Volkswagen Up 2012

Almost four years to the day when we tend to initial saw the VW Up concept automobile, Volkswagen is unveiling the $64000 thing: this can be the new VW Up town automobile, on sale in UK dealers in spring 2012.

Forget the official, trendily informal name 'up!'. i am afraid CAR's aiming to overrule the grammatical violations and decision it the nice recent Volkswagen Up.
It definitely appearance terribly the same as the VW Up concept automobile

Indeed it will. the outside variety of Volkswagen's baby, that replaces the Fox, remains intact. simply this three-door are going to be launched next spring, most likely in time for the new '12' reg in March.
Prices in Germany can begin at €8950, pointing to a UK price around £8000.

A five-door can follow, and therefore the flow of concept cars – like the area Up – points to future derivatives. Not for nothing is that this new vary referred to as the New little Family; the Up can indeed type the idea of a collection of little Volkswagens for world sale.
Volkswagen Up: intimately

The Up is well packaged: at simply 3540mm long and 1640mm wide, it's short, however this can be a full four-seater, due to a wheelbase as close to as damn it similar to the Polo's, at 2420mm between the axles.

Just examine the minimal overhangs to know the packaging. And VW engineers are pleased with the boot area on board: at 251 litres with the seats up, it's usefully larger than the Aygo/C1/107 competition – and swells to 951 litres with the rear seats folded.
So the Up may be a rear-engined, rear-drive engineering beaut, right?

Er no. The genesis of the Up has swung sort of a pendulum. At first, Wolfsburg planned a rear-engined, RWD baby however realised the bespoke design was too expensive. Then they checked out using old-school Polo components, however that was deemed too straightforward. that the NSF (New little Family) project then became a part of the modern MQB package, preferring straightforward front-mounted engines and front-wheel drive.

That's why Volkswagen can provide a number of goodies on the Up. Even base models gets stability management, six airbags, power steering and a lot of. town braking auto-stop are going to be an possibility and a replacement, cheaper multimedia/sat-nav system are going to be offered 'for simply a couple of hundred pounds,' in keeping with insiders.

Engines at launch embrace a brace of three-cylinder one.0-litre petrols, providing 59bhp or 74bhp. The Continental CNG autogas version will not be offered in right-hand drive, however we'll be offered the electrical version – the e-Up – coming back in 2013.

The basic petrols are damn clean, though. In BlueMotion Technology spec with start-stop, they promise 67mpg and sub 100g/km of CO2.
Uh-oh. Pun alert! Up yours, etc

Yes, Volkswagen is letting its hair down with the Up. 3 model trims are going to be offered at launch: the Take Up entry model, the Move Up mid-ranger and therefore the High Up prime spec.

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