Tag: Volkswagen
The last gallon – 4.546-litres of fuel on the planet
Crude oil, petrol, the automobile: it’s been a blast. But the end is nigh. When it comes, into which car – any car –...
1939 Porsche Type 64
This is the oldest car ever to wear a Porsche badge and the sole survivor of its kind. Delwyn Mallett traces its extraordinary history....
Mountune & Fifteen52 team up Ooh, car friends!
Collaborations are always a bit of a mixed bag. When Kirsty MacColl randomly decided to team up with lovable toothless drunks The Pogues, they...
1984 Volkswagen Scirocco Storm Typ 53B
Volkswagen's perfect Storm. This luxury Dub is still a GTI at heart yet can be yours for half the price. Second-gen Sciroccos offer an...
Volts from the green
Volkswagen’s mould-breaking ID R racer has already achieved a number of incredible things: the all-electric weapon debuted at the 2018 Pikes Peak hillclimb, whereupon...
Volkswagen aims for Nürburgring EV record with revised version of ID. R
It smashed the Pikes Peak hillclimb record last summer, and now the Volkswagen ID. R will take on the 'Green Hell' this summer in...
1943 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82
Its origins lie in the darkest of times, but the clever and capable Volkswagen Kübelwagen deserves its classic status. Words Richard Heseltine. Photography Manuel...
Early rush to order first edition of VW’s ID 3
Volkswagen’s upcoming all-electric hatchback, now officially named the ID 3, received more than 10,000 pre-orders in 24 hours. The first production car to launch...
Semi-auto ’boxes
Once, there were manual gearboxes and there were slushy autos. Then came The Future: the paddleshift semi-auto. By Ben Miller. 1955...
1983 Volkswagen Golf GTI Cabriolet MkI vs. 1990 Saab 900 Turbo 16S Convertible, 1993 Mercedes-Benz 320CE Convertible A124, 1961 Alvis TD21 Drophead, 1974 Jensen...
We take six cabriolets from £5000 to £58,000 on a tour of the North York Moors driving nirvana. Words Andrew Noakes. Photography Jonathan Jacob....
