Volkswagen presented today, with the launching site www.volkswagen2028.com, three concepts that prefigureaza vision towards the German company the way you look automobilismul in the year 2028.
So, Volkswagen has achieved “one” - car for a single person, “ego” - sport model with two seats and “room” - the model for the family. Gandirea behind these three studies design does not seem to bring innovative solutions for the future, but rather to give some answers to current problems.
The three studies, design intruchipeaza car without polluting emissions, safe from the danger of an accident, very flexible regarding the configuration and infatisarii hundred percent tehnologizat.

Volkswagen preparing a huge bomb in the next two years. It is the model series, which will consume 1 liter to 100 km.
German producer introduced since 2002 a concept that would consume 1 liter of fuel per 100 km, and since then has been planned as a model series to appear in 2012.
According to the latest rumors, coming from the direction of the manufacturer german, VW engineers are in advance this project, being helped and ieftinirea the price of carbon fiber in recent years.
Monococa structure of carbon fiber a  vehicle and innovative design are the main reasons for obtaining a model car to have a consumer so small.
To get the same performance with the initial model, Volkswagen will need to keep the design and aerodynamics, which means that a future production version will have a very small width of 1.25 meters and a coefficient of friction force only 0,159. Motorizarea will be a very economical, most likely a small diesel engine with two cylinders litre direct injection will be built of aluminum for a reduced lunch.
Even if the engine power will be very small, thanks to aerodynamic coefficient will be able to reach a maximum speed of 120 km / h. Equipping the model series with the safety systems will lead to weight lifting. Given such news, compared to the version concept, the future model will not be able to observe the border consumption of 1 litre to 100 km, but will be without indoia, the most economical model of the auto world.
About the price can not predict anything concrete, but estimated that the value of future model will not surpass the threshold of 30,000 euros.

Volkswagen is still concerned about compliance with pollution standards imposed by the European Union and announced major changes at motorizarilor future generations of the Golf hatchback.

Asteptat to debuteze Fair in October at the Paris Auto, the future of Golf will be available with a range of propulsoare smaller, with fewer cylinders, but able to offer the same power and torque. According to Wolfgang Steiger, Volkswagen manager for research trains running, the future of Golf would receive only three cylinder engines.

Thus, future clients could find units a litre or 1.2 litre able to develop up to 75 horses of power, ready to get in the future equipping of Golf next year. Volkswagen is based on the success of a fresh lansatul engine 1.4 litre TSI Twin Charger.

Volkswagen does not exclude any possibility of a hybrid version of the Golf, although no official announcement has been made in this regard. The manufacturer will most likely prepare a diesel hybrid able to register a consumption of only 3.4 litres to 100/km.

Besides the Golf GTI Performance and GT24 Scirocco, Volkswagen has revealed or to stand and a concept version of the model performance R36 Passat Variant.
Under capota will be the same propellant V6 of 3.6 litres aspirat normal regasit and model number. Those 300 horses of power are struniti with a package that includes Brembo brakes among others etriere six pistons.
Look outside the changed thanks coborarii suspension, jantelor installation of 20-inch alloy, borrowed from the Touareg R-Line, colour and parties in the color of chrome-plated body, Moonlight Blue.
The interior, Passat R36 received a set of chairs a clam, Recaro mark, bicolore, driving a sport in May and a set of chrome-plated accessories and portiere on board.

The Wörthersee GTI Meet is taken very seriously by Volkswagen, take the insane GTI W12 650 Concept for example which was unveiled at last years event alongside the Audi TT Clubsport. This year sees a mystery Volkswagen GTI Performance Concept displayed although the German manufacturer has failed to provide any information about it leaving us to analyse the vehicle with our well trained eyes.

The striking exterior gets a widebody styling kit with lowered suspension and sport wheels which aerodynamically help enhance driving performance. When we get round to the rear we find 2 huge trapezoidal exausts tips surrounded by a few oversized wire mesh screens.  Look up into the boot to find a couple of nitrous oxide tanks and customized trimmings to make it look stock. The black and orange sports livery coupled with the quite pointless Lambo Styled Doors (LSD) complete the look. The black and orange color scheme continues in the interior which reveals a 2+1 seating layout leaving extra room in the rear for an over-the-top audio system.

Enough fresh metal to make any major international motor show blush, VW has amazed the crowd at this year’s GTI meet at Wörthersee Austria today with the Audi TT Clubsport Quattro, Golf GTI Performance Concept, Audi A3 TDI Clubsport Quattro and the Scirocco GT24 race car as the finale.

The 300-hp, 3.6-liter V6 remains, but the stock exhaust has been upgraded with a new cat-back unit sporting larger tailpipes. The front brakes have also been swapped out in favor of larger Brembo six-piston units and the wheels are 20-inchers pulled from the Touareg R-Line. All the chrome trim has also been removed and replaced with pieces that match the Passat’s Moonlight Blue hue. Inside, race-ready Recaros replace the softer buckets found on the standard model, and they match the two-tone, black-and-white steering wheel, shift boot and even seat belts quite nicely. Volkswagen has made it clear that the Passat R36 Variant Styling Study is exactly what its name would imply, but don’t be surprised to find some of these custom bits available through VW’s Individual program in the future.

For some time now, reports and rumors had us believing that a U.S.-market diesel variant of the Volkswagen Tiguan was a done deal. Today at the Boulder, Colorado launch of VW’s new compact softroader, we were reminded that you can’t always believe what you hear—and you can’t always get what you want.

The first 2009 Tigs are rolling into dealerships as you read this, but all of them will be powered by the same 2.0-liter turbocharged four that’s found under the hood of the GTI hot hatch. In U.S.-spec guise, that means an even 200 horsepower and 207 pound feet of torque, yoked to either a 6-speed manual or a 5-speed automatic with a manumatic gear lever. EPA mileage figures range depending on transmission choice and the number of driven wheels, but a front-drive manual S model receives a rating of 19 city / 26 highway. The full-boat SEL with 4Motion and automatic transmission returns 18 city / 24 highway.

Volkswagen could build Porsche’s Cayenne SUV at its new U.S. plant.However, the title of a story in Germany’s Handelsblatt ePaper is clear: Volkswagen is considering building Porsche Cayennes at its new plant in the U.S.

While VW hasn’t made a decision on the plant yet, it’s been confirmed that the automaker is looking at locations in Alabama, Michigan and Tennessee to produce 150,000 units annually, including the Jetta and an all-new Passat-sized sedan. How the Cayenne fits into that equation remains a mystery, but the idea that VW and Audi could shift production of its Touareg and Q7 Stateside means that building the Cayenne in the U.S. is a distinct possibility.

Volkswagen clearly believes it can charge a premium for style, judging by the newly-announced prices for its four-door, four-seater Passat CC ‘coupé’.

The new model’s entry-level, 158bhp, 1.8-litre TFSI variant will start at £21,040; that’s almost £4000 more than the similarly engined regular Passat. The range-topping, 3.6-litre V6 Passat CC, with four-wheel drive, costs £31,120, almost £5000 up on the top-spec Passat saloon.

Two trim levels are on offer: standard CC and GT. In standard guise the Passat CC comes equipped with sports suspension, 17-inch alloys, climate control, touchscreen CD stereo sound system, electrically adjustable sports seats and a multifunction leather steering wheel.

On GT models the 17-inch wheels are replaced by larger 18-inchers, while the rear windows are tinted and front foglights are fitted as standard. The GT-spec Passat CC also Adaptive Chassis Control (ACC), a first for a VW, which adjusts damper settings and the weight of the electro-mechanical steering to give the driver a choice of either normal, comfort or sport modes.

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Volkswagen is enhancing its Golf Estate range with the introduction of a permanent four-wheel drive version that allows as much as 100 per cent of the vehicle’s tractive force to be transmitted to the rear wheels if required. The 4Motion system is coupled with turbo-diesel (TDI) engine that generates 105 Hp.

The Golf Estate TDI 4Motion accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 12.9 seconds, has a top speed of 185 km/h (115 mph) and consumes just 6.0 litres of diesel per 100 km or 38.6 MPG (US). More importantly, the Golf Estate TDI 4Motion is permitted to tow as much as 1,500 kilograms or 3,307 lbs on gradients of up to twelve per cent – that’s 100 kilograms or 220 lbs more than its front-wheel-drive diesel counterpart. –More pics after the jump

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