The VW Up! Thread

The Cross Up! adds:

• 16" Cross alloy wheels,
• side mirrors in Light Silver and door handles painted in car colour
• electric mirrors
• leather covered steering wheel, electric windows (front)
• height adjustable driver seat
• leather steering wheel
• Black protective side moulding (wheel arches, sills & doors)
• Silver anodized roof rails
• Coloured dashboard insert

Facelift due in 2017

South Africans will see a facelifted Up! arrive locally in 2017. Thankfully, the enhanced version will use a 1.0 TSI engine capable of 66kW/160Nm.

http://www.wheels24.co.za/NewModels...two-extra-doors-in-sa-prices-details-20160506

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"Richard Hammond test drive: High five for the more practical five-door Volkswagen up!"

But now to the car we have for you this week...

It’s the five-door version of the up!, which we’ve had to wait for while Volkswagen churned out thousands of three-doors.

I claimed a bit of braininess for this week but that’s overdoing a bit because all we’ve done is ask VW to send us a five-door up! fitted with an automatic gearbox because we haven’t tried that transmission, either.

Now we move on to the automatic gearbox. Volkswagen charges you £595 extra for this, which is quite reasonable.

When we get a car for testing from a manufacturer it either comes with an old-fashioned sheaf of paper explaining how fast it goes, what options it’s got and how absolutely brilliant it is, or a memory stick with the same information on it but which journalists subsequently wipe clean and use for keeping holiday snaps on.

Our car came with a tree-derived information pack, which also included a sheet of paper on which was explained the workings of the automatic gearbox and the best way to operate it.

The gearbox, unlike VW’s DSG gearbox, is a conventional five-speed gearbox with a single dry clutch that’s robotised. Very simple.

There are usually two reasons why operating instructions like these are added:

1) because the thing it’s describing is complicated to use, or

2) it doesn’t work very well and the instructions try to dissuade you from doing what it’s not good at.

Number 2 is the case here.

Quote: “Like a pure manual transmission, this type of transmission must interrupt the torque to the driving wheels during a gear change. This is most noticeable during maximum acceleration in the lower gears.”

It certainly is. There’s a huge delay as the gearbox selects the next gear.

VW suggests driving techniques to make gear changes smoother but the gearbox is never going to be anything less than irritating to use.

Volkswagen also says that only 6% of up! buyers will go for the automatic gearbox. Unless you only have a licence for automatics or have an issue with your left leg, I wouldn’t be one of the 6% if I was you.

That gearbox ruins what in manual form is a brilliant little car.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/car-reviews/five-door-volkswagen-up-the-richard-1450662
 
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There are just two engines available, both 1.0-litre triples but in different states of tune.

There’s 59bhp (for the Take Up and Move Up) or 74bhp (for the others) to choose from, with power going to the front wheels via a five-speed manual or five-speed automatic gearbox.

And there’s a Bluemotion Technology version of the 59bhp model (only available in Move Up guise) with stop/start, a trick alternator, low-friction engine ancillaries and low rolling resistance tyres to shift the figures from 62.8mpg and 105g/km to 68.9mpg and 96g/km CO2.

And unless you can’t drive with three pedals, don’t opt for the automated manual gearbox.

VW reckons a DSG ‘box would cost around £1500 and a conventional torque converter would be a £1200, so the estimated £800 means it’s a cheaper alternative.

But it’s jerky and ponderous and quite possibly the worst example of an automated manual I’ve ever tried.

Lifting as you shift limits the head nodding, but then that’s not really the point of an auto.

But the manual version is excellent.

The gearbox is light and slick (as is the steering), the engine thrums away happily without becoming tiresome and intrusive (a la Aygo/107/C1), the ride is comfortable and supple, and visibility is very good.

Refinement levels are high too, so 80mph on the autobahn is handled with ease, and while you need to drop down a gear or two to make any progress, overall it’s a wonderful little package.
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http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/volkswagen/vw-up-5dr-2012-review/
 
I've been hearing rumors that the updated MY 2017 Up! has Gorilla Glass 3 protection for the glass tailgate due to safety concerns.

I can't find any documentation/links to back this up. If anyone can confirm this or able to clear up! this confusion that will be great
 
FiestaST said:
I've been hearing rumors that the updated MY 2017 Up! has Gorilla Glass 3 protection for the glass tailgate due to safety concerns.

I can't find any documentation/links to back this up. If anyone can confirm this or able to clear up! this confusion that will be great
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How many free smash and grab repairs will VW offer with the new model?
 
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