New Car Full: VW Concepts

Volkswagen Goes Beetles for 2012 SEMA Aftermarket Show

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/volkswagen-goes-beetles-for-2012-sema.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ILzWhuK782o/UI7_S_YLkOI/AAAAAAAJxe8/xE1egWlWTCI/s1600/vwvortex-superbeetle-0.jpg" style="border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 349px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 645px;" /></a> On the eve of the 2012 SEMA Show, Volkswagen presented its range of customized cars that include six <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW%20Beetle">Beetles</a> and one Golf Mk6 tune. The lineup kicks off with the "Ultimate Super Beetle" show car built in collaboration with performance specialist APR and the VWvortex team. The concept is based on the 2013 Beetle Turbo with the 2.0-liter TFSI, which in factory trim, produces 200-horses. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/volkswagen-goes-beetles-for-2012-sema.html#more">Read more »</a>

On the eve of the 2012 SEMA Show, Volkswagen presented its range of customized cars that include six Beetles and one Golf Mk6 tune. The li...

U Design: VW Ayoreo Design Concept for a More Affordable Alternative to the Tesla Model S

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/u-design-vw-ayoreo-design-concept-for.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XFHGq_2vEIw/UNX707v39rI/AAAAAAAK0eQ/EqzYSrQonxc/s1600/VW-Ayoreo-6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(63, 63, 63); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> It's been a few years since the first <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Electric%20Vehicles">modern-era electric cars</a> started to become available to the masses, and even though they haven't exactly set the market on fire, they're slowly gaining pace in the automotive marketplace. Over the next few years, we're going to see many new battery-powered models going on sale, be that with pure electric drivetrains like <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/BMW%20i3">the BMW i3</a> or EV's with a range extender such as <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/all-new-2014-cadillac-elr-coupe-to-be.html">the Cadillac ELR Coupe</a>. Along with carmakers, automotive designers are also preparing for the things to come. Erik Sætre, a Norwegian Industrial design-engineering student who is currently doing an exchange year at the UK's Coventry University, sent CarScoop a concept study he created for an all-electric Volkswagen four-door coupe named the Ayoreo. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2de5DB_7Bo/UNX8MpySogI/AAAAAAAK0ec/yq3owIDB20Q/s1600/VW-Ayoreo-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2de5DB_7Bo/UNX8MpySogI/AAAAAAAK0ec/yq3owIDB20Q/s200/VW-Ayoreo-3.jpg" width="130"></a> "The Volkswagen Ayoreo is a coupe designed to enter the EV market in 2013," Sætre tells us. "The goal was to achieve a fairly simple and clean surface language with incorporated industrial elements, like its rear view cameras. A more affordable <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/tesla-model-s-lands-in-europe-prices.html">option than the Tesla S</a>, but hopefully a more appealing one then the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Nissan%20Leaf">Nissan Leaf</a>." <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/u-design-vw-ayoreo-design-concept-for.html#more">Read more »</a>

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It's been a few years since the first modern-era electric cars started to become available to the masses, and even though they haven...

VW Rocky 3-Door SUV Design Concept Based on the Up! Mini Car Platform

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Here's another design concept for a small crossover model utilizing the platform hardware from the Volkswagen Up! family of mini cars. ...

2015 Volkswagen Scirocco Coupe Re-Imagined by Design Student

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/2015-volkswagen-scirocco-coupe-re.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NV_9EWVwGC4/UJ_ABXNLgjI/AAAAAAAKAEE/c5V08PzzKHw/s1600/2015-VW-Scirocco.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The development of the VW Group's new MQB modular platform architecture and its use on the seventh-generation <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/mega-gallery-with-107-photos-of-all-new.html">Golf hatchback</a> (among other models) combined with the fact that the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW%20Scirocco">current Scirocco</a> Mk3 will soon enter its fifth year of production, means that a new model is brewing at the German automaker's headquarters in Wolfsburg. We haven't seen any prototypes on the road yet, but Marcus Classen, a German design student who is pursuing his Master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London, UK, came up with a proposition of what VW's next compact coupe could look like. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/2015-volkswagen-scirocco-coupe-re.html#more">Read more »</a>

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The development of the VW Group's new MQB modular platform architecture and its use on the seventh-generation Golf hatchback (among oth...

New Volkswagen Taigun is a Concept for an Up!-Based Small SUV [Updated]

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-volkswagen-taigun-is-concept-for-up.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EWGRL0b28Ug/UIVnv0Gv9-I/AAAAAAAJqL4/aZbE4r28OOo/s1600/VW-Taigun-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> At this week's 2012 <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Brazil">São Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil</a>, Volkswagen introduced a new study for a small SUV that looks far more production ready than what the automaker would like us to believe. The concept's name in Taigun, which as you have probably already guessed, is an anagram of "Tiguan", VW's SUV proposal in the compact segment. The German company makes no effort to hide the fact that the Taigun not only resembles the styling but is also technically based on its New Small Family models <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/volkswagen-adds-more-practical-five.html">represented by the Up! city cars</a>, adding that if it were to be produced, it would round out the range "in an upward direction". <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jBu2ulvn7Yc/UIVoAtWa5TI/AAAAAAAJqME/jQX3kUUZiTU/s1600/VW-Taigun-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jBu2ulvn7Yc/UIVoAtWa5TI/AAAAAAAJqME/jQX3kUUZiTU/s105/VW-Taigun-4.jpg" width="105"></a> The Taigun is 3,859 mm (151.9in.) long, 1,728 mm (43.9 in.) wide and 1,570 mm (39.9 in) tall, which makes it significantly smaller not only from the Tiguan (4,432 mm or 174.5 in. long), but even the Nissan Juke (4,125mm or 162.4 in. long). <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-volkswagen-taigun-is-concept-for-up.html#more">Read more »</a>

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At this week's 2012 São Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil , Volkswagen introduced a new study for a small SUV that looks far more...

Spied: Volkswagen Filmed Trying Out XL1 Diesel-Electric Hybrid

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/spied-volkswagen-filmed-trying-out-xl1.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ru-JVFMfdc/UG9B3Ws3C6I/AAAAAAAJcRw/yrq-OjP-954/s1600/VW-XL1-Spied-.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-volkswagen-xl1-diesel-electric.html">XL1 is Volkswagen's vision</a> of a plug-in hybrid car that returns an amazingly low combined fuel consumption of 0.9lt/100km, equal to 261 mpg US and 313 mpg UK, or to be precise, MPGe (Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent) since this figure includes the use of both the internal combustion engine and the battery. The two-seater model was presented as a concept last year and is now heading for very limited run production starting from next year - if all goes according to plan. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/scoop-volkswagen-super-efficient-xl1.html">VW's engineers</a> were filmed in Spain completing new tests with the car as they prepare for its introduction. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/spied-volkswagen-filmed-trying-out-xl1.html#more">Read more »</a>

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The XL1 is Volkswagen's vision of a plug-in hybrid car that returns an amazingly low combined fuel consumption of 0.9lt/100km, equal t...

2013 VW Golf GTI Study Officially Revealed in Paris, European Sales Begin Next Summer

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2013-vw-golf-gti-study-officially.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MVrkFyATMuc/UGRDm-8yWrI/AAAAAAAJPho/RzLQHTszAOQ/s800/VW-Golf-GTI-MK7-001.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Who are we kidding; it may be billed as a concept, but even VW doesn’t make much effort into hiding the fact that the "design study" that made its debut alongside the rest of the seventh-generation Golf models at <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Paris%20Auto%20Show">the 2012 Paris Auto Show</a> is actually the production version of the Mk7 <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW%20Golf%20GTI">Golf GTI</a> . The German automaker even released a launch date: the new Golf GTI in both three- and five-door body styles will go on sale in mainland Europe in early 2013 and in the UK next summer (no word yet on when it will arrive in North America). <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tpLAKMBQXxM/UGRDxgD-JoI/AAAAAAAJPh0/pn8Vt0F0IHo/s1600/VW-Golf-GTI-MK7-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tpLAKMBQXxM/UGRDxgD-JoI/AAAAAAAJPh0/pn8Vt0F0IHo/s200/VW-Golf-GTI-MK7-6.jpg" width="125"></a>The new GTI stands out from lesser versions of the Golf thanks to its honeycomb grille (first introduced in the Mk5) with double red-stipe accents, the smoked LED rear lights and license plate illumination, the red brake calipers behind the five-spoke alloy wheels and the 80 mm diameter tailpipes with a chrome finish. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2013-vw-golf-gti-study-officially.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Who are we kidding; it may be billed as a concept, but even VW doesn’t make much effort into hiding the fact that the "design study...

New VW Golf BlueMotion Study is the Most Fuel Efficient Golf Ever, Returns 3.2lt/100km or 73.5mpg

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-vw-golf-bluemotion-study-is-most.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3pC0DV3R3PA/UGNskeI9OiI/AAAAAAAJOo0/aUphIxd8xMk/s800/2013-VW-Golf-BlueMotion-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Volkswagen first told us about the new Golf BlueMotion during the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2013-volkswagen-golf-new-official.html">presentation of the Golf Mk7</a> earlier this month, and now the German carmaker has released photos and additional details on the car that will be introduced as a concept at <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/carscoops-to-z-guide-to-2012-paris.html">the Paris Motor Show</a>. Much like the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2014-volkswagen-golf-gti-mk7-design.html">Golf GTI study</a> that will join the rest of the range at VW's stand, there's nothing really conceptual about the Golf BlueMotion, sans the informational stickers on the side of the car, as it too will go on sale in Europe next summer. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-vw-golf-bluemotion-study-is-most.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Volkswagen first told us about the new Golf BlueMotion during the presentation of the Golf Mk7 earlier this month, and now the German carm...

2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 Design Study Breaks Cover Early

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2014-volkswagen-golf-gti-mk7-design.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tx5uXhn5uA/UGLz84txI4I/AAAAAAAJNr0/C3FdvCPx_z4/s800/2014-VW-Golf-GTI-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The first batch of photos of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Concept were unloaded on the internet today, less than 24 hours ahead of the car's reveal at the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/carscoops-to-z-guide-to-2012-paris.html">2012 edition of the Paris Motor Show</a>. Much like the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-vw-golf-vi-gti-210hp-31-high-res.html">previous model</a> that was displayed in concept form at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, the new Golf GTI is also going to be shown as a near-production study. What this means is that that the car's looks and mechanicals will remain virtually unchanged when it goes on sale next year starting with Europe in spring. Volkswagen's new hot hatch incorporates all the traditional design cues of the series like the honeycomb upper and lower front grilles with red accents, which now extend to the angular headlamps, five spoke alloy wheels wrapped in beefy tires, and two large exhaust pipes split far. <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AgkQU9TZWbM/UGL0Gndy1BI/AAAAAAAJNsA/ICHMYNEKMyY/s1600/2014-VW-Golf-GTI-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AgkQU9TZWbM/UGL0Gndy1BI/AAAAAAAJNsA/ICHMYNEKMyY/s200/2014-VW-Golf-GTI-3.jpg" width="110"></a>The darkened tail lamps, rear diffuser in black, a discreet roof spoiler, the LED headlamps and the new black trim on the front bumper round out the visual changes on the outside. Inside, you will find classic tartan upholstery covering the body-hugging sport seats along with black piano trim décor, and red stitching applied on the flat-bottom sports steering wheel and the transmission lever. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/2014-volkswagen-golf-gti-mk7-design.html#more">Read more »</a>

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The first batch of photos of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Concept were unloaded on the internet today, less than 24 hours ahead of the car...

VW Shares First Details About the New 2013 Golf Mk7 Hatchback, will Show GTI Concept in Paris

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/vw-shares-first-details-about-new-2013.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5779492425364689554" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b6Iby3nhbMc/UDThvWPsUpI/AAAAAAAIr-Y/cNoVk5UIO5A/s800/2013-VW-Golf-GTI-2%255B3%255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Evidently, <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/greenpeace-makes-fun-of-volkswagen-and.html">like Greenpeace</a>, VW just can't wait to tell the world about its all-new Golf hatchback as prior to the car's media reveal at Berlin's museum of modern art on September 4 and its public debut at the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Paris%20Auto%20Show">Paris Motor Show</a> later in the month, the German company decided to share some details with journalists this week. While no photos were released, VW outlined the highlights of the seventh generation of the Golf hatchback that will go on sale in Europe this November with the rest of the world to follow shortly after. As we have mentioned many times in the past, the Golf VII is based on the VW Group's brand new MQB platform shared with the also new 2013 Audi A3 and <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/all-new-2013-seat-leon-officially.html">Seat Leon</a>. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7LrxFo7KURg/UDTh-XpsEoI/AAAAAAAIr-k/cO91PJVcMOA/s1600/2013-VW-Golf-3D-16%255B3%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="103" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5779492683440198274" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7LrxFo7KURg/UDTh-XpsEoI/AAAAAAAIr-k/cO91PJVcMOA/s200/2013-VW-Golf-3D-16%255B3%255D.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224);" width="150"></a><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/spied-2013-volkswagen-golf-mk7-shows-up.html">The new Golf</a> measures 4,255mm (167.5-inches) in length, 1799mm (70.8-inches) in width and 1452mm (57.2-inches) in height, making it 56mm (2.2-in.) longer and 13mm (0.5-in.) wider but also 28mm (1.1-in.) lower than the current model. It also rides on a 59mm (2.3-in) longer wheelbase and wider front (8mm / 0.3-in.) and rear (6mm / 0.2-in) tracks. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/vw-shares-first-details-about-new-2013.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Evidently, like Greenpeace , VW just can't wait to tell the world about its all-new Golf hatchback as prior to the car's media revea...

Sneak Peek of Discovery Channel Shark Week's Submersible and Drivable VW Beetle Cage

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/sneak-peak-of-discovery-channel-shark.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5774696244266545874" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tmeRZXLOs4I/UCPXo3VKMtI/AAAAAAAIgjA/jwc_SeIyFCI/s800/Untitled-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> In celebration of Discovery Channel's 25th Anniversary of Shark Week that kicks off this Sunday, August 12, and runs through August 16, Volkswagen engineers helped in the construction of one-of-a-kind <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/vw-creates-unique-beetle-shaped.html">mobile shark observation cage</a> modeled in the shape of the iconic Beetle. Now, only a few days before the show airs on television, VW and Discovery Channel released a new video that contains scenes from the presentation of the submersible and drivable Beetle cage at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel as well as from the show itself. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/sneak-peak-of-discovery-channel-shark.html#more">Read more »</a>

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In celebration of Discovery Channel's 25th Anniversary of Shark Week that kicks off this Sunday, August 12, and runs through August 16, ...

Photo Tour of Volkswagen's Southern Wörthersee Fest in Georgia

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/photo-tour-of-volkswagen-southern.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5747945129001602674" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9gX71iQv0Rw/T8TMUu7JzKI/AAAAAAAHwAk/Eczy3rBZx_4/s800/VW-Souther-Worthersee-01%25255B2%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand; width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Did you know that the Volkswagen Group has been hosting a <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/W%C3%B6rthersee%20Tour">Wörthersee Tour</a> in North America for the past six years? Though not as famous as its namesake in Austria, which is by far the largest gathering of <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Volkswagen">Volkswagen enthusiasts</a> in the world, this year's edition of the Southern Wörthersee Tour was attended by some 8,200 visitors in 3,800 cars. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/photo-tour-of-volkswagen-southern.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Did you know that the Volkswagen Group has been hosting a Wörthersee Tour in North America for the past six years? Though not as famous as...

The Apprentice: Volkswagen Golf GTI Black Dynamic Concept with 355HP [Updated]

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/apprentice-volkswagen-golf-gti-black.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743511985320653586" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bSh7d5qYzmI/T7UNuGA8cxI/AAAAAAAHoss/GoLqpT573p8/s800/VW-Golf-GTI-Black-Dynamic-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Since October last year, nine young apprentices from Volkswagen aged 18 to 24 have been working on a special Golf GTI project. Their cumulative efforts gave birth to the Golf GTI Black Dynamic Concept, which is making its world premiere at this week's <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/W%C3%B6rthersee%20Tour">Wörthersee GTI meet</a> in Austria. Key styling changes include the matte grey hood with honeycomb decals that also appear on the car's profile, new black rims, LED headlamps, and a black and red themed interior. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/apprentice-volkswagen-golf-gti-black.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Since October last year, nine young apprentices from Volkswagen aged 18 to 24 have been working on a special Golf GTI project. Their cumulat...

New Volkswagen Polo R WRC Street with 217-Horses to Enter Production in 2013

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-volkswagen-polo-r-wrc-street-with.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743503267075950578" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nHUflcToNKQ/T7UFyoBbh_I/AAAAAAAHoow/OjrfVRoc1uY/s800/VW-Polo-WRC-Street-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Volkswagen surprised its fans at this week's Wörthersee festival in Austria with the presentation of the new <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/05/vw-reportedly-readying-polo-r-model.html">Polo R WRC Street</a> concept car. What makes this study special - aside from the fact that it promises to be faster than the Golf GTI, is that the German company confirmed that it previews a production model due for launch in late 2013. As you have probably already guessed by know, the Polo R WRC Street is inspired by the company's <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/09/iaa-2011-new-polo-r-is-vws-wrc-weapon.html">entry in the World Rally Championship</a> starting from 2013. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns_fHQck9pw/T7UF6VlJv1I/AAAAAAAHoo8/7REvCEujyfk/s1600/VW-Polo-WRC-Street-4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743503399564459858" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns_fHQck9pw/T7UF6VlJv1I/AAAAAAAHoo8/7REvCEujyfk/s200/VW-Polo-WRC-Street-4.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); width: 115px; height: 78px;"></a>Whereas the racing Polo R WRC sports a 1.6-liter TSI engine with 295hp (300PS), the road-going prototype makes use of the VW Group's tried and tested 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine rated at 217-horsepower (220PS), or 10-horsepower more than the Golf GTI. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-volkswagen-polo-r-wrc-street-with.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Volkswagen surprised its fans at this week's Wörthersee festival in Austria with the presentation of the new Polo R WRC Street concept ...

Volkswagen People's Car Concept Hovers its Way into Virtual Reality

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-people-car-concept-hovers.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740641886457164658" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tkS4yhpdLNc/T6rbYWkB83I/AAAAAAAHlAk/umBIGEtRP9k/s800/Untitled-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Following the release of a <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-showcases-three-ideas-from.html">few photos of the concepts</a> designed under the Volkswagen brand's ongoing 'People’s Car Project' initiative in China, the German company brought to life one of these studies with the help of CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery). The prototype that Volkswagen chose to exhibit in the video is the Hover Car, which is a concept for a two-seater, circular shaped vehicle that uses electromagnetic levitation to float just above the regular road network. Jump past the break to see the VW Hover Car concept in action. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-people-car-concept-hovers.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Following the release of a few photos of the concepts designed under the Volkswagen brand's ongoing 'People’s Car Project' init...

Volkswagen Showcases Three Ideas from its People’s Car Project in Beijing

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-showcases-three-ideas-from.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5737935018577409042" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HCqtl-ZXdCY/T6E9f56UtBI/AAAAAAAHhTs/__g1USVKvOo/s800/VW-Concepts-Chona-PCP-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> After 33 million visits to its website and more than 119,000 ideas submitted, you would be inclined to think that Volkswagen would have more to show than these three concepts from its ‘<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/05/by-people-for-people-volkswagen-asks.html">People’s Car Project</a>’ (PCP) that was launched in China 11 months ago. The three vehicles and technology concepts created by users and further developed by the German automaker that went on display at the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/China%20Auto%20Show">Auto China 2012 in Beijing</a> are the Hover Car, the Music Car and the Smart Key. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/volkswagen-showcases-three-ideas-from.html#more">Read more »</a>

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After 33 million visits to its website and more than 119,000 ideas submitted, you would be inclined to think that Volkswagen would have more...

Volkswagen to Test the Waters with Alltrack Estate at the New York Auto Show

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/04/volkswagen-to-test-waters-with-alltrack.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726832236372412178" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bpIBi-GR3T8/T3nLk7E7xxI/AAAAAAAHNRA/gK017IRWARs/s800/VW-Alltrack-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> What we came to know as the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/11/vw-passat-goes-off-road-with-alltrack.html">Passat Alltrack</a> last year when Volkswagen revealed the high-riding estate at the Tokyo Motor Show before launching it in Europe this past February, will be displayed as the Alltrack Concept at <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/carscoop-to-z-guide-to-2012-new-york.html">this week's New York Auto Show</a>. The Alltrack is based on the facelifted version of the European market Passat Estate, and not the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/09/vw-delivers-its-first-na-2012-passat-to.html">North American model built</a> at VW's manufacturing facility in Chattanooga. The German firm makes it pretty clear that the Alltrack is just a showcar for now to gauge market reaction to a potential future model similar in size that "combines offroad ability with wagon versatility". <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/04/volkswagen-to-test-waters-with-alltrack.html#more">Read more »</a>

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What we came to know as the Passat Alltrack last year when Volkswagen revealed the high-riding estate at the Tokyo Motor Show before launch...

Volkswagen Amarok Canyon Concept Shapes up for Extreme Sports

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/volkswagen-amarok-canyon-concept-shapes.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716867102898279010" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u74D_m7ULuA/T1ZkV0BeUmI/AAAAAAAG7Lk/PUsVQb4qCac/s800/VW-Amarok-Canyon-Concept-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The Volkswagen brand's commercial division is represented at the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/carscoop-to-z-guide-to-2012-geneva.html">2012 Geneva Auto Salon</a> with a new concept version of the Amarok pickup truck named Canyon that has been configured for those that compete in the extreme sport of ‘freestyle kayaking’. The two carbon fibre kayaks are mounted to the cargo floor while the paddles are latched on the inside surface of the tailgate. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/volkswagen-amarok-canyon-concept-shapes.html#more">Read more »</a>

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The Volkswagen brand's commercial division is represented at the 2012 Geneva Auto Salon with a new concept version of the Amarok pickup...

Volkswagen Cross Coupé Concept Take Two at the Geneva Motor Show

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/volkswagen-cross-coupe-concept-take-two.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716090999147139634" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ez08y2sUmpI/T1OieoP5EjI/AAAAAAAG3bk/r9iQd26QW1k/s800/VW-Cross-Coupe-TDI-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> If <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-cc-thing-volkswagen-new-cross-coupe.html">Volkswagen's Cross Coupé Concept</a> looks familiar, that's because we saw it at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show last autumn. So are we going to see the same study at the upcoming <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/carscoop-to-z-guide-to-2012-geneva.html">Geneva Motor Show</a>? The answer is yes and no. For starters, the Geneva concept gets a two-tone red and silver exterior paint work but it's what's hiding under the hood that justifies its existence. Whereas the Cross Coupé shown in Tokyo features a plug-in petrol-electric hybrid system the newer versions replaces the TSI gasoline engine with an even more frugal turbodiesel four-cylinder unit with direct injection. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/volkswagen-cross-coupe-concept-take-two.html#more">Read more »</a>

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If Volkswagen's Cross Coupé Concept looks familiar, that's because we saw it at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show last autumn. So are we go...

It's a Swiss Thing: Volkswagen Prepares Four New Concepts of the Up! for the Geneva Salon

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/it-swiss-thing-volkswagen-prepares-four.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714918108711897970" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRcdigJaF2Y/T093va44S3I/AAAAAAAG2GE/gF_lADW6hmQ/s800/VW-Up-Swiss-Concepts-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Joining the new Golf GTI Cabrio and the Polo GT Blue at Volkswagen's <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/carscoop-to-z-guide-to-2012-geneva.html">Geneva Motor Show booth</a> next week will be four specially themed concept versions of the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW%20Up">Up! city car</a> called the Swiss Up, Winter Up!, X Up! and Cargo Up!. Though you may have a hard time figuring it out just by looking at it, the Swiss Up! pays tribute to the hosts of the motor show. It supposedly does so by adopting the basic red color of the Swiss flag in its ‘tornado red’ exterior paint together with white ‘porcelain paint’ accents on the door mirror housings and wheel caps. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/it-swiss-thing-volkswagen-prepares-four.html#more">Read more »</a>

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Joining the new Golf GTI Cabrio and the Polo GT Blue at Volkswagen's Geneva Motor Show booth next week will be four specially themed co...

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