In Germany, the new two-door Volkswagen Up! has already earned first place in its class in recent registrations. Now Volkswagen is raising the bar by releasing the four-door version of the Up!, which will go on sale in European markets in May. Volkswagen says that it projects over half of all Up! buyers will choose [...]
Many automakers are now rushing to bring subcompact vehicles to the U.S. market and you would think that a company like Volkswagen would be the first out of the gate with a subcompact – but that’s definitely not the case. Currently, the smallest V-dubs offered in the United State are the Jetta and the Golf [...]
Automobile history has a long running tradition of taking some of the smallest production cars in the world and seeing how many human beings they can fit inside with the car completely intact and closed. Whether it was the 86 people crammed into a VW Camper at Carlow’s Institute of Technology in Ireland in 2009, [...]
Following the debut of the Volkswagen Up at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, sister brand Skoda unveiled its version called the Citigo. Seat is now joining the Up bandwagon with the new Mii city car. The new Seat Mii will go on sale at the end of this year at hits home market and will [...]
Volkswagen confirmed today that it will be producing a five-door version of the Up! that made its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The five-door Up! will be based on the cross Up! concept that also debuted at the Frankfurt show. “The cross up! previews the five-door up! but with the styling cues of [...]
Skoda today released its own version of the new Volkswagen Up! Known as the Skoda Citigo, the new model will be launched in the Czech market in late 2011. It will later be available in the UK and rest of Europe starting summer 2012. “The Citigo is one of the pillars of our growth strategy. It [...]
At the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show last week, Volkswagen pulled a little guerilla by cloaking normal everyday cars with a life-size Up! print. The whole point of the campaign? The Volkswagen Up! promotes more space for city driving and parking. Pretty creative. Hit the jump for the video. Click here for our original post on [...]
Volkswagen AG has unveiled its latest effort for the subcompact car market today at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show: the Up! city car. Starting at just €9,850 ($13,519 USD), the Volkswagen Up! makes out to be its cheapest new model. Featuring two gasoline engines rated at 59-hp and 74-hp, the Volkswagen Up! promises to deliver [...]
Earlier in the coverage of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, we saw Volkswagen release a new concept that paid homage to an iconic concoction made from the Beetle: the dune buggy. Called the Buggy Up!, the concept paved way for a whole series of concepts based on the Up! city car concept. Volkswagen Up! Azzurra [...]
Volkswagen has a history with the sand dune buggy that was born in California in the 1960s. It’s almost as much of an icon as the Beetle itself, the car that the original was based on. So that’s why Volkswagen AG has just unveiled its latest conceptual study: the Buggy Up! Featuring a lightweight body [...]
