VW ID.Buzz first drive: Another classic hit
/No other people carrier has turned as many heads since its international unveiling. It’s retro-cool image still holds heat three years on.
Read MoreNo other people carrier has turned as many heads since its international unveiling. It’s retro-cool image still holds heat three years on.
Read MoreA well-judged facelift finally delivers access to the PHEV drivetrain expected several years ago, but it doesn’t wholly break the diesel habit.
Read MoreThey started with the best – and, in some ways, have made it even better.
Read MoreCar underpinnings and a boxy top … it’s a new direction for fuel-saving gain when entertaining mass movement.
Read MoreThe most steroidal road-legal Golf yet is a prime choice for naughty track action. A Tiguan with the same stomp surprises, too.
Read MoreWITH Volkswagen putting so many eggs into the electric basket, where does that leave the brand’s most celebrated modern-era model?
Sitting pretty, actually. Timing neatly with the national launch of the Mark 8 Golf hatch, initially in mainstream petrol 110kW/250Nm 1.4-litre turbocharged $37,990 Life and $47,990 R-Line formats with yet-to-be-priced 2.0-litre turbo 180kW/370Nm GTI and 235kW/420Nm Golf R hotshots arriving in May and November respectively, some good news.
World out of Wolfsburg, Germany, is that there will definitely be a Mark Nine line. And it will definitely continue with combustion engines.
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BMW’s performance division has given its all in celebration of a certain race track’s 100th. You can, too.
The electric arm of big player BAIC is ‘vixen’ to be noticed by kicking in with its smallest export offer that adds tech edge to a price-competitive zone.
Beijing Automotive’s first models hit high-potential market segments and prove sensible pricing can still buy a sensational specification.
A big mid-life facelift for the carryover wagon and a new body styling choice lift this type to highly recommended status.
There’s no disputing the closeness to a certain other, but that doesn’t necessarily detract.
The outcry out for a sportier version of Toyota’s top seller has been answered - and it’s a red-blood with a Green theme.
When its heart seems little different to that in nan’s shopping basket how much soul remains?
How well does Japan’s small car specialist fare when its first electric faces up to a similar concept from China?
The first electric car to achieve the Czech make’s vaunted performance badge is certainly hot - but will the price cool desire?
Munich’s first all-electric compact executive model will next year bow out to the ‘Neue Klasse’ i3. The final edition of the i4 is set to leave with head held high.
Electrics come in all styles and sizes these day, but nothing else from this age shakes its booty quite like this one.