Comments on: Volkswagen Space Up! Concept breaks cover

By: mazdaman

mazdaman — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:38:12 +0000

It looks better than the first Up! concept, but I still can’t say that it is anything to get too excited about.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:26:29 +0000

Original air cooled did not like heat or cold. It was darn difficult to start one on the cold morning. On hot day one could count about 10 of them on autostrada from Rome to Naples. And it’s not that far and even Cinqacentos did not overheat that often. Driving bug in the wind was like riding a wild bronco. Somehow I don’t miss an engine between rear wheels.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:57:40 +0000

buenos: I agree.
CTS: or 24 MINUTES!
Kern County starts withe Bakersfield, and gets worse. Skip it if you can.

By: buenos

buenos — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:19:24 +0000

CTS, oh yeah.. the morning ritual was to take a kettle of water out to try to unfreeze the doors.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:43:34 +0000

Yeah buenos i will take 120degrees anyday over -40, did the door latches freeze in the open position, my 73 beetle used to in lake arrowhead and it never dipped below 10degrees i couldnt imagine -40. brrrrrrrrrrr

By: buenos

buenos — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:36:54 +0000

CTS.. try one in a Canadian winter (at least the winters we got back then) -40, huge amounts of snow in Montreal, scraping the frost off the inside of the windows, because like all VW’s then, the auxiliary heating unit lasted until precisely 1 second after the warranty expired. On the other hand, it had about the same amount of room inside with fridge, stove, sink, etc, as a new condo in downtown Toronto.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:01:02 +0000

has anybody ever seen the town of mojave? what a craphole to be trapped in for 2 days.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:59:57 +0000

buenos, me and my buddy blew a cylinder in his coming home from the kern river a couple years ago, blew the cylinder trying to go 60 in a headwind on the 14 freeway.
both of us were broke after a week camping, we camped in downtown mojave for 2 days until my direct deposit went through, then we rented a uhaul with a trailer and brought it straight to his mechanic in placentia. 1 engine later the thing still kicks ass, they are extremely well b alanced when headed way offroad. love those things. the newest ones even have a portable shower option.

By: buenos

buenos — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:31:08 +0000

CTS Driver… great nostalgia. My family had one for a time when I was a kid… 0-60 in… well…. never actually.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:32:25 +0000

i miss the westfalias

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:01:31 +0000

Who cares … it’s a Volkswagen.

By: F451

F451 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:00:26 +0000

I think it’s absolutely brilliant! A great kick-around vehicle.

By: Commodore

Commodore — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:32:08 +0000

This is the best they can do with the original Up! concept. There was so much potential, this is kind of disappointing.

By: Stridder44

Stridder44 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:21:16 +0000

This looks like some bubbly Toyota POS. I beg and pray this isn’t the design direction VW is going towards.

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:41:44 +0000

This little thing has something going on – it is cool. Still don’t trust vee-dub reliability, though, but at that price the risk is not much.

By: buenos

buenos — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:48:41 +0000

I like it. Kinda replaces the cool factor that the xB lost on its redesign.

By: CA36GTP

CA36GTP — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:30:06 +0000

A minivan with 4 seats and no cargo capacity. I must be missing something.

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:10:50 +0000

Oh, I thought this was going to be a little 2-door hatchback. Looks like a toaster on wheels. Fuck it. Next

By: Scott Kempton

Scott Kempton — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:50:40 +0000

I can actually see it selling here in the U.S. If it gets great gas mileage and drives reasonably well, I’ll bet it’d be a hit.

By: Aston Martin

Aston Martin — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:21:47 +0000

BOXY. VERY BOXY. TOO BOXY.

By: Syrax

Syrax — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:55:38 +0000

yeah, this looks better than the original one.

By: fan

fan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:54:00 +0000

nice design, amazing how little changes were necessary to make the kind of bland “Up!” Study from the IAA an interesting design… still an econobox, no matter what, but an interesting looking one at that.
if they build, price and market it right, it will be a hit