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VW to sell a larger Polo in the U.S.

Since the Golf/Rabbit has grown a little large to be considered an economy car anymore, Volkswagen has announced the comeback of the Polo (also known as the Fox). The car is currently in its 5th generation in Europe, and its lineup starts with 1.2-liter and ends up with a GTI version running on gasoline. On the diesel side, there's a 1.4-liter engine (the base for the BlueMotion version) and a powerful 1.9-liter model. Unfortunately, it's unlikely that the U.S. will get these diesels or even the same model. VW's Stefan Jacoby said that the ... Read more →

BlueMotion arrives in Brazil and gets local (ethanol) flavor Xavier Navarro

As you know, blue is the new green, at least marketing-wise. Therefore, Volkswagen has decided to offer the BlueMotion badge in Brazil, albeit adapted to the homegrown fuel from the South American ...

Norwich City Council orders 50 Volkswagen Polo BlueMotions Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click on the image above for more pictures of the Polo BlueMotion Norwich City Council in the U.K. has just placed the largest ever single order for Volkswagen Polo BlueMotions at 50 total units. The ...

U.K. Channel 4 test drives the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. The Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion is already on sale in the United Kingdom where it claims the title of producing ...

VW Polo BlueMotion at the New York Auto Show Alex Nunez

The Polo BlueMotion as we found it on Thursday Volkswagen's miserly Polo BlueMotion was a nominee for the 2007 World Green Car of the Year award presented during the press days at the New York Auto ...

The finalists for 2007 World Green Car are from BMW, Mercedes and VW 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

My friend John over at Autoblog did a good job of highlighting the fact that the German automakers cleaned up when it comes to the World Car of the Year finalists. Speaking of cleaning up, (haha) a subcategory of the competition offers up some choices of the "World Green Car", also all from ...

VW considering bringing the Polo to the US market 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the Polo The guys over at eGMCarTech are reporting that Volkswagen is considering launching the b-class Polo in the US market. If it does come over here it could launch sometime around 2010. The Polo is smaller than the Rabbit/Golf, and in fact a ...

Volkswagen betting each way on powertrain technologies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. Car and Driver have posted a feature article on the wide array of different powertrains that Volkswagen is testing in a bid to capitalise on new developments under way in a host of technologies. Ten different vehicles were available for ...

VW to start UK sales of Polo BlueMotion in mid 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

VW's cleanest, greenest model - the Polo BlueMotion - will be launched in Britain in the middle of this year. The BlueMotion model is a special variant of the mini Polo model that has a range of over 700 miles from a mere 11.9 gallon fuel tank thanks to fuel economy of 60 mpg. The 1.4L three ...

A1 gets the greenlight, but Audi chief says it's not for the U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

We love what Audi has done for the image of the modern diesel engine, and even though their state-side offering isn't the greenest stable on the block, they pulled a respectable 533 in J.D. Power and Associates' Automotive Environmental Index (AEI). That was good enough to place them 13th on the ...


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