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Latest updates on the up!
Find out what's happening with the up! Check out the latest news, awards and model information.
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Yesterday
Volkswagen introduces standard DAB radio from Polo to Phaeton
Volkswagen is tuning in to customer demand and fitting DAB radios as standard on all models from the Polo to the Phaeton, giving buyers not only a wider choice of radio stations but also a higher quality of sound.
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3 days ago
Seventh issue of "Das." now online
In the summer of 2010, Volkswagen successfully launched its new digital, international customer magazine ‘Das.’ The third issue of this ‘Digital Automotive Space’ can be found online now at www.volkswagen-das.co.uk
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05 April 2012
Volkswagen up! is World Car of the Year
Volkswagen is proud to announce that the up! has been honoured as the 2012 World Car of the Year. With 66 of the top automotive journalists from around the globe judging, the up! surpassed a total of 33 other nominees
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16 March 2012
Time to get down to your Volkswagen Retailer to pick up an up!
The award-winning new Volkswagen up! is now in UK showrooms. This cleverly compact city specialist has the interior space and features of a larger car, but its prices are in keeping with its small footprint. Prices start at £7,995 (RRP OTR), and rise to just £11,180, while retail customers using Volkswagen Finance’s Solutions PCP package can get into an up! from just £79 a month.
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01 March 2012
Volkswagen up! and Golf Cabriolet win at CarBuyer awards
In the same week that the first right-hand drive models are arriving in UK showrooms, the new Volkswagen up! has added to its growing tally of honours, winning car review website CarBuyer’s Best City Car award, while the Golf Cabriolet has claimed the accolade for Best Convertible.
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01 March 2012
Growing up!: small car family expands at Geneva Motor show
The new up! range is growing, with the unveiling of four up! design studies at the Geneva Motor Show next week, each of which shows the versatility and potential of the cleverly compact new Volkswagen city car.
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23 January 2012
Practicality goes up! with baby Volkswagen's five-door option
Getting into Volkswagen’s award-winning up! city car is now easier than ever, with the introduction of the new five-door model.
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12 January 2012
New Volkswagen up! named What Car? Car of the Year 2012
Even before it has hit UK roads, the new Volkswagen up! has claimed top honours at the prestigious What Car? awards, being named Car of the Year for 2012 as well as best City Car. Taking the Car of the Year title for the sixth time makes Volkswagen the most successful manufacturer at the What Car? awards since they began in 1978.
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20 December 2011
Lowest insurance group rating for smallest Volkswagen
The new Volkswagen up! might come with a five-star Euro NCAP test rating and the kind of interior space that would shame many a car in the class above, but when it comes to insurance it’s as small as its 3,540 mm long body, with a class-leading 1E group rating
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30 November 2011
One up for the up! as new baby Volkswagen claims TopGear Award
Volkswagen’s new city car, the up!, has claimed its first award, being named Small Car of the Year by the UK’s best-selling motoring title, TopGear magazine.