The Scirocco has reached a one million unit production milestone and to celebrate the ‘magic’ number, Volkswagen has announced a special edition version called the Scirocco Million.
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Volkswagen Revives Beetle GSR, With An Extra 160PS
Back in 1973, VW launched the Beetle GSR for the European market. Dubbed the ‘Yellow-Black Racer’, it was based on the Beetle 1303 S. ‘GSR’ stands for ‘Gelb-Schwarze Renner’ in German, which means ‘Gold-Black Racer’. Only 3,500 of the original 1973 model were produced as well.Now, for the first time, UK Volkswagen Beetle fans can order a new GSR model with a 210PS petrol turbo engine so it has ‘go’ to match the ‘show’. Only 100 are destined for the UK.
Volkswagen Amarok R-Style Concept previewed for Wörthersee
Volkswagen has announced another interesting concept that will be introduced at this week’s Wörthersee event in Austria.
Volkswagen working on a 10-speed dual clutch gearbox and a 134hp per litre diesel
On Friday at the 34th International Vienna Motor Symposium, Volkswagen revealed some of its future products that are currently in development. The most notable are a new high-performance diesel engine delivering 134 hp per litre of displacement and a new 10-speed dual clutch gearbox.
CEO Martin Winterkorn commented that over the medium and long-term different drive system technologies would exist side by side, ranging from internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles.
Volkswagen announces Groove up! and Rock up!
Volkswagen has announced two new special edition Groove up! and Rock up! models that are both based on the top-specification High up! model.
