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REPORT: Larger VW E-Up! could come to the States

After 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 EV into small scale production in Europe by 2013. However, the people's automaker isn't convinced such a small car would be accepted in the United States. Flawed logic or not, Automotive News reports that a somewhat larger version of the E-Up! – about 146 inches long, or some 20 inches longer than the concept VW claimed was its smallest car ever – is being developed for the ... Read more →

Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen calls E-Up! Concept "Beetle of the 21st Century" Jeremy Korzeniewski

Volkswagen 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 ...

VW's Jacoby outlines future U.S. product strategy, plans to take over the world Jeremy Korzeniewski

Volkswagen's Stefan Jacoby has his sights set on turning the German company into the largest automaker in the world. Oh, and he also plans to turn a profit in the process. Perhaps someone should ...

New York: Definite Maybe - VW Up! could be headed Stateside Frank Filipponio

Here in New York, Volkswagen CEO Stefan Jacoby said the company might be shaking things "Up" again in the States. The on-again, off-again status of the Up! mini-car on these shores is apparently ...

VW microcar gets fast-track to production Jeremy Korzeniewski

European manufacturers seem to have been taken aback by the recent success of their microcars. Now that consumers have gotten a taste of what life is like when you're choosing between filling ...

Volkswagen developing car even smaller than up! with 117.6 mpg! 1 year ago on Autoblog

In Fall of 2007, Volkswagen unveiled a series of three mini car concepts called the up!, Space up! and Space up! Blue. Apparently the German automaker has determined that the tiny "four seat" up! just isn't small enough and is planning an even smaller machine to take on the Smart ForTwo ...

Volkswagen up confirmed to be FWD, delayed five months 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Volkswagen up! Space concept. It was rumored last week and now it's been confirmed: Volkswagen's up! minicar will be switched from a rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout to a front-engine, front-wheel-drive arrangement when it goes on sale in 2011. ...

Production VW up! may drop rear engine and RWD 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view high-res gallery of the Volkswagen Space up! We'll admit to being a bit shocked that Volkswagen was even considering a move back to the rear-engine configuration it made fashionable all those years ago with its first vehicle, the ubiquitous Beetle, for the production version of ...

VW may sell small, turbocharged vehicles for $13k in the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for high-res gallery of the Volkswagen up! Space concept Volkswagen may be serious about returning to its "people's car" roots by importing a small vehicle to the U.S. with a turbocharged 1.4-liter engine. Stefan Jacoby, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, told Automotive News that ...

Evidence of Apple and VW collaboration on up! dashboards? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Last week we told you about Volkswagen's plan to put touch screens in every one of its cars next year and wondered if maybe this is what Apple had been helping VW sort out. Well, our brothers over at Engadget did some digging and came up with a video showing VW's UP touch interface in use. Apple ...

Frankfurt 2007: VW gets it up! 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Press release added after the jump. Click the image above for more live high-res pics. Some may compare it to the Beetle, but in the end, it looks like a restyled Golf that's been left in the dryer for one cycle too long. The rear-engine, three-door, four-seat city car from Volkswagen, ...

Frankfurt 2007: Volkswagen reveals rear-engined concept, the up! 2 years ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen returns to its rear-engined roots with the up! concept, unveiled Monday before the Frankfurt Auto Show. VW CEO Martin Winterkorn gave a strong indication the four-seat car could see production one day as a part of the company's New Small Family lineup. Winterkorn also hinted at the car ...






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