Volkswagen Australia don’t / won’t provide vehicles for evaluation to me. Perhaps because I was a VW dealer with an opinion that puts me on the back burner. Despite approaches to senior management, include their PR person, PAul Pottinger, I won’t get to drive the Volkswagen I.D 4 before release in late 2023. Despite being […]
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2022 Volkswagen Golf R Will Drift into Your Dreams with 235Kw Is a classic hot hatch formula complete with a six-speed manual is worth waiting for? I’ve converted the US horsepower and torque numbers into “Australian’ specifications for this read into the 2022 VW Golf R 2022 Volkswagen Golf R will produce 235Kw and 420Nm
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Volkswagen And Ford Officially Sign Off On Landmark Partnership Agreement I found this story on the Ford Authority News website – there’s a link at the end if you’d like to sign up. But my question is this. What is the child of a Ford + Volkswagen partnership really look like? And what if anything
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At first glance, like me, you probably wondered what a Golf R Final Edition – Hand Painted really is. You might suspect that someone at the Wolfsburg factory grabs a paint brush and ‘hand paints’ the car. Afraid not – read on to this press release from Volkswagen and you’ll soon realize that the Golf
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12th June 2020 Builds on standard spec of 190TDI Premium Selection of two unique two-tone Savona leather interiors Four-wheel steering as standard Additional advanced Offroad settings: Gravel & Sand Additional engine underbody protection Volkswagen Australia has announced the return in August of its Touareg Adventure model with a new range of standard features and unique
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May 26th 2020 “The pinnacle of the Volkswagen’s passenger range and its most powerful production SUV to date arrives in quarter four this year, it can be confirmed. Volkswagen’s Touareg V8 TDI R-Line packs a 4.0-litre twin-turbo diesel engine that delivers 310kW and a formidable 900Nm.” As a Volkswagen dealer from 2008 to 2015, I was one
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Volkswagen is scheduled to launch the MK8 Golf GTI at the Geneva Motor Show in a matter of days. And to make things even more interesting for VW, it’s slated to be going to the USA. What that means is a smaller production allocation for other countries and here in Australia, we’ll arguably see the
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After 70 years of continuous assembly, the iconic Volkswagen Beetle ceased production in March of 2019. Millions were sold around the world including at my former dealership, Northstar Volkswagen. So just when you thought that this was the end, perhaps its the end for a new beginning. This animated video was released on December 31st
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2020 Volkswagen Golf – First Pictures From the US, Autoweek.Com provides some of the earliest high-quality pictures of the 2020 Volkswagen Golf. Arguably due to go on sale in Australia in the first half of 2020, this is the 8th iteration of the VW Golf and arguably the best so far. I’m pleased to be
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Hello. Bob Aldons, The Car Guy, reporting in with the press releases from Volkswagen Group Australia on the replacement for the Volkswagen CC – Volkswagen Arteon. Whilst a Volkswagen dealer from 2008 to 2015, the Volkswagen Passat CC, and then the Volkswagen CC was the standout luxury passenger vehicle in the VW stable. Available with
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