Encourages scrappage of older diesel vehicles against purchase of latest Euro 6 models Incentives of up to £2,000, on top of existing retail offers, according to model, available on new petrol and diesel models Vehicles traded in will be scrapped rather than sold on Offers available to owners of pre-Euro 5 diesel vehicles registered before 2010 VOLKSWAGEN has decided [...]
VW Bus celebration VW Bus parade of 350 vehicles from Wolfsburg to Hannover Marking over 60 years of Hannover production Stars of stage and screen join the convoy Festival finale with variety of bands ARE you a Volkswagen bus fan? Well, you should have been in Germany for the conclusion of the VW Bus Summer Festival. This long summer weekend [...]
Cordwallis Amarok High-spec demonstrator £42,000 Volkswagen Amarok V6 in demand Cordwallis group first to order our former Best Pick-Up in new grey matte finish IF you need a classy and capable pick-up, the popular Volkswagen Amarok could be the answer - but this unique Cordwallis-supplied model shows it means business in matte grey finish for a stealth mode rather than [...]
Petrol Transporters 150 and 204PS petrol engines added to all Volkswagen Transporter versions 204PS version fitted with seven-speed DSG transmission as standard and the choice of front and four-wheel drive Prices from £22,625 ex VAT - £1,000 less than diesel equivalent ARE you covering low mileage with light loads? Well, maybe a petrol van might be more suitable than a [...]
New Caddy boosters Equipment boosted across all Caddy models Caddy is now the safest van in the class Up to £1,000 saving on petrol-engined models Prices start at £17,527 (OTR inc VAT) RV forecasts rise by up to 10% THE award-winning Volkswagen Caddy is set to become even more attractive as VW raises Caddy spec and cuts petrol model prices. The introduction of [...]
VW Transporter tipper Business Van of the Year 2017 now available with a tipper body or dropside pick-up Developed in association with conversion specialist Ingimex Tip-Up body offers payloads up to 1,000kg LIKE our Business Van of the Year 2017 the Volkswagen Transporter, but want a VW Transporter tipper body chassis cab version? Well worry no more, as this new version of [...]
Autonomous emergency braking VW first van manufacturer to fit AEB as standard Cited as ‘most significant development in vehicle safety since the seat belt’ Potential to save 100 lives and 120,000 casualties over next decade Shown to cut rear-end crashes by nearly 40 per cent Potential to save lives, cut accidents and costs of insurance, repairs and downtime VOLKSWAGEN is being [...]
THE VW Caddy - Glass’s Used Van Hero for May, is praised for its longevity and dependability with high specification examples in demand. Each month, Glass’s commercial vehicle editors hold a meeting to name the current Used Van Hero in the UK market – the model they believe offers versatility, economy and outstanding value for money. Andy Picton, chief commercial vehicle [...]
What is it? This review is of the VW Crafter Trendline CR35 MWB 2.0 TDI 140PS version of the all-new second-generation VW Crafter, which Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles claim was designed and built following extensive customer research to best fulfil commercial vehicle operators’ needs. On top of being fit for purpose, the new Crafter offers buyers maximum flexibility and the widest [...]
THE new Volkswagen Crafter UK debut came on Commercial Vehicle Show 2017 press day - exactly 11 years to the day after the first Crafter made its international debut, also at the NEC. This year, just after its UK launch, CV Show visitors had the chance to experience the new, second-generation Crafter on the Volkswagen CV stand. Volkswagen had three Crafters on [...]
LIKE the look of this e-load up! electric van? It's the car-derived van version of the up! car. Would you buy the VW e-load-up! if it was on sale in the UK? (That's if you can get through the ridiculous grammatical punctuation that comes with this van...) Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles took this little van to the CV Show at Birmingham for showgoers [...]
THE Volkswagen Transporter T6 T28 Highline SWB MR BMT 102ps is the Business Van of the Year 2017. With an independent judging panel from the trade and small van fleet sector, the new sixth generation VW Transporter beat the Vauxhall Movano and Renault Kangoo ZE to scoop the award. Editorial director of Business Vans Ralph Morton said: “The Volkswagen Transporter won our first [...]
AFTER two years at the top, the Vauxhall Vivaro has to give up its ‘Best Large Trades Van’ title to the Volkswagen Transporter T6 in T28 Highline 102PS form. So why is the Volkswagen the top of the Best Large Trades Van pile? We reckon there are multiple attractions that make this sixth generation Volkswagen Transporter tough to beat. Best Large [...]
WE already know how popular the Transporter panel van is, as it has already picked up the ‘Large Trades Van’ award in the 2017 Business Van awards. So it’s nice to see that when compared to stiff competition, the Transporter has also kept hold of its Crew Van crown - unchanged for the last three-years! Why? Well, when compared to [...]
Carl zu Dohna - head of VWCV I HAD the opportunity to have lunch recently with the boss of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - or VWCV. His name is Carl zu Dohna, and while we talked about some of the serious stuff over lunch, I asked him for the answers to a game I’ve started playing recently: one-liners on [...]
