-
A Premiere in the Compact Class : LED Rear Lights on the Golf New development in Volkswagen’s concise night design Bi-Xenon headlights for better safety and convenience Wolfsburg, 09 December 2009 - Trendsetter Golf: For the first time in the compact class, LED rear lights will now be offered on the Volkswagen compact: A concise night design is standard equipment on the Golf R, and on the Golf GTI and GTD it is available as an option for 350 Euros. A fitting added feature: Bi-Xenon headlights
-
Automotive passion – even in 2009 it still has something to do with power and performance. At the IAA, however, Volkswagen is demonstrating – in the world premiere of the new Golf R – that fuel consumption values can even be corrected downward in the high-end sports car area. And indeed without even a hint of a compromise in dynamic performance. On the contrary. Traditionally each new R version of this model series bears the title “strongest Golf of all times.” With
Posted to
uk-mkivs News
(Weblog)
by
Tabs
on
Tue, Dec 15 2009
Filed under: Volkswagen, Golf MKVI, Golf GTI, 4motion, VW, DSG, TFSI, TSI
-
Wimmer RS from Solingen has for a long time established its reputation by spectacular car conversions. Nevertheless, strict appropriateness for daily use is also programmed by Wimmer RS. VW Golf VI GTI 2.0 TFSI with its powerful 211 hp engine is a thoroughbred sports car already ex works. After a kind of fitness cure at Wimmer RS tuning forgery, the little sports car will definitely become a weapon. Now, GTI turbo engine generates full 386 hp with the torque of 455 Nm. This is due to an optimized
Posted to
uk-mkivs News
(Weblog)
by
Tabs
on
Tue, Dec 15 2009
Filed under: Volkswagen, Golf MKVI, Golf GTI, 4motion, VW, DSG, TFSI
-
ABT Sportsline has now been customising vehicles for five decades – and right on time for the Anniversary, the Allgau Company is presenting the new, sixth Golf GTI. Sporty and fast “Golfs” in particular have carried these three letters since 1976. ABT was the place to go for everyone who wanted even more dynamic and driving fun from the very beginning. The latest generation of the compact sports car also bears the magic abbreviation, and of course it is now available in a breathtaking
Posted to
uk-mkivs News
(Weblog)
by
Tabs
on
Mon, Jul 13 2009
Filed under: Volkswagen, Golf MKVI, Golf GTI, VW, DSG, TFSI, TSI
-
All the excitement wasn't expected in 1975 at the Frankfurt Motor Show when a Golf with a few little additions was introduced to the public. It took until 1979 for the steering wheel to be available on the right but, by then, the recipe had been perfected and the seed sown; the GTI was born. Success was unexpected, and since then the UK has always been one of the most important areas for the Golf GTI outside of the German home market. Regardless of this, the design did differ from the original
-
Ahead of the UK launch of the new Golf GTI on May 22, Volkswagen has constructed a Scalextric track on an epic scale inside a hangar to lend armchair (or office chair) enthusiasts the chance to race the new hot hatch online and against the clock. The track is the work of a team of 60 modellers and features over 200 scale buildings in a space occuping 25ft by 30ft. It forms the basis for the GTI Project, a new online game through which you can control the 1:43 scale Golf GTI as it negotiates the hairpins
-
As the new GTI hits the road for the first time its sister car has been unveiled at the Leipzig Motor Show: the new diesel-powered Golf GTD. The ability to accelerate to 62 mph in 8.1 seconds and a top speed of 136 mph are combined with average fuel consumption of 53.3 mpg and a range in excess of 650 miles on a single tank of fuel to create a hot hatch of the moment. Lessons learned through the creation of the sixth generation GTI are applied to the new GTD. Sharp responses and an agile chassis
-
Within just three and a half years, the Golf Plus has made a name for itself as an established product in the Golf lineup. Its brand identity: clever like a van, compact like a Golf. Over this time period, more than 500,000 car drivers across Europe chose a plus in interior and seat heights, a plus in variability, and finally a plus in comfort. This is now being followed up by a Golf Plus that has been improved in many aspects. Volkswagen is presenting it as a world premiere at the Bologna Motor
Posted to
uk-mkivs News
(Weblog)
by
Tabs
on
Wed, Dec 3 2008
Filed under: Volkswagen, Golf MKVI, VW, DSG, Bluemotion, TFSI, TSI
-
"If you wish to experience value for money in the compact class, you won't be able to ignore the new Golf VI", gushes Hans-Jürgen Abt. The managing director of the world's biggest customiser of vehicles in the Volkswagen Group is very taken by the new version of the Wolfsburg "evergreen": "The new Golf is an outstanding basis for our designers and technicians - and they've already succeeded in creating five awe-inspiring predecessor series." For the
-
Following the recent unveiling of the MK6 Golf GTI Concept by Volkswagen , they've released a short video showing off the concept in the flesh and, more importantly, on the move.Over four mintues worth of close ups, sweeping body shots and drive bys to make any Top Gear Directors pants wet. The model shown is a red 3 Door GTI. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd6HFqpCFDM[/youtube]