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0REPORT: Larger VW E-Up! could come to the States 1253624460
Volkswagen E-Up! Concept - Click above for high-res image galleryAfter showing off the E-Up! at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week and declaring it the Beetle of the 21st Century, VW is promising to have the tiny little EV in small scale production in Europe by 2013. Apparently, though, the ... -
Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen calls E-Up! Concept "Beetle of the 21st Century" 1252960200
Volkswagen E-Up! Concept - Click above for high-res image galleryVolkswagen promises to release the "Beetle of the 21st Century" by 2013. Those are some of the biggest shoes in the history of the automobile to fill, and VW plans to do just that with a new car based on the New Small Family ... -
Frankfurt Preview: Volkswagen's e-Up! concept 1252942200
Volkswagen up! - Click above for high-res image galleryIt's no secret that Volkswagen is working to bring a four-seat electric vehicle based on the Up! family of small cars to market in 2013. According to Drive Solar, the concept version of that car that will be on display in Frankfurt this week ... -
REPORT: how the Up! might find a home in the new array of VW-group offerings 1249758720
VW Up! concept - Click above for high-res image galleryRegular readers are surely aware of the new city car model that Volkswagen is preparing called the Up! Until now, European shoppers looking for a relatively cheap VW, could only get an imported Fox from Brazil that dosen't have too much of ... -
VW considers moving on Up! in U.S. 1239286860
Click above for a high-res gallery of the VW up!Speaking at the New York Auto Show, Volkswagen head Stefan Jacoby has said that the German automaker would consider launching the Up! microcar in the United States market. Says Jacoby, "Up! could be in the future of the market here. In urban areas ... -
VW Up! may be too expensive for ?koda and Seat 1237385400
Click above for a high-res gallery of the up!Volkswagen's NSF (new small family) concepts, the up! series, has been on our radar since appearing at auto shows in late 2007. Last fall, VW committed to bringing these vehicles to production models, and we heard that the leading candidate for a ... -
Volkswagen 2-seat city car possibly on the fast track 1227650460
When Volkswagen announced its trio of up! concepts in 2007 even the smallest model was considerably larger than the diminutive Smart ForTwo. The first up! concept was (nominally, at least) a four seater, while the Smart is strictly for two. AutoCar is reporting that VW has decided to green light ...
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VW planning 117 mpg smart-killer? 1225979520
We expect that Volkswagen will be debuting its up! subcompact car sometime in 2011, but we're now hearing that it's not the smallest car that the German automaker has on its mind. VW would use a shortened version of its up! microcar platform for the diminutive new city car. Being smaller than the ...
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Audi confirms VW up!-based electric car 1223467260
Audi officials have been indicating for some time that the German brand will introduce a battery electric in the coming years. Last week at the Paris Motor Show, management board member Peter Schwarzenbauer reportedly confirmed that again to Britain's AutoCar magazine. However, contrary to some ...
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VW up! production site to be selected soon 1216242120
Volkswagen has committed to building a family of small cars based on the up! concepts that debuted at auto shows in fall 2007. What they haven't yet committed to is a location for building those cars. Right now the leading contender in Europe appears to be the Skoda factory in Vrchlabi, Czech ...

