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  8. Lupo cable sector 4A0 721 757 A

    in Volkswagen Lupo

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    On 1/6/2024 at 5:22 PM, Wint3rsmith said:

    Main dealer gets them from Germany. I've managed to repair mine with a piece of old clutch cable and ordered one from dealer so it's all good now. Hardest part by a long way is getting the damn thing back on again. 

    I work as a parts advisor for a main dealer, so I know where they come from! Glad you fixed it though!

  10. All UP! models to be discontinued over next 6 months.

    in Volkswagen Up!

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    I'm on my 2nd Up!, the first being a 2013 High Up! with all the toys on it. It now belongs to my son, which apart from a lack of power (75bhp and not a lot of torque!), he is quite happy with it. I had no major issues in the 5 years I owned it, and so far with my son, it's been good. It's now on 83k miles, I bought it in 2014 with 7500 miles on the clock. 

    My GTI is 5 years old in April, and sits on 73k as of today, and I love it. The remap has helped tbf, but despite the lack of illuminated switches, I don't have any major gripes with the car or how it performs. Side by side, the dimensions of the cars are identical, underneath they are pretty much the same too, so I don't really get all the hate they seem to be getting on this thread. As I've said before though, the Up is a great car, just not as 'special' as the Lupo, certainly in GTI form. The other Lupo I have access to is a 1.4S, and the Up compared to that is streets ahead, both in terms of equipment and dynamically. I guess on a Lupo forum though, there will be more love for the Lupo! 

     

     

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  12. Lupo GTI on anything other than 205/45 R15's?

    in Volkswagen Lupo

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    I've been running 195/45 15s on mine for years, pretty much since the first time I needed to change tyres, and never had any issues. Of all the brands I've used, I've been most happy with Uniroyal's, they offer excellent grip in the dry and more importantly, the wet, and seem to last well too. I'm currently on a set of Falkens, and whilst not as good as the Uniroyal's, they are a good alternative. 

    I found that 50 profile tyres always rub on full lock, whether at standard height or lowered, as they are just too big for the arch. 

  14. All UP! models to be discontinued over next 6 months.

    in Volkswagen Up!

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    3 hours ago, mk2 said:

    Euro 7, the new emissions standard, starts on the 1st of July 2025- only 18 months away.

    And as far as I understand it, the standard is the SAME for both diesel and petrol.

    And the cars have to have comprehensive emissions monitoring on board, to guarantee compliance for at least 10 (yes TEN) years! So a ten year old car in 2035 must emit the same as when it was new. I forsee many many 'faults' or recalls. As soon as thing start to get that strict, even the slightest variance will flag as a fault. It's almost a reason all on its own not to buy one. Unless it has something like a ten year guarantee. DPFs and EGR all clog up. How will they get around it?!

    It's going to get interesting :)

     

    Are you confusing interesting with expensive? Or boring? They obviously don't want anyone to own a car anymore, they don't want us catching planes to other countries. Life is becoming more and more strict and boring, when will we all say enough is enough?

  16. All UP! models to be discontinued over next 6 months.

    in Volkswagen Up!

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    20 hours ago, The Penguin said:

    I'm not surprised the Up, and its derivatives show no improvement on the Lupo/Arosa and without diesel models they show little variety

    I totally disagree with this, the Up! is a great car, full of character and fun to drive. Lots of different models and specs to choose from, and it never needed a diesel version, as the economy was already there with the petrol engines. Even my mapped GTI gets mid to high 50 mpg on most journeys, so why would you need a diesel variant?

  18. Vw Up Timeline

    in Volkswagen Up!

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    On 10/21/2023 at 10:33 AM, lupo1.0se said:

    After the annoucment of end of production and the thread y Mk2. I thought i'd make a handy timeline. This possibly may be a little incomplete. But something i put togther for reference purposes.

     

    Vw Up Timeline

     

    2007 – Vw Up Concept shown at the 2007 Frankfurt Motorshow.

    2009 – Vw E Up concept shown at the 63rd International Motor Show Germany in 2009.

    2011 – Vw Up GT concept shown at the 2011 Frankfurt Motorshow. Concept car was scrapped after the Brazilan motorshow

    2012 – Vw Up launched in the UK Market with initial offerings being 60bhp and 75bhp engines. 3 and 5 door available at launch. Special editions Up! Black and Up! White avalaible on launch.

    2013 - Vw E Up launched (1st Generation) with a 60kw motor, 18.7kw with a 99 mile range. Vw Rock Up and Groove Up launched (same engines as before)

    2014 – Vw Street Up launched engines same as before but with 20mm lowered suspension

    2015

    2016 – Vw Up facelifted all models. Up Beats launched

    2017 – Vw Up TSi launched in the UK March 2017 with a 90bhp Turbo charged engine

    2018 – Vw Up GTi launched in the UK Febuaruy 2018 with a n113bhp Turbo charged engine.

    2019 – Vw UP Gti production paused March 2019 for unknown reasons (at the time). Vw E Up launched (2st Generation) September 2019 with a 60kw motor, 36.8kw with a 168 mile range. 75BHP and 90BHP TSi engines withdrawn from sale.

    2020 – Vw UP Gti production restarted early 2020 (certain options removed from options list and price increased). Further information below on my thoughts on this. Covid affects production etc.

    2021

    2022 – Vw E-UP (2nd Generation) order book closed circa May 2022

    2023 – Jan 2023 production of Up Gti ended due to order book full. October 2023 production of the Vw Up as whole ended.

     

    Vw UP GT concept car scrapped

    This one is a bit of a interesting story. I cannot recall exactly where i saw this (might of been the up owners club). But basically the car went to a breakers yard in holland (i think), someone went in there at the right time and saw it there and basically stripped it and reintstated all the parts on his up. It did appear for sale at one point. Got a recent link - https://www.autoblog.nl/nieuws/buitenkansje-koop-de-enige-echte-volkswagen-gt-up-3385027

     

    Vw UP Gti production paused.

    So I knew all along this was not right. Dealers where stating wltp was the reason why the UP Gti had been withdrawn from sale. But yet at the same the Up Gti was test and PASSED said tests (See - https://www.shropshirestar.com/.../these-are-the-cars.../) and was still available to order in European countries when this was first announced. (As of 04/12/2019, the UP gti is not orderable new in any country). Also Japan had a supply of 600 3 door Up GTI’s (this I will discuss later).

     

    This makes me and I am sure other people very cheesed off with Volkswagen’s attitude towards this. Volkswagen for sure knew that the last small Volkswagen Gti was the lupo gti, by the time this car has been launched, 13 years (that’s right 13 years) had elapsed since the last new Lupo Gtis rolled off the production line, if you include 5 door Gti of a similar size (Mk5 Polo Gti), you have to go back even further to 2001 when the last MK5 Polo Gti was rolled off the production line which is 17 years ago. SEVENTEEN.

     

    Also with little market research (see howmanyleft for the Abarth 500 sales - https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93...). Vw could of easily calculated that it was potentially going to be a good seller as by the time the UP Gti was launched it only had the following rivals – Suzuki Swift Sport, Renault Twingo 110 bhp (or equivalent, I must add this is not sold in the UK anymore) and the Abarth 595. It likes having a goal completely open with no goalie and yet missing it (not the best analogy I know, but it is what I could think of).

     

    It seems extremely short sighted of Volkswagen both Market Research and Production capabilities. On the discussion point that Japan is getting 600 up gtis. Again I see this as short sighted as Japans regulations means this comes under a category a car (like the Lupo Gti) which means in Japan there is tax incentives to go for one of these over say a Polo. Which follows onto this, in Japan between 2001 to 2005 they sold nearly 2000 lupo gti’s (1000 more than the uk sold in a similar period of time) and again as with the above have been waiting a similar amount of time for a replacement. With them also not getting a 5 door version as well, this is short sighted by Volkswagen as this could be quite lucrative for them.

     

    End of Production

    As for the end of production. Not unexpected. The model is essentially 12 years old now. They could of made them through to 2024, but I suspect it’s a two fold reason why this is happening.    

    1.       Factory is being retooled at present for the new Passat (estate only)

    2.       Euro 7 emissions regulations coming in which for small city cars are next to impossible to meet.

    I would not be surprised to hear that the Suzuki Swift or the Hyundai i10 or the Kia Piccanto end production soon because of this.

    The Up GT concept was being driven around Wolfsburg for a while by a senior member of VW staff, the personal car of chief technical manager Ulrich Hackenberg, though I don't know what happened to it once he was finished with it.

    I' pretty sure the Dutch Up GT is a normal pre-facelift Up with a one-off UP GT concept body kit fitted to it. He has an Instagram page (@vw_up_gt), he was trying to sell it not too long ago..

    2014 - mild update to the pre-facelift cars. Added x2 electric window switches in the driver's door, cords to the parcel shelf (I know right!), and boot light! Luxuries! Honestly, the window switches was a welcome upgrade, it's so embarrassing leaning over to open the passenger window! 

  23. Anyone Moded a Fox yet ???

    in Volkswagen Fox

    Posted

    5 hours ago, mk2 said:

    True, we've not met up as there simply have been no big Lupo meets over the last ten years or so. Tried, and we managed 4 about a year ago. Plus Perth is a fair trek to/from Reading. Durham (the moon?) is definitely closer.

    I'd love to have a closer look at the air suspension setup on @SILVER's machine. At least I think it's his?

    The last dub show I went to was Henley (Stonor), and I was the only Lupo. Lots of air cooled, mk1s 2s and 3s... And Ups and Foxes. Dunno what that's all about.

    I've missed Stonor for the last few years, it's meant to be an aircooled show but seem to have most VW's there last time I went. It's quite common to be the only Lupo at any meets these days, though I don't see that many Up GTI's about either.

     

    Must go to Stonor next year, perhaps we could see if we could amass a few Lupo's and make a stand?

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