Volkswagen GT up!

Volkswagen has given their new up! compact-city car the Golf GTI treatment with the new GT up! concept. This small, sporty car is another variation in the “up! themes” and exudes sporting style with its wide-mouthed honeycomb grille and two chromed tailpipes.

The concept could potentially pack 100PS or more from its engine and this power is supported by ducts to provide cooling airflow to the front brakes. The wheels are 17-inch alloys and at the rear there is a deep spoiler that helps reduce lift over the rear axle, with a black diffuser at the bottom framed by an exhaust pipe either side.

Beneath the black roof lining are anthracite coloured seats with a gloss-black dashboard and upper door trim panels, offset by blue rings around the air vent nozzles, and all finished off with a chunky leather-bound three-spoke steering wheel. You can start ordering for the new up! with first deliveries for the spring of 2012.

Audi A1

Audi scooped the “Reader Award- Most Exciting Car” for the forthcoming compact Audi A1. The new prodution-ready A1 will be officially launched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010 with UK deliveries expected towards the end of 2010.

Steve Fowler, editor of What Car? said,”A new, small Audi sounds like an enticing proposition and our readers seem to agree,voting it the most exciting new car to be launched this year. Although we haven’t seen the finished car yet, a funky small car with an Audi badge on the nose and aimed directly at the MINI can’t fail to succeed. It should be a strong contender for our Car of the Year in 2011!”

The Audi TT 2.0 TFSI was also voted “Best Coupe”  for the fourth successive year and the Audi R8 won “Best Performance Car”. Audi car leasing on all models are available now.