At the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen is showcasing its concept of an SUV of the future: the Cross Coupe. Visually the all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid vehicle shows how Volkswagen designers could envisage a crossover between a four-door coupe and a compact SUV. The design team led by Walter de Silva and Klaus Bischoff have created a fascinating study that impressively combines the best of two worlds. Original, strong in character, sculptural and dynamic, the Cross Coupe stands for the future of SUV design at Volkswagen! Continue reading ‘World premiere of the Volkswagen Cross Coupe’
Gallery after the jump!After the Goggomobil had reached its limits, the German Postal Service commissioned Volkswagen to design a postal van. At their request, the vehicle needed to have 71 cubic feet of storage, a payload of up to 882 pounds and meet a length of 12.3′, a width 4.7′ and height of 5.6′. In addition two sliding doors were needed. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen eT! is today’s Kleinlieferwagen’
We like this! Concept renders always look awesome but this Polo GTI -esque sporting a black roof, hood with a contrasting white body and gray running boards is just beautiful. The aggressive angles become rounded at the points and create a great way for the eye to travel along the lines.
The “Designed Around the Passenger” concept was utilized to optimize the relations between person and car size need for transport. In-wheels electric engines would open the space even more for two people plus bags.
Is it just another “Smart” or TaTa? Sure, but look around you and notice theres usually one person in that huge space they are driving.
Head over to Carscoop for more details and a huge gallery.
Call us extremely excited! Eat your heart out Prius and Insight owners! 70mpg, drag coefficient of .237, TDI + electric + DSG sounds amazing to us. This is the 1-Litre production model. The TDI engine portion was used in this concept. At 1500lbs w/ 65PS it will be an ideal car for the commuter. The TDI can be shut off while the E-motor will power the Up! Lite by itself using its lithium-ion battery. Top speed comes in at 100mph with a 0-60 in 12secs. The Up! Lite is schedule for a 2011 launch!
This car is the world’s most fuel-efficient four-seater
- Volkswagen’s Up! Lite concept consumes just 2.44 l/100 km (70 mpg/highway)
- Concept based on the future New Small Family from Volkswagen
Europe’s strongest automotive brand – is setting standards worldwide when it comes to efficiency with its clean high-tech TDI and TSI engines. Now this is being followed up by latest coup at the Los Angeles Auto Show (December 4 to 13): the world premiere of the Up! Lite A progressive, fuel efficient and in all details cleverly designed four-seater with a hybrid drive. Combined fuel consumption: 2.44 l/100 km or 70 mpg/highway! No other car is more sustainable. With a drive concept consisting of a TDI (turbo-diesel), electric motor and 7-speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) as well as top aerodynamics (Cd value: 0.237), Volkswagen is driving CO2 emissions down to a sensational 65 g/km. This makes the three-door concept the world’s most fuel efficient car – and from the perspective of its overall CO2 footprint the world’s most environmentally friendly four-seat car as well. Both technically and visually, the Up! Lite is a preview of the future. The image of the car body with its clean lines, as though sculpted from a block of aluminium, underscores just how fascinating a car tuned to aerodynamic perfection can look. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Up! Lite premieres at the Los Angeles Auto Show’
Volkswagen Group has unleashed a wicked array of automobiles at this years Frankfurt Motor Show. Their portfolio is so diverse now and so full of vigor it is amazing. Think of the other brands out there and name one that is like or better than than that of the Volkswagen Groups. From the Volkswagen E-Up! to the insane Bugatti Sang Blue Veyron. Electric to gas guzzlers! Small to huge, speaking about Scania here.
We’ve put together a great gallery with all these and more from their debuts on stage so have a look!
Some 2,000 representatives from national and international media enjoyed a unique evening of world premieres at the Volkswagen Group Night on the eve of the Frankfurt International Motor Show.
The motto of the evening was that a successful group has the answer to all mobility issues, and the nine brand chairmen presented their latest models and ground-breaking technologies. The newcomers made their debuts on an impressive ‘Via Vision’ pathway that wound its way through the specially converted Kuppelsaal of the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt
Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Group Night: Via Vision – Ways into the future’
- New Small Family with E-Motor
- E-Up! Concept – Outlook for the Beetle of the 21st Century
- World premiere: Volkswagen is presenting city specialist with electric motor
Winterkorn: We will launch a zero emissions Up! on the market in 2013
Volkswagen is presenting a pioneering fleet of new sustainable automobiles at the 63rd International Motor Show (IAA) – an update on the future. The range of IAA premieres extends from the world’s most fuel-efficient production passenger car (BlueMotion) to hybrid technology and an electric car developed from the ground up – the E-Up! that is being presented in a world premiere in Frankfurt.
Low + High-res galleries after the jump!
Continue reading ‘The zero-emissions Volkswagen E-Up! Concept from Frankfurt’
VW is set to make a huge profit on every model it sells of its upcoming city car, the Up!, according to Autocar sources.
The Up!, a car being pitched against the Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo, will be built for around 900 euro (£775) at its low-cost Indian assembly plant.
Continue reading ‘VW cashes in on the Up!’
