkswagen Taigo, the car you see here. This is Wolfsburg’s junior entry into the go-to coupe SUV genre, pioneered by Porsche and BMW at the top end of the market. So what’s …
Smooth, intelligent, practical, that’s the Volkswagen Arteon, a sporty ‘shooting brake’. Car Reviewed: Volkswagen Arteon Shooting Brake R-Line eHybrid 1.4-litre TSI No, more like a car that can transport a good deal of family luggage as they head off on holiday. The boot is indeed a good size, as is the interior generally. The first impression of the latest Arteon …
I settled into the Polo and a question arose: it feels pretty spacious, so how does it compare to the Golf? Car Reviewed: Volkswagen Polo Style 1.0 TSI 95 5-spd manual Access to the rear is good thanks to the rear passengers’ doors opening wide. The boot has the usual, easy-folding seat system for a reasonable amount of luggage to …
Being told to go outside to reduce our chance of catching Covid-19, but to help this, there are only a few true family four-seater convertibles on the market… The T-Roc Cabriolet is Volkswagen’s first move into this sub-compact sector of open-air driving since the heydays of the Golf Convertible. It heavily draws on its experience with the Golf and it …
There’s a vast Gulf (German for Golf) between the VW Golf Mark 1 and the current Golf (number eight and now 47 years later). This is noted because it can be said that the more new technical stuff you buy into, the more there is to go wrong. More of that later. It must be challenging for car designers to …
Throughout my week in the VolkswagenTiguan Allspace, I had the Lane Assist activated. So, yes, there I was, accepting this gently autonomous feature. At times, it may have been the changes in the road surface that moved the front wheels that moved the steering wheel; otherwise, it was definitely Volkswagen’s Lane Assist. Does this mean that I am no longer …
“We’ll be more than happy to sell it to anybody who wants to buy it.” Neil Lyndon mulls over the need for another new Volkswagen. At the recent launch in Scotland of the new Volkswagen Arteon, those words were the company’s answer to the question “Who is going to buy this car?” It may be witty and laconic, but this corporate line only raises another question…READ MORE
What an extremely sensible car! Tom Scanlan gives his favourable impressions of the The Volkswagen Passat SE Business. It’s handsome, too, with a striking front where the grille is at one with the headlamps and the overall proportions are, well, just right…MORE
It felt like some form of desecration to fill the loadspace of the new VW Amarok pick-up with a pile of filthy old junk. Neil Lyndon uses a pick-up for what its best at…READ MORE