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The New Volkswagen UP!

TuningTechnical

The Volkswagen UP!Why Its VWs Most Important

Ever Citycar.

The Up is one of the most

important cars Volkswa-gen has launched in recent

years, offering a well thought out and compact package thats economical, easy to

drive and appealing to those downsizing from larger cars.

Its nimble, distinctive, well built and represents good

value for money. SEAT and Skoda both have their own versions, called the Mii and

the Citigo.

There are two engine outputs of the same 1.0 litre petrol triple on offer, a

super-frugal stop-start Blue Motion edi-tion with 59bhp delivering 67.1mpg and

a 74bhp option delivering 65.5mpg, which we were able to drive. Both ver-

sions emit less than 100g/km. There will also soon be a 69bhp model that runs

on compressed natural gas (unlikely to be sold in Britain) and VW has already

announced a battery-electric version for 2013. There will eventually be diesels,

but they dont have top priority because of their cost and weight. The base petrol

version is commendably light at 929kg, ready to go.

The Up! will certainly count for a large percentage of Volkswagens road vehicle

sales during its period of sale, however long it lasts. With its cutesy looks and

impeccable charm, its likely to win over the hearts of new drivers, young mums

and OAPs alike. Its something Volkswa-gen have already done however, with the

Lupo. Weve recapped the hugely suc-cesful predecessor over the page!

LUPOThe Older and Incredibly Successful Brother to the UP!

The Lupo was sold from 1999-2005 and was one of Vpolkswagens first entries into the Supermini market.

The smallest car before the Lupo was the Polo which

nowadays is as big as the Mk1 Golf. It was a success from the off with sales high

and resale values even higher, finiding a cheap one

nowadays is a tough chal-lenge. They were sold with 1.0 and 1.4 petrols with 1.4

(turbo) and 1.7 diesels. also topping up the range. The

hottest of the bunch howev-er was the 1.6 16v 125bhp GTi which was labeled by people in the knw as the best hot hatch from VW

since the first Golf GTi, a huge accolade for a car

of its type!TUNINGThe VW

tuning scene is hugely

popular and some eager greasemon-keys have already got their hands

on some new UP!s,

what do you think?