VW up! discounts already available

What! Discounts already?

By aeolus on 28 January, 2012, 8:05am

Still £2000+ dearer than.....

....Hyundai i10 with 5 year warranty

By cfhughes on 28 January, 2012, 9:03am

Hyundai i10 starts from £8,345 on the road. Regardless of spec, the VW Up! can be bought for less. If you start adding toys, both cars go up in price, obviously.

By Hellbound on 28 January, 2012, 11:06am

A real VOLKSwagen

The up! is the new Beetle. It is a compact affordable cheap to run quality car and will be driven by first time drivers as well as multi car families and retirees. It should give the 107/aygo/c1 a real challenge. The trim and switchgear in the up! looks solid, something the Koreans and Japanese brands have yet to master at this price level.

By bibbyg on 29 January, 2012, 9:53am

Kia Picanto, 7 year warranty. £7,795.
1.0 68bhp engine, 99g/km, free tax, 67mpg.

up/citygo/mii , standard warranty, £7539
1.0 59bhp engine, 105g/km, £20 tax, 62mpg.

A decisive winner...
The only thing the VAG has going for it would be brand taste/perceived quality, which is of course significant.

By beachland on 30 January, 2012, 2:47pm

A/C?

Has the basic Up! got air conditioning and remote locking, because without these two essentials there is no point in even looking? As for quality, VW quality is nothing special at all, the opposite in fact, from the experiences of people I know with them.

By Alexan14 on 31 January, 2012, 8:16am

Dave

What a dog! Ugly to my eyes, especially the rear. Skoda beats VW in driver surveys and is cheaper so if you're interested then wait for its Citigo variant. Otherwise read the other comments and give a Hyundai i10 or a Kia Picanto a run out given they're much cheaper and more efficient too by the sound of things.

By tgw123 on 31 January, 2012, 9:38am

Box

Dave, I don't like the Up! either, it looks like a cardboard cut-out car and does nothing at all for me. As for that dreary , sterile, VW interior, well...

However, I have driven the new Picanto, and although it is excellent in many ways, with a very sweet engine, it totally fails: the reason, it has the most awful, dead, lifelelss steering of any car I have ever driven. If the steering came alive and made it a joy to drive it would be on my list, but as it is it doesn't even deserve a second look.

By Alexan14 on 31 January, 2012, 9:46am

alessio

well, look after 60 ears of experience VW has come Up with!

I guess for the same prise you're way better of with a Fiat panda: real side curtain air bags, real 4 people space cabine and real car!
Unless you're a VW freak or hate Italian cars, like most of you folks do
See side NCAP Crash test of the VW Up, you will be horrified.
The dummy bends his neck outsde the door window because it has just a small shoulder air bag
But british revieuws never say the downsides of German ars, they do that only with Italian cars (theyr long tradition since the 60's)

By alessio215 on 31 January, 2012, 9:58am

I like the sound of the e-up!

Should sell well in Yorkshire. :-)

By foto2021 on 31 January, 2012, 9:58am

Badge snobbery

The fact is it will sell and sell well, because of the badge on the front, the UK is a nightmare for that end of.
You can point out all the others and how they are better, cheaper and higher spec but the fact is it hasn't got the badge, so residual values on the others wont be as good either, not that the customer will care.
Not that i'm interested in one but if I had to buy a small car I also wouldn't buy the Kia or Hyundai as I would rather have a VW.

By brucem on 31 January, 2012, 10:12am