DieselDrive Magazine

Volkswagen South Africa celebrated its 60th birthday on 31 August in Knysna and, along with birthday cake and a flurry of nostalgic videos, the company’s all-new, sixth-generation Jetta was launched. Not only is the brand celebrating a mammoth milestone in this country, but with a new lease on life, the Jetta nameplate is set to [...]

After successful integration of Volkswagen’s first attempt at a pick-up (or bakkie, as we call it), the good-looking Amarok is now available in a single cab configuration. Building on the double cab’s already strong reputation, the new model is poised to sit well in a demanding single cab market – so demanding in fact that [...]

As it worked out, I was just about finishing up my road test on the Volkswagen Golf R a few hours before hopping down to Durban for our launch sample of the new Scirocco R, putting me in an excellent position to directly compare the two new R sports hatches from Volkswagen. But it’s also [...]

Considering that Volkswagen is not launching a diesel-powered Passat just yet, you might be wondering why it is being featured on DieselDrive. The reasoning is simple: as with many other models released locally, we drive the alternatives as well. That is exactly what the new Passat is; an alternative to its German counterparts such as [...]

The VW Caddy is one of those vehicles you don’t normally pay attention to, mostly because they are used as panel vans for doggy parlours or by plumbers. So when VW announced that they are launching a new one, I wasn’t that interested… until they told me that the new Caddy comes with a DSG [...]

Volkswagen this week introduced its second-generation Touareg to the South African media, and from first impressions it’s set to be a much bigger success than its groundbreaking predecessor. Christo Valentyn attended the launch in the Western Cape. When Volkswagen’s magnificent Scirocco was first shown, it didn’t immediately register in my mind that it heralds a [...]

It’s been one of the most anticipated new arrivals in the South African motor market, but Volkswagen this past week finally launched their first attempt at a one-ton bakkie – the Amarok. With stylishly modern and rugged styling, innovative diesel engines, the largest load bay in the segment as well as a class-leading interior, there [...]