VW Up

[Russ_16v]

We got 3 Up's in this week, each of the 3 specs.


Some crappy pics:

Good points:

Very easy to park
Cheap
satnav as standard on the top of the range (which shows MFA info like fuel consumption etc)
easy to drive and quite comfortable and quiet for a small car

Bad points:

Rear boot lid has a glass cover which is part of the rear screen, which i can see being smasked very easily
the bottom spec model looks cheap - easpecially the dash. Also has very little spec
doors are FAR too big - will be a bit of a mare in tight spaces like car parks.

 

[PP200t]

I saw one in Stratford yesterday. Looked good actually!

 

[VeinAST]

Just saw this on an advert. Competition for the 107/C1/Aygo? Looks awful anyway!

 

[-J-]

Just saw this on an advert. Competition for the 107/C1/Aygo? Looks awful anyway!

It can't look as bad as the new Twingo!

 

[DB.]

Not a fan tbh.

Nor the Fox.

Polo's are nice though

 

[Gally]

Do they come as standard with the brake distance control or whatever vw are calling it.

A fellow pro was over in Spain? For the launch and it was showing off the bdc

 

[DB.]

tbf though, a cooler option over the 107's and alike

 

[Knuckles]

What the f**k is that !?


The front does look quite cool though

 

[JoeyD]

Looks better than the Fox - that just looked fat & bloated. Not nice!

 

[Rob]

Not a fan I'm afraid, looks rather cheap...

 

[Russ_16v]

it is cheap lol, starts from £7500

 

[Rob]

But that's not what VW are all about...

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Looks alright to me, People who will buy it don't care about image.

 

[Russ_16v]

I know dude but i suppose they had to do something, the Polo is getting bigger and more expensive (We have a high spec SEL polo in atm, and its not far off 18k!!) so I suppose they had to produce a city car - they have their finger in every other pie lol

For the record, I don't like it - but then again I don't like any city car

 

[Matt W]

The Up GT should be good!

 

[kpowell911]

People seem to be moaning that its not a VW thing to do (not on here, elsewhere I've seen)

They clearly forgot about the VW Fox?

 

[DB.]

The fox = Small car with Range Rover wheel arch gap

 

[BREMBO]

Looks horirble! sure the build quality is good though.

Does the sat nav just sit there all the time?

 

[Russ_16v]

You can have it there, or it unclips, as does the mount it sits on, so you have a 'normal' dash

 

[g.cameron]

Rather have the skoda version. Expected to be at least £4-500 cheaper apparently?

Not that I'll be buying one, but I see the sense.

 

[Clart]

Looks like a posh disabled car - and whats with the shiney dash?

 

[Dan-]

if you want a good small vw get a mint lupo, save yourself 000's and you'll die before it does

 

[StephenJ]

Front looks nice, rear lights look like they were stolen from a van.

 

[Jason_E]

LOL Navigon. Fail. Other than that, quite nice.

 

[Will.]

Never even knew this was out tbh. Not heard of it. Looks like a smaller fox (the car that young chavy girls decided that putting a chrome y on the end of the name was cool).

 

[VeinAST]

Never even knew this was out tbh. Not heard of it. Looks like a smaller fox (the car that young chavy girls decided that putting a chrome y on the end of the name was cool).

I put a Y on the end of your name because I thought it was cool!

 

[Will.]

Y?

 

[VeinAST]

Y?

£1.99 was just inside my budget

 

[Will.]

Could have bought 2 items form the snack menu at KFC for that with change.

 

[jesus]

I like them. Saw one in Germany a couple of months back, looked kinda cool

 

[daydotz]

Tbh the skoda & seat version looks better

The polo isn't that big really it's smaller then the mk3 clio

The match seems better value then a sel

 

[Jamie86]

When's the GT version out?

Could be quite good if it's as fun as the Lupo Gti is..

Little turbo engine with plenty of induction noise through lack of sound deadening could be fun!

 

[Englebert]

Looks much better than the Fox, which ASFAIK was a cynical import from VW UK...wasn't it built for the South American market to be as cheap as possible? Seen on the TV that the Up has won the What Car award; what makes it special then?

Don't understand people saying it isn't very VW...did they not make the Beetle, the 'people's car'? If anything, this is going back to their roots.

 

[Russ_16v]

Your right Rob, Fox was built in Brazil and was a cheapy

 

[Jason_E]

I actually quite like a lot of VW's South American/South African cheap and cheerful range of cars. As you say, back to their routes a bit with them!

 

[Ash']

Quite funky looking cars, looking forward to the GT.

 

[couzens]

I like the advert. but the car does nothing for me tbh

 

[ant_r27]

The Up GT should be good!

This.

Looks very cool in this month's EVO magazine sporting a set of BBS-esque alloys.

 

[alanc1000]

I like these!

 

[Poopensharten]

Quite like the look of that GT!