No doubt we’ll be seeing more of it at the Geneva International Motor Show next month, but Volkswagen has just taken the wraps off its latest European family member, the [...]
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First Drive: Volkswagen Golf VII
As our man Ray Leathern discovered, courtesy of the new Volkswagen Golf VII, true genius can be measured in mere millimetres. He scooped an extended 1 170 km launch drive [...]
More Volkswagen Engine Exports To China
Volkswagen has 60 plants around the world, with Uitenhage ranking somewhere in the middle of them all for cost index, productivity and efficiency, not so long ago. In particular, South [...]
First Drive: Volkswagen Scirocco R
The Volkswagen Scirocco R made its public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in September 2009, so it’s been a long-time coming for local performance car enthusiasts, but finally [...]
Road Test: Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1.4 Hatch
The Volkswagen Polo Vivo was launched to much fanfare in March this year – take a look at the star-studded launch at Sun City. Since then the Vivo has been [...]
Road Test: Volkswagen Polo 1.6 TDI Comfortline
We drove the new Polo at its South African launch in January and were immediately impressed. Spending more time with the turbodiesel model has reaffirmed our first opinions and then [...]
First Drive: Volkswagen SA’s Polo Vivo
For the past 25 years the Citi Golf has been the entry point to the Volkswagen brand. Kept ‘fresh’ with multiple derivatives over the years, the Citi was finally retired [...]
New Volkswagen Polo Launched In South Africa
The Volkswagen Polo was first introduced to South Africa in 1996 as the Polo Classic sedan. The hatchback, known as the Polo Playa, joined the line-up two years later and [...]
The Citi Golf Bids Farewell To South Africa
Since 1978, when the Golf 1 was launched in South Africa, Volkswagen of South Africa (VWSA) has produced 377 484 Citi’s and a total of 517 384 A1 Golfs (including [...]
