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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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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I visited the Broadmeadows factory of Ford Australia in 1979. At first glance, I found it to be a noisy, dark, dirty place, with dirty sweaty workers. Compare the 3 pics below – the middle one is Ford Australia and the others are the Volkswagen Bratislava Slovakia plant (LHS) and the Volkswagen Wolfsburg plant (RHS)
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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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I’ve been monitoring the class action against Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda since inception in 2015. Managing Director of VW, Michael Bartsch, must be biting his lip, but the settlement comes “without an admission of liability from the car manufacturers. Follows is the report by Hannah Wootton of the Australian Financial Review Hannah Wootton Reporter Sep
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Battery pack options will offer ranges from 277 to 456 kilometres Thanks to US colleagues Autoweek.Com, I’m pleased to provide you with pre-launch information on the ID.3 Electric hatch due to be launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show tomorrow. I’m currently reviewing the Nissan Leaf electric car and it serves as a great comparison with
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From 2008 until selling my dealerships in 2015, I was a Volkswagen dealer based at Redcliffe, just north of Brisbane. And it was a special time – I was a bit hesitant taking on the franchise, hearing all sorts of problems that Australian dealers had with the German senior management at Volkswagen, but, it couldn’t
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