The VW Golf is one of the most successful automobiles of all time. True there are others that sold more units but so has the Golf, it’s easily recognisable and widely available all over the world. It has been in Malaysia for about two years now and it’s successful here as well, just take a drive along any federal roads and you’ll see, chances are, even you own one.

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One way or another, many people love the VW Beetle, although most just can’t get over its ‘cute’ and feminine styling. Knowing this well, the new Beetle will attempt to deviate from the ‘chick car’ image attached to it in the previous years. VW designers have been ordered to create a sportier, more modern and sleek style for the next-gen Beetle. Read more

For the first time since Volkswagen introduced the Golf Cabriolet will they be building the car totally
in house at its plant in Wolfsburg Germany. All previous Golf Cabriolets have been built by Karmann at the
independent vehicle manufacturers facility also in Germany. Read more

Volkswagen was only planning to unveil its sixth generation Golf on Wednesday, August the 6th and to later display it at October’s Paris Motor Show but the power of the Internet strikes again. Not much is known about the new Golf except for the visual differences, its bigger in size than the current model and shares some design cues with the Scirocco. Read more

We have seen plenty of Volkswagen sports car concepts in the past but have never actually seen one make it to production save the Scirocco but that hardly qualifies into the “sports car” context of this post, but here we have a concept that may actually make it to the tarmac.

The idea of a lighweight, affordable roadster was first introduced in 2003 as the Concept R at the Frankfurt Motor Show and then again two years later as the EcoRacer and that somewhat proved that VW was still toying with the idea of a lightweight roadster. Read more

Toyota to join touring car races?

German ADAC Procar Team Geipel Motorsport have built the new Auris T-Sport with the view of entering a two two-car team in the 2009 WTCC. Read more

Lancer, it’s a name that car fans love to conjure with and one that reared its head again this year when Mitsubishi’s Evolution X  was launched. The Evolution X is lightning quick, powerful and has huge levels of grip. The Lancer on which the Evolution X is based is a lot cheaper but it’s nowhere near as engaging or involving to drive. Read more

Finally, the new Italian sports hatchback is here. Take a look at Alfa Romeo Mito, a new rival for the Mini Cooper S.

The name Mi.To was chosen as a sign of a link between the past and future of the Alfa Romeo brand: between Milan, the city of design that brought the car’s style into being, and Turin, which will be responsible for its industrial production. A decision that highlights the brand’s strong desire to consolidate its Milanese roots. Read more

The Volkswagen Scirocco R32 teaser shot that we put up a few days ago appears to be a fake. WorldCarFans grilled the image through and through and found some peculiar brush strokes that covered the apparent perpetrators url; ‘www.scirocco.de’ url. The picture on the left reveals the brush strokes on the bumper of Scirocco. But that doesn’t mean that there will never be a Scirocco R32, who knows? It could just be a Scirocco R36. Watch this space. Read more

So while we wait for a few years and then wait some more for the Scirocco to make it to our soil, Volkswagen are already teasing the world with this image of the Volkswagen Scirocco R32. The image says it all really, the darkened image presents a silhouette of what seems to be a beefed up Scirocco sporting the same projector headlights as the standard. The bold blue R in the reflection is the trademark Read more