Despite looking like a Golf, the VW ID.2all concept car presented last month may not enter production (target 2025) as an electric successor to the iconic VW Golf, but a replacement for the VW Polo. In an interview with Automotive News Europe, VW CEO Thomas Schafer said the company has not come to a decision on the next generation Polo, as the European Union’s upcoming Euro 7 emission regulations will push prices too far up for the Polo to still have a business case. Ford for example, has alread

The Japan Automobile Importers Association (JAIA) has released sales data of imported (CBU) cars for the first half of 2022. In Japan, the first half of fiscal year is recorded from April to September and the best-selling imported brand is none other than Mercedes-Benz. A grand total of 23,479 units of Mercedes-Benz were sold in that period, capturing a 20.41 percent market share in the process. While Mercedes-Benz is the top-selling marque in Japan for fiscal year 1H 2022, it marks a 13.9 perce

The latest all-new 2021 Volkswagen Golf R Mk8 – one year later and still not launched? The most powerful Volkswagen Golf the world has ever seen was launched in late 2020, and the hype was real. Volkswagen’s latest all new Golf R Mk8 makes 320 PS and 420 Nm, and doubtless the pandemic delayed its arrival to our shores. At the moment, there is neither estimated time of arrival, nor projected price for the new Volkswagen Golf R, and god knows the superhatch’s fans are beside themselves with impati

Although sales of the Volkswagen Golf Mk8 has already started in Europe since December 2019, sales in many right-hand drive markets (except for the UK) have been pushed back by nearly a year. The delay is to allow Volkswagen to address the reports of glitches raised by customers regarding the car’s infotainment software. A fix has been rolled out and introduction in right-hand drive markets is now resuming in stages. Now, Volkswagen Japan is gearing up to launch the iconic C-segment hatchback la

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) confirmed today that the all-new eighth generation Golf is unlikely to be launched in Malaysia so soon. Although the Golf Mk8 made its debut in October last year, the model didn’t go on sale in left-hand drive Europe until December last year, while sales in right-hand drive UK only began in February, shortly before the world went into Covid-19 prevention mode. All other major right-hand drive markets including Japan and Australia, as well as Malaysia, ar

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) is ushering in this Chinese New Year with special savings on selected models. Model Savings up to (RM) Monthly Repayment (RM) Polo 4,000 725 Vento Comfortline 8,000 783 Vento Highline 4,000 894 Golf R-Line 2,000 1,750 Tiguan Highline 2,000 1,675 Beetle Sport 5,000 1,505 Monthly calculation based on 9-year loan tenure with 10% down payment and based on 2.5% interest rate. Subject to terms & conditions while stocks last. For those considering the Tiguan (H