The managing director of Volkswagen Ireland, Lars Himmer, has been invited to appear before the Oireachtas transport committee over the pollution emissions scandal.

Volkswagen Ireland has announced that the ground-breaking new Golf GTE will go on sale in Ireland in July and order books have now opened. The price is expected to be sub-40k.

Volkswagen Ireland has confirmed that it is to offer the 4WD Passat Alltrack in early 2016.

Volkswagen Group Ireland has appointed Lars Himmer as managing director, effective from January. He replaces Simon Elliott, who left in September for MAN UK.

Details of the new Golf, to mark the 40th Anniversary of Ireland’s best-selling car have been unveiled.

It has been a busy time for both Volkswagen and Audi on the recall front.

Volkswagen Ireland has just released pricing for the new eighth-generation Volkswagen Passat, which will go on sale in Ireland in January.

Volkswagen Ireland has just released pricing for the new eighth-generation Volkswagen Passat, which will go on sale in Ireland in January.

Along with the forthcoming new Ford Mondeo, the new Volkswagen Passat will be one of the most important new cars launched this year and last week — at the impressive Volkswagen Design Centre in Potsdam — the new car got its world premiere.

THE replacement for the Volkswagen Golf Plus, which is now to be called the Golf SV, will go on sale in Ireland soon and Volkswagen Ireland has just opened order books for the car and announced that it will be priced from €23,350 up to €35,420.

I’VE recently driven the Seat Ibiza, the Altea XL, the Exeo ST and the venerable Alhambra, so I’ll review them all here.