New VW Roadster!!

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Volkswagen's Concept BlueSport shows the rumoured Golf-based roadster moving towards becoming a reality.

The mid-engined two-seater, finished in Flex Silver with a bright contrasting orange canvas top, is powered by a 2.0-litre TDI engine which develops 132 kW at 4 200 r/min and has a peak torque figure of 350 Nm at 1 750 r/min.

A six-speed DSG dual-clutch transmission drives the rear wheels.

According to the manufacturer, the concept hits 100 km/h from a standing start in 6.6 seconds before powering on to a top speed of 226 km/h. Fuel consumption is quoted as a meagre 4.3 l/100 km.

Also helping to reduce the car's impact on its environment is its Eco mode with automatic stop-start function and energy regeneration.

Together they are said to reduce consumption by up to 0.2 l/100 km. Volkswagen quotes a CO2 emission figure of 113 g/km.

Volkswagen is adamant that this remains a design study with no immediate plans for production, but mimicking, as it does, styling seen on Scirocco and Golf VI, we could be seeing a lot more of this concept.

Just shy of 4 metres in length, the BlueSport's styling is said to mark an evolution for the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer with its short overhangs and LED light clusters.
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Looks good!!:)
http://www.wheels24.co.za/Content/Motor_Shows/Detroit_Motor_Show/77/a3965448491d4d668a44f089a73f1714/01-01-0001%2012-01/Meet_VWs_MX-5
 
Most likely it was the Opel Speedster that inspired them to make this thing. It took a lot of Astra Convertibles to make them do the Eos. They also took about 3 generations of Frontera/Antara before they copied the Toureg from the Porsche lookalike.
 
Lol between you 2 and the guys on news 24 the new Roadster from VW looks like the:

350Z
MX5
Z4
MR2
Opel Speedster
TT
Porsche Boxster
Lexus

Wow well done VW lol...

You guys need to have you eyes checked...:)
 
Yeah well done VW! And to think they pulled it off without letting the slightest hint showing that they just remodeled a boring Audi :p

Now isn't that what you expect from a VW?
 
It sounds good... wouldn't mind having one though.
(I just had to claim the 19000th post in this subsection)
 
Kim, here is some other things you might like :

2008.mazda.mx-5%20miata.20150456-396x249.jpg

07Opel_GT_1st.jpg


If you clone them into one and add some boring to it you get this VW thing.
 
JK8 said:
Lol between you 2 and the guys on news 24 the new Roadster from VW looks like the:

350Z
MX5
Z4
MR2
Opel Speedster
TT
Porsche Boxster
Lexus

Wow well done VW lol...

You guys need to have you eyes checked...:)
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Well I'd say the guys who said it looks like the Z4, Lexus and Porshe are probably reaching a bit.

One just has to look at their rehashing of the old Citi Golf for the last 20-odd years and the minor differences between the Golf V and Golf VI to see that their designers are getting a bit lazy :p
 
VWAG has some of the laziest designers ever. Just look at the Porsche 911.
I really have to agree with Mr Clarkson on the laziness of Porsche designers.
 
Picard said:
You don't mess around with a winning team.
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An excuse to be lazy.

BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, hell pretty much every maker out there has a winning model or five in their line up and they spend time on new models. Not just rehash trash.
 
Porsche designers and VW designers are totally different teams and companies.

I'm seeing aspects of Audi in that design, which is to be expected. Think it looks quite nice, but it'll be toned down quite a bit for production
 
Yeah!! I can't wait for the Fiat roadster to take on this baddazz.
 
Well VW certainly thought it well to mix those two and then came up the thing they did. Which is yuck, I'll concede. Best off if you leave the MX5 and GT as is.
 
it will look even duller when it actually gets put into production.

would rather have the vw polo cabriolet.
 
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