Golf (VW)

On July 22, Karma Automotive announced it will reveal the production-ready interior of the new Karma Kaveya super-coupe together with the global premiere of the "GT-UV" Design Study (name to be announced) at Monterey Car Week’s Quail event on August 16. The Design Study establishes a new segment of multi-terrain Grand Touring Utility Vehicle, or GT-UV.

On August 17, at the Monterey Motorsports Festival, the Karma Kaveya will be shown alongside the 3rd Generation Karma Revero, which features an E-REV (extended range electric vehicle) powertrain that seamlessly blends electric and ICE power, delivering impressive range and exhilarating performance. Karma is expected to begin customer deliveries of the 3rd Generation Revero in Q4 2024.

On August 18, at the 73rd Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the Karma Kaveya will grace the Concept Lawn concurrent with the Concours taking place on the Pebble Beach Golf Links. Presently undergoing development testing and anticipated for 2026, the Karma Kaveya features carbon fiber bodywork with butterfly doors, offering up to 1,000 HP of pure electric power with estimated pricing from USD 300,000.

(Karma press release on July 22, 2024)

On June 27, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that Volkswagen is recalling model year 2022 to 2024 Golf GTR and Golf R compact cars, as well as Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs for an issue with the backup camera. A total of 84,432 models in the U.S. are affected by this recall.

Software errors on affected vehicle models may cause the rearview image to be delayed or disabled when the vehicle is shifted into reverse. This increases the risk of a collision and injury when the vehicle is reversing. In addition, the delay or disabling of the rearview camera image means that the vehicle no longer complies with the federal response time requirement for the system.

Volkswagen will fix the issue through a software update for the infotainment system. The company will notify all vehicle owners of the recall by August 23.

(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration document on June 27, 2024) 

According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on July 4, UK passenger car sales increased 1.1% to 179,263 units in June 2024. Year-to-date sales increased 6.0% with 1,006,763 cars registered in the first 6 months of 2024.   

June sales for VW increased 1.8% to 15,458 units (8.6% market share), BMW sales increased 16.8% to 13,547 units (7.6% share) while Audi sales decreased 2.5% to 11,929 units (6.7% share). Toyota sales increased 17.2% to 11,068 units (6.2% share), Kia sales increased 7.6% to 10,321 units (5.8% share).

The best-selling cars in June 2024 were Kia Sportage (4,113 units), Nissan Juke (3,891 units), Tesla Model Y (3,642 units), VW Golf (3,463 units) and BMW 1 Series (3,397 units). 

Compared to last June, gasoline-engine car sales decreased 7.8% to 91,227 units (50.9% share), EV increased 7.4% to 34,034 units (19.0% share), HEV increased 27.2% to 26,702 units (14.9% share), PHEV increased 30% to 16,604 units (9.3% share), and diesel-engine car sales decreased 17.2% to 10,696 units (6.0% share).

In June, private car sales decreased 15.3% to 67,625 units (37.7% share), fleet sales increased 14.2% to 105,868 units (59.1% share), and businesses sales increased 22.0% to 5,770 units (3.2% share). June’s market growth was driven primarily by the fleet sector, where uptake rose by 14.2%, while private retail demand fell for the ninth consecutive month, down -15.3%.

Sales of all vans to 3.5 tons decreased 4.5% to 33,066 units, sales of trucks between 3.5 and 6.0 tons increased 12.3% to 604 units while sales of taxis decreased 67.7% to 50 units in June. 

(SMMT press releases from July 4, 2024) 1 / 2