100,000th new Volkswagen Scirocco leaves the production line

Since its market launch in 1974, the Scirocco compact sports coupé has been the most successful Volkswagen in its segment: 795,650 vehicles were sold up to 1992. Currently, the third generation is being manufactured.

On Friday, at the VW Autoeuropa - Automóveis Ltda. plant in Portugal, just two years after its market launch, the 100,000^th third generation Scirocco rolled off the production line. Andreas Hinrichs, Autoeuropa Plant Manager, said: 'The Scirocco is one of the most important cars that we produce. For myself personally, it was a moving moment.'

The celebrated model is a Scirocco R 2.0-litre TSI, in Rising Blue Metallic, with a Titan Black interior, radio navigation system, Park Pilot and a tilting sunroof. In southern Portugal, with 3,000 employees, Volkswagen produces the Eos, the new Sharan and, since 2008, the third generation of the Scirocco.

With its attractive design and sporty appearance, the Scirocco leaves a lasting impression. In 2008, it claimed the AutoBILD Design Award and was named Car of the Year by Top Gear magazine.

The Scirocco is looking just as good in motorsport as it does on the open road: already in 2008, the racing version of the new Scirocco occupied top ranks at the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. In its first time at the competition in 2009, the Scirocco GT24-CNG (natural gas) won in the alternative-drive class.

How much does your lifestyle cost? Find out with Volkswagen

Volkswagen has launched the latest stage in its 'Unbelievable Value' campaign with a new microsite designed to illustrate the true cost of everyday living over a lifetime and how looking beyond the initial price tag and making small changes can lead to dramatic financial gains over the long-term.



By logging onto www.truelifecosts.com visitors to the site are introduced to a fictitious village representing different areas of everyday life from food and family to fun, homes, holidays and cars. Click on any of the areas and they'll be guided through a series of simple interactive demonstrations showing how the little expenditures in life can quickly mount up and how, with a series of small tweaks, large savings can be made. An expensive coffee, an extravagant holiday, that handbag or the latest TV – they all add up over a lifetime.



In the car section, visitors can learn how much they could save if they opted to buy a Volkswagen rather than a competitor model. Volkswagens offer impressive whole-life costs thanks to competitive purchase prices and running costs through fixed price servicing plus consistently strong resale values. In the case of the Golf, over a period of three years, this could amount to a saving of up to 14 per cent when compared to its direct rivals. Enough for an expensive coffee every day, an extravagant holiday… you choose.

Interesting facts are also included – for free of course. Such as that the average person spends £1172.44 on sausages in their life, which all added together would make a banger measuring 360 metres. Or that we spend £512.47 on jams and marmalades over a lifetime. Based on an average application time of six seconds per slice of toast would take 18 and a half hours to spread. Incredible.

Any of these facts can then be shared on Facebook, along with guilty confessions about whether the user is a gourmet supermarket shopper or a pub grub fiend for example. Visitors can also compile a personal Cost Report and the financial implications of their spending choices calculated. These can also be posted on Facebook.

Designed and developed by DDB UK, the site will be supported by a radio advertising campaign in the coming weeks.

Volkswagen at the MPG marathon: The results

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Volkswagen at the MPG marathon: The results

Volkswagen is pleased to report a successful performance in this month's 2010 ALD Automotive/Total ECO 10 MPG Marathon.



Two vehicles were entered, both of which demonstrated impressive economy, thanks to a combination of engineering, technology and careful driving.



The Golf GTI with 2.0-litre 210 PS engine and DSG automatic gearbox has a manufacturer combined figure of 38.2 mpg. Driven by David Madgwick and Ashleigh White, it achieved 55.63 mpg – a 45.62 per cent improvement – to claim the best percentage improvement accolade.



Meanwhile, the Polo BlueMotion – a vehicle more traditionally associated with low fuel consumption and driven by Andrew Andersz and Alyson Marlow – was named runner-up in the best 'overall MPG' category. The Polo returned 89.22 mpg during the event, representing an 8.52 per cent improvement over the manufacturer's combined economy figure of 80.7 mpg.



The Polo BlueMotion has a three-cylinder 1.2-litre 75 PS common rail diesel engine and a raft of economy measures including aerodynamic and gearing modifications, Stop/Start system, low rolling resistance tyres and battery regeneration. Despite this, it is a practical five-seater and retains all same design, quality and practical attributes of other Polo models. Winner of the best 'overall MPG' category was the SMART Fortwo.



Thirty-five vehicles took part in this year's 400 mile, two-day challenge which covered a testing combination of A and B roads as well as the motorways of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Only six, including the Polo BlueMotion, achieved more than 80 mpg.

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Volkswagen 展示沒有辦法腳踏的 Bik.e 電動腳踏車

最近，堆四輪的公司都爭著發表兩輪的電動車。繼 Lexus 之後，Volkswagen 也展示自家的 Bik.e 電動 腳踏「自行」概念車。和 Lexus 自豪的 Hybrid 混合動力不同，VW 的 Bik.e 採用純電力推動的方式，省去了鍊條、齒輪和腳踏板的空間。而這全新的設計讓折疊後的自行車能夠縮小到足以輕鬆放進後車廂的備胎空間裡。( 詳見跳轉後的影片 )

Bik.e 可使用家用插座，也可以直接使用車上的 DC 電源進行充電。原廠宣稱每充滿一次電可行進 20 公里，極速正巧也是每小時 20 公里。目前 VW 還在觀察是否有將它商業量產的可能性，如果真有那麼一天，希望不會限定買四輪才能加購這兩輪呀！

香港這麼細小的行人路上可以駕著代步也非常不錯!

Passat CC再戰行政車系

Passat CC為Volkswagen進入四門跑車市場的首款作品，動感的跑車線條、優雅舒適的內裝、搭配創新科技的頂級配備，Volkswagen透過Passat CC的上市，持續展現進軍高級車市場、推升品牌形象的企圖心。

四 門四座的Passat CC設計兼具跑車的動感與豪華房車的舒適優雅理念，除此之外，Volkswagen更將多項全新研發的創新科技以及豪華配備，率先導入在這款風格跑車上。 Passat CC 全車系將「DCC可調式懸吊系統」、「雙前座12向電動調整座椅」、「Lane Assist 車道偏離警示系統」、「藍芽行動通訊系統」、「後擋電動遮陽簾」、「Self Sealing 穿刺防護輪胎」等列入標準配備。

在 台灣共有Passat CC 3.6 V6 FSI、Passat CC 2.0TSI兩款汽油引擎以及Passat CC 2.0TDI柴油引擎共三種選擇，最大輸出依序為300hp/200hp/170hp，全面配備六速DSG雙離合器變速箱，Passat CC 2.0TDI極速還可達時速224公里，0-100km/h僅須8.6秒即可達成。再加上相當出色的低油耗（原廠測試每公升16.39公里），讓 Passat CC堪稱最經濟的跑車車款之一。

Polo: Golf 既細佬!

Polo車系存在於 Volkswagen產品線上已有相當久的歷史，長久以來也一直扮演著位階在Golf之下的小型掀背車角色，但是隨著世代交替以及Lupo、Fox等車款 的陸續加入，Polo在今日Volkswagen的產品線上也不再是身形最小的入門車，而且在定位與訴求方面，Polo更是不斷朝向豪華小車而邁進，因此 總代理也特別為Polo賦予了「歐洲最年輕旗艦」的稱號。

Polo的外觀和內裝部份有許多細部設計都 充滿了濃郁的Volkswagen家族風格，而且在用料和組裝上也有相當高的水準，原廠對於安全防護表現也極為重視，包括前座雙氣囊和ABS都被列為標配 項目。國內引進的車型則是以1.4升引擎為主力，雖然出力部份的帳面數據僅為80hp/13.4kgm，但是在六速手自排變速箱的搭配下，動力反應仍屬輕 快，並且也具有不錯的經濟表現。