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Volkswagen Polo R WRC is now even better for 2014
January 9, 2014
Volkswagen's 2013 championship-winning car is now even better thanks to a host of changes applied since making its debut almost twelve months ago. Ahead of the new season, which opens with Rally Monte...
Volkswagen’s message to Greenpeace – put-up! or shut-up!
August 21, 2011
I've made no secret of my disgust at Greenpeace's recent anti-Volkswagen campaign, The Dark Side - it was misleading, divisive and downright ignorant. These raging activists took Volkswagen to task for their failure to sign up to more stringent CO2 targets in Europe, castigating them for lobbying against the proposed 30 per cent threshold that environmentalists were campaigning to become law.
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Greenpeace want us to “…turn VW away from the Dark Side” (w/VIDEO)
VW celebrates an icon with the New Golf GTI Edition 35
May 11, 2011
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the original hot hatch, Volkswagen has announced the first details of the latest special edition Golf GTI model – the Golf GTI Edition 35. With an increase in power of 25 bhp over the ‘standard’ car, the Edition 35 develops 232 bhp and is the most powerful production Golf GTI to date.
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In a Land Rover you’ll be safe inside…
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August 21, 2011
Volkswagen’s message to Greenpeace – put-up! or shut-up!
I've made no secret of my disgust at Greenpeace's recent anti-Volkswagen campaign, The Dark Side - it was misleading, divisive and downright ignorant. These raging…
July 1, 2011
ROAD 16: Three of the Best
Welcome to the July issue of Road Magazine – where we are celebrating three of the best press cars we’ve test driven in recent months. Firstly, there’s the brand…
June 28, 2011
Greenpeace want us to “…turn VW away from the Dark Side” (w/VIDEO)
Environmental campaigners Greenpeace have launched a spoof series of 'Darth Vader' adverts directly attacking Volkswagen. The two videos are a direct parody of VW’s…
May 11, 2011
VW celebrates an icon with the New Golf GTI Edition 35
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the original hot hatch, Volkswagen has announced the first details of the latest special edition Golf GTI model – the Golf GTI…
May 4, 2011
In a Land Rover you’ll be safe inside…
Sometimes - on very rare occasions - our friends from across the pond produce better car ads than their European counterparts. Volkswagen comes to mind with their…
April 7, 2011
Mercedes builds a Scirocco Rival with its Concept A-Class
What a remarkable transformation from the upright and dowdy A-Class of today to this new Concept A-Class, which is making its world premiere at the Shanghai Auto Show on…
November 8, 2010
ROAD 8: German Special
Welcome to the first in a series of German car specials of ROAD. Whether it's their Teutonic efficiency, phenomenal reliability or sheer engineering superiority over…
October 17, 2010
Getting serious about social media (Updated)
If you've been following our weekly reviews of Audi's mini-series for the A1, 'The Next Big Thing', or our previous review of Volkswagen of America's PunchDub campaign…
