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The Top Gear car review: Volkswagen Up
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Quirky good looks, build quality, honest three-cylinder engineAgainst:
Seat and Skoda are doing the same for lessOverview
What is it?
The Up is VW’s smallest new car and an altogether more serious stab at building a proper city car that we’ll actually want to buy. Volkswagen has taken its creation very seriously, and, remarkably, intends this to be its biggest-selling model globally. They’ll sell more of these than the Golf.
But rather than making the Up a scaled-down version of its larger cars – as it has done in the past – the Up takes a much more intelligent approach. It’s this that’s key to its appeal, and is the reason why you may even choose one over a Volkswagen Polo.
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Highlights from the range
Title | 0–62 | CO2 | MPG | BHP | Price |
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The fastest
1.0 115PS Up GTI 3dr |
8.8s | 110g/km | 58.9 | 115 | £15,690 |
The cheapest
1.0 Take Up 3dr [Start Stop] |
14.4s | 100g/km | 60 | £9,955 | |
The greenest
1.0 Beats 5dr |
14.9s | 100g/km | 64.2 | 60 | £13,305 |