- Volkswagen has added a five-door version of its Up! minicar in Europe.
- The five-door Up! joins the original three-door variant that was unveiled last fall at the Frankfurt auto show.
- The Up! five-door goes on sale in Germany in May, priced from $13,400.
WOLFSBURG, Germany — Volkswagen has added a five-door version of its Up! minicar in Europe, as it continues to extend the range of what the automaker calls its New Small Family.
The five-door Up! joins the original three-door variant that was unveiled last fall at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, as well as such European cousins as the Skoda Citigo.
The Up! five-door goes on sale in Germany in May, priced from $13,400, and will reach other European markets by early summer. The three-door model starts at just under $13,000.
VW said it expects half of all Up! buyers to choose the five-door, which shares its underpinnings, including powertrains, with the Up! three-door.
Inside Line says: VW adds another building block to its rapidly expanding small-car family.
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isend2c says:
01:04 PM, 01/23/2012
I want a 3-door up! here, I think it's such a cute / sharp looking little car and if it's $13,000 in Germany with something like 24% VAT added, then it'd be one of the cheapest cars in the states. I think it'd be a great car for city dwellers or folks who don't car, or people like me who will bring it to redline before every shift because it only makes 60 HP.
juan_mx says:
08:55 AM, 01/23/2012
"...as well as such European cousins as the Skoda Citigo" .... and the Seat Mii