UK pricing for the revised Volkswagen up! city car range has been confirmed and orders have now started. Customers who specifically want the new 1.0-litre turbo petrol engine will have to wait a little longer though, as orders for this engine don’t start until August.
Volkswagen revealed earlier this year that it’s up! range was getting refreshed with some new design details, an upgraded equipment list and a new turbo engine. The latter is more powerful than other units previously launched for the up! hatchback.
Four main trim levels
The updated range starts with the Take up! trim which is priced from £8,995 for the three-door model or £9,395 for the five-door version. The entry-level trim has a 59bhp 1.0-litre petrol engine plus a standard five-speed manual gearbox.
The Volkswagen city car in each trim including Take up! can also be specified with BlueMotion Technology (BMT) which adds various eco-friendly technologies to reduce CO2 emissions from the standard 101g/km output to just 96g/km.
All updated up! models come with electric front windows, driver’s seat height adjustment and VW’s Composition infotainment system. The latter features a 3.1-inch monochrome display, DAB radio and a CD player.
The next trim following Take up! is Move up!, which starts from £10,025 and adds more kit to the Volkswagen, including 15-inch alloy wheels, Bluetooth and four additional speakers.
There’s also the all-new up! Beats trim which starts from £10,400 and adds a seven-speaker sound system. It also offers 59bhp and 74bhp 1.0-litre petrol engines and, from next month, the new 89bhp turbo unit. To get the latter, the up! costs at least £11,350. Finishing off the revised up! line-up is the High up! trim which starts at £11,580.
