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 [...]
After all the concepts shown at auto shows around the world, Volkswagen has finally revealed the first production Volkswagen Up! before its public debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Volkswagen hopes that the Up! will appeal to “people of all ages and mobility wishes.” Smaller than the current smallest V-Dub, the Polo, the Up! [...]
Four years ago, Volkswagen AG revealed its first ever Up! concept car at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. It was a small, subcompact concept that featured a very versatile interior. Over the years since the first debut, Volkswagen has since introduced many other variants of the Up! including a five-door “Space-Up!” and ones with different [...]
Volkswagen Up! minicar is one of the most anticipated subcompact vehicles but Audi has no interest in developing its own versions, according to Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said. Reports have long speculated that Audi is working on its own version of the Up! – internally known as “AO.” “I cannot imagine that we will have a [...]
Earlier this year, V-dub unveiled the Volkswagen Milano Taxi Concept, based on the upcoming Up! city car. The automaker has now released the latest evolution of its plans to offer the British institution a fuel-alternative transportation for its citizens – the Volkswagen London Taxi Concept. Also based on the Up!, the Volkswagen London Taxi Concept [...]
Having been on the forefront of engine downsizing technology, VW R&D chief Ulrich Hackenberg says that he believes downsizing has reached its limits, and ruled out using a two-cylinder engine in its Up city car due out next year. “Improvements can now only be made in performance and economy, not in making the engines any [...]
It seems like forever since Volkswagen announced plans to produce its much talked about Up! Concept. According to recent reports, the German automaker will display a production version of the Up! minicar at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September (yeah, we know, it’s a little while out). Volkswagen sources told Automobilwoche that the first [...]
Update: New reports say that a fully-electric V-dub will be on sale in the United States by 2013 and that 3 percent of Volkswagen’s global sales will be EVs by 2018. Volkswagen AG Group will aggressively roll out gas-electric hybrid and electric-vehicles in the next couple of years. it plans to take a leading position [...]
Reports coming out of the UK suggest that Volkswagen’s production version of the Up! subcompact will be sold as the Lupo. The model, which will be sold across the group’s four different brands including Audi, Seat, Skoda and V-dub, will be the center part of the company’s target to achieve global leadership by 2018. The [...]
