This would be an interesting car in the Aveo size range. They don't mention the transmission but I'd guess it has a MT and the 7spd DSG available.
From the UK Sunday Times.
Volkswagen is going back to its roots. The car you see here may not look like the original people’s car — the 1938 Beetle — but, according to the company, it is precisely that, for the 21st century. Called the Up!, it is a stylish, super-efficient runaround aimed squarely at city-dwellers. And despite boasting many of the technological features usually found in top-of-the-range luxury cars, it will cost a budget-friendly £8,000 when it goes on sale early next year.
These are the first pictures and details of the car that VW says is the shape of things to come for millions of motorists. Although it looks unassuming, the German company expects it to become as popular as better-known models such as the Golf and Polo within a few years.
It is small — 17in shorter than the Polo and well suited to tight parking spaces. But it is also roomy: the boxy shape allows four adults to ride in comfort. The boot is said to hold 251 litres, only 29 litres less than a Polo’s, and to expand to 951 litres with the rear seats folded.
The cabin is brightened by a colour-coordinated fascia, a trick also used to good effect in the Fiat 500 and Mini. Sprouting from the top of the dashboard is what VW calls a personal infotainment device. In addition to displaying information about the car, it will feature ParkPilot, which helps the driver to park, and apps for navigation, telephone and video player, controlled by touchscreen and voice. The car will also have “city emergency braking”, which uses radar to sense when the Up! is in danger of crashing and applies the brakes.
The Up! won’t be a road rocket — the more powerful three-cylinder petrol engine musters 73bhp and the lower-spec version just 58bhp — but fuel economy of almost 70mpg will be what motorists feeling the pinch will care about. And with CO2 emissions as low as 79g/km on the BlueMotion version, it’s as green as a Nissan Leaf (if you compare the two cars’ well-to-wheels figures). And an electric version of the Up! will go on sale in 2013.
Three trim levels will be offered to British buyers: Take Up! is the entry model, Move Up! the “comfort-oriented” version and High Up! the posh one.
There will be two special editions based on the High Up!, called Up! Black and Up! White. Now, about the name ...
Volkswagen Up!
Price £8,000 which means nothing for what a Cdn version would cost
Top speed 99mph
Release date Spring 2012
Verdict The shape of things to come
Engine 998cc, 3 cylinders
Power 58bhp @ 5000rpm or 73 BHP
Torque 80 lb ft @ 3500rpm
Fuel 67mpg Imperial
CO2 100g/km
