Archive for the ‘Volkswagen’ Category

Volkswagen Polo Is The European Car Of The Year 2010

Posted on December 1st, 2009 by by admin

Volkswagen Polo has won itself the coveted European car of the year 2010 beating close competition from Toyota’s iQ for the award scoring 347 points compared to 337 for the Toyota. A total of 33 cars were in a foray which included Opel/Vauxhall Astra, Skoda Yeti, Mercedes Benz E-Class, Peugeot 3008 and Citroen C3 Picasso [...]

Volkswagen overtakes Toyota as the World’s largest carmaker

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by by admin

Europe’s largest is now worlds largest! Volkswagen group has overtaken Toyota to becomes the world’s largest car manufacturer. The company produced 4.4 million cars this year in the first nine months compared to 4 million units by Toyota Motor Corp.
The German manufacture also benefited from various government measures to prop up demand in China, Germany and UK [...]

Volkswagen Launches 1.2L TSI Engine For Polo, Golf And Golf Plus

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by by admin

Volkswagen has launched the all new 1.2 Litre TSI engine at the 2009 Vienna Engine Symposium which can now be ordered in the Polo, Golf and Golf Plus. Speculations also have it that the new engine will also be used on the upcoming Audi A1 and possibly Skoda and Seats products too.
The 1.2l TSI engine [...]

Skoda Unveils Superb Combi For Frankfurt

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by by admin

Skoda has unveiled the all new Superb Combi for the Franfurt Motor show. The new model boasts a number of firsts for a Skoda and will be the flagship model of the Czech-based automaker.
The car stands at 4.89 m in length, 1.82 m in width and is 1.51 meters tall and features a luggage space [...]

Volkswagen Commences Fabia Production At Chakan Plant

Posted on August 18th, 2009 by by admin

Volkswagen has started the production of the Fabia at its recently inaugrated state of the art plant in Chakan, Pune. The plant with an installed capacity of 1,10000 will also manufacture the upcoming Polo hatch and the Polo based sedan.
The moment was cherished by each employee of the Chakan plant as VW also celebrated the [...]

VW Targetting Rs 4 Lakh Starting Price For The Polo

Posted on August 6th, 2009 by by admin

VW is targetting a base price of Rs 4 Lakhs for the Polo when it gets launched in India either late this year or early next year.
Worried by the lukewarm response to the Skoda Fabia the company is working hard to meet its cost target for the base Polo which will come with a naturally [...]

Volkswagen 1.4 TSI Twincharger ‘International Engine Of The Year’ Award!

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by by admin

Volkswagen has secured overall honors at the 11th edition of the International Engine of the Year Awards 2009, winning the accolade for the first time in the company’s history with its small but powerful 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger engine. The unit is offered across much of the VW model range, including the Golf, Scirocco and Eos, [...]

Pocket Rocket: 265 PS Volkswagen Scirocco R Unveiled!

Posted on May 25th, 2009 by by admin

Volkswagen has just released the hottest version of the Scirocco so far in time for the Scirocco race car’s Nurburgring 24 Hour race entry.
Christened Scirocco R, the still front wheel drive car comes with Volkwagen’s 2.0 Litre TSi EA888 engine now producing a massive 265 ps and 350 nm of torque, figures which are similar [...]

Skoda Unveils Facelifted Laura (Octavia) RS

Posted on April 23rd, 2009 by by admin

Skoda has revealed the facelifted version of the Laura (Octavia in the european market) which we hear is India bound in the very near future.
The facelifted Octavia RS gets a throughly revised new front end with new bumper, new headlights and bonnet to bring it upto date with the new Skoda design language for the [...]