Volkswagen Reviews

Current models

Volkswagen Golf Alltrack 2015 review

Volkswagen Golf estate gains ground clearance, loses performance.

Volkswagen Golf Estate Alltrack 2021 review

In a world of SUVs, the four-wheel-drive Volkswagen Golf Estate Alltrack is a niche choice – but quite a compelling one. We drive it.

Volkswagen Golf GTI 2021 review

The VW Golf GTI is back for the eighth time, with sportier styling and a more focused chassis. But does that make it a better hot hatchback?

Volkswagen Golf GTI 2024 review

Tim Pitt drives the updated Mk8.5 Volkswagen Golf GTI, the final iteration before this famous hot hatchback goes electric.

Volkswagen Golf R 20 Years 2023 review

The Golf R 20 years is Volkswagen's ultimate hot hatchback, with 333hp, four-wheel drive, carbon fibre trim and a near-£50,000 price tag.

Volkswagen Grand California 2023 review

The Volkswagen Grand California 600 is a family-sized bus that’s more ‘glamper’ than camper. We go on a summer holiday.

Volkswagen ID. Buzz 2023 review

The ID. Buzz channels the spirit of the classic Volkswagen Microbus into a modern, fully electric MPV. Does it live up to the hype?

Volkswagen Multivan eHybrid 2022 review

Volkswagen’s replacement for the Caravelle proves why MPVs still work for families. We drive the practical and retro-styled new Multivan.

Volkswagen Polo 2018 review

No question: the new VW Polo is a very good all-rounder indeed – perhaps even the best car in its class

Volkswagen Polo GTI 2020 review

The VW Polo GTI is a mature hot hatchback that hasn’t lost its sense of fun. We visit a GTI festival – then drive it on UK roads.

Volkswagen T-Cross 2019 review

The VW T-Cross is a supermini-sized crossover that takes on the Renault Captur, Seat Arona and Vauxhall Mokka X. We’re among the first to drive it

Volkswagen T-Roc 2018 first drive review

It's a Volkswagen, but not as we know it. And it's going to sell by the t-ruckload

Volkswagen T-Roc R 2020 review

The Volkswagen T-Roc R combines the style of an SUV with the speed of a hot hatchback. The best of both worlds, then?

Volkswagen Touareg 2018 review

The firm's third-generation Touareg is a genuine luxury range-topper

Volkswagen Touareg eHybrid 2024 review

Tim Pitt drives the 2024 Volkswagen Touareg, a large SUV with plug-in hybrid tech and a premium price tag.

Discontinued models

Volkswagen e-Golf 2014 review

Volkswagen e-Golf 2014 review

Volkswagen electrifies the Golf. Will the e-Golf electrify the EV sector?

Volkswagen Golf 1.5 TSI 130 2020 review

The VW Golf 8 is everything we love about the Golf refined to an even greater degree. Strange new front end apart, it's better than ever

Volkswagen Golf 2020 review

It may look familiar, but the new VW Golf 8 is a radical reinvention – with hybrid power and a ‘digital revolution’ inside. We’re first behind the wheel

Volkswagen Golf GTI 2017 review

We drive the 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI - and decide it's better than the Golf R and Clubsport. But how does it compare to the Ford Focus RS?

Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S 2016 review

The fastest Golf GTI ever is one of the best: what a way to celebrate your 40th birthday

Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S 2016 review

How does Volkswagen’s Nurburgring-tuned 40th-anniversary Golf cope on UK roads?

Volkswagen Golf R estate 2015 review

300hp and a big boot - is the Golf R estate the ideal all-rounder?

Volkswagen Passat 2015 review

What do you do with a car like the VW Passat? Volkswagen has made an unseemly number of them, last year alone selling over 1.1 million. So offering more of the same recipe is the obvious solution, but then again, life moves on. Today’s buyers like their saloons and sedans to have a premium edge. […]

Volkswagen Passat GTE 2016 review

Is the plug-in Passat good enough to tempt company car drivers out of diesels?

Volkswagen Tiguan 2016 review

We've driven Volkswagen's third biggest seller – but how will it stack up agains the Nissan Qashqai and SEAT Ateca?

Volkswagen Up GTI 2018 review

Is the Volkswagen Up GTI a junior Golf GTI or a slightly faster Up? Our man isn't so sure...