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Production Volkswagen up! coming in 2010

Last fall at the Frankfurt Motor Show,Volkswagen unveiled their entry in the micro-car derby, the up! Yes, the name is goofy, but the car is cute and is apparently headed for production in 2010. AutoExpress has some contacts deep within Wolfsburg who have reported that the production up! will come down the assembly line looking almost identical to the concept. The basic shape of the 11.5 ft body is virtually unchanged although the head and tail lights the bumper will be revised. VW engineers are working on a pair of 600cc turbocharged two ... Read more →

Want a VW Up? You might have to buy a VW Lupo in 2011 instead Sebastian Blanco

According to some educated guessing at WorldCarFans, Volkswagen's Up! concept that is coming our way in the next few years will be renamed the Lupo, reviving a name that went out of production in ...

Car and Driver checks out the VW Up! Sebastian Blanco

There are a mind-boggling amount of video hosting services around. One of them, webcastr, let us know about a new video they're hosting that is Car and Driver's look at the VW Up! concept during the ...

LA 2007: Schwarzenegger checks out the VW up! space blue Sebastian Blanco

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly likes to look green when new cars are displayed. I remember the excitement when he arrived at the unveiling of the Tesla Roadster back in the summer of 2006. ...

LA 2007: Volkswagen Space up! Blue Sam Abuelsamid

Click the space up! blue for a high-res gallery Revision 3 of the Volkswagen up! concept family makes it debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show today. Taking the larger four-door version that bowed in ...

Volkswagen Up! wins Autocar Award for "Concept Car of the Year" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Volkswagen up! concept car (whether in the original or the space or the possible fuel cell variant) is popular not only with AutoblogGreen readers who wouldn't mind buying one (or two) from VW but also with people in the industry. Last night, the up! won the Concept Car of the Year honor at the ...

LA 2007 Preview: Third VW up! variant to debut, perhaps with fuel cell power 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At the last two big auto shows in Frankfurt and Tokyo, Volkswagen showed off two- and four-door concept versions of a new mini-car they are working on. Both of these were powered by rear mounted internal combustion engines. We knew a third variant was coming to the Los Angeles Auto Show this week ...

Tokyo 2007: Volkswagen Space Up! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the space up! for a high res gallery Last month at the Frankfurt Motor Show Volkswagen unveiled the first member of their "New Small Family" in the form of their modern day Beetle successor the up! As the NSF name implies this was just the beginning. In Tokyo, this week, they have ...

Renderings of the Volkswagen Up! in all its forms - SUV, four-door and convertible 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We found out earlier today that the Volkswagen Up! will be more expensive than originally reported. We have known since the Up! was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it would not only come in plug-in (at least in concept form) and hybrid versions, but also might one day come in a full range ...

Volkswagen up! to be more expensive than first thought 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the up! for a high-res gallery Volkswagen's new super-mini which was previewed as the up! concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month may end up costing quite a bit more to buy than originally thought. While VW had been targeting an 8,000 Euro price point it now looks like the opening bid ...

VW Up! mini-car could make its way stateside! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click the up! for a high-res gallery The Volkswagen up! which was shown off as concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week will almost certainly go into production in a couple of years. Selling the up! in European and Asian markets like China and India would probably be a given. The big question ...


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