VW Up: Image
VW has for the development of the new “Up!” when successors of the VW LUPO measure the world of the small carriages according to own information anew to build a car which is “for everybody affordably” – finally, again real Volkswagen. There has come out a 3.54-metre-short Kleinstwagen which is a little bigger with it than which since 2005 any more built Lupo and is not about 3 centimetres shorter than the VW fox terrier.
And because nowadays a car is not any more just a car, VW has anew defined at the same time the parametres of the individuation and financing. In addition to traditional, clearly jointed equipment lines these become for the new VW Up new features like up! boxes give – sets, possibly for the purchase, the trip or children aboard. Moreover, there will be for the Up an Infotainmentsystem which the owners via Apps on her personal profile can cut. A new financing model exclusively co-ordinated on the Up buyers called AutoCredit2 should offer to also young buyers thanks to adaptable creation possibilities a bigger financial elbowroom.
New 3 cylinder engines, a natural gas engine and later a VW Up rover
With the VW Up there debuts a new generation of VW 3 cylinder petrol engines. Both 1.0-litre aggregates perform 60 HP and 75 HP. VW with 4.2 l / 100 km (60 HP) and 4.3 l / 100 km (75 HP) gives the average consumption as BlueMotion Technology version (among other things with start stop system). On the same base a natural gas engine with 68 HP will follow. Besides, firmly included in the plan for 2013 an Up is with electric drive.
With a length of 3.54 metres and a width of 1.64 metres the new VW Up belongs to the smallest 4-seater cars. The total length consists on the one hand of the remarkably short car body surpluses and on the other hand the very long bicycle state (2.42 metres) – a car body layout, him altered space should completely be of use. Together with the far engines arranged in front allows of the Up according to VW data a good space exploitation. Drivers, front seat passengers and two passengers in the ground travel in a compact, but by no means cramped vehicle. The boot volume amounts to at least 251 litres. If the back seat armrest is completely folded down, the impoundment volume on 951 litres increases.
Clear, attractive design with sufficient place offer
In addition Klaus Bischoff, chief designer of the brand Volkswagen: „The ideal form for a small car would be a square box in view of the space economy. With the Up we have got to get out a clear and powerful design from such a box without losing, besides, the space exploitation out of sight.“