2016 Volkswagen Up first drive review

[@alexgontijo]

It's a matter of personal taste, but I am one of those who like this car a lot! This facelift gave it small details to be become even better. Well done VW!

[@ALXM1]

"Thank you VW for paying for my holiday in Italy sorry I meant inviting me to test drive this amazing car. Now let me make an unbiased video of what you - sorry I meant I - think about it"

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

He was completely unbiased... He works for autotrader not VW, lol

[@Countravendark]

I seriously cannot wait till next week when i will get my Volkswagen Up from 2015! I have become a Volkswagen fan

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

A great review! I love my Up! It's the best supermini on the market.

[@Jedimaster36091]

Looks marginally better than the pre-2016 versions. But please specify that the "quality" attributes you mention all over the video refers only to the perceived quality (e.g. tactile). Just drove a 2012 car and while the perceived quality still looked good, the reliability didn't. Too much steering play and the well-known gearbox problem: going to reverse gear with a big grinding noise. Not sure they fixed their gearbox problem with the 2016 model.

[@jgreen8339]

Won't you get in trouble in UK if caught using phone as infotainment screen? Does it not count as using your phone while driving?

[@lomate1963]

The blue suits it well 👍🏻

[@LukeC_96]

Great car, had the previous one as my first. I've now got a new polo, upgraded because the 1L felt too slow on the motorway. If you don't use motorways so often, this car is a great choice!

[@munirshafi2647]

Have they sorted out the nightmarish and jerky auto gearbox ?

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

I drive the Up! ASG and it isn't jerky at all... You just have to adopt a leisurely pace of driving... If you are used to driving autos then it's absolutely fine... Problems occur when you try and drive it like a manual

[@BenjaminRy]

Great review thank you!

[@vwgolf7421]

My experience with a tsi engine so far: After 5000km this engine- when running iddle -started shaking. Engine misfires - according to VAG that is a normal behaviour for the TSI engines. ( Why the engine didn't have that problem the first 5000 km, remains a mystery). So expect this to happen at any time. My collegues car ( french make, also direct-injection petrol engine) which cost half the price, runs smoother. She makes fun of me, but in Germany they call this "Vorsprung durch Technik".

[@cactus3796]

its not a supermini it is a city car, supermini is the next size up

[@lkjjkl6932]

Price how much

[@stuarthall2523]

Nice car, but makes a “thunk” sound when letting the clutch out during gear changes.

[@MadAlbo]

For all of you saying this is sponsored and all that stuff. Well it obviously is sponsored, but please can anyone find a better city car of the same price, with the same size??? NO! So please enjoy the video

[@AutoTraderTV]

Please tell us why you think this is sponsored content.

[@MadAlbo]

I was just saying what the majority says in another point of view. This is an excellent car, no matter what people say

[@MadAlbo]

As for sponsored i dont think it is sponsored, i said it in an ironic sense

[@AutoTraderTV]

Ah! Thanks for clarifying

[@TheAviationChannel]

great review

[@jasonflex6464]

good review👌👍

[@mituc]

"You have", "you've got"... Mate, I don't have anything, the failwagenmobile has.

[@jakobjrgensen2934]

still the best car

[@nathannotley8034]

Guys I really need some help for my first car and its either going to be one of these vw up Hyundai I 10 or Toyota aygo

[@joshbishop7134]

Nathan Notley im in the same boat as u but except the Hyundai its a C1

[@CiroDiMaRzio12304]

dont buy one of them just buy a golf trust me is more comfort on the highway than a up! i had an up! and its not as comfort as he is saying.

[@Courtney1992]

when is this coming to America

[@AutoTraderTV]

Hello cdude, unfortunately, there are no plans currently to offer the new up! in North America.

[@thiagolima7344]

Auto Trader really??

[@antochan1985]

where is this place?

[@davidebolz1]

Beautiful Italy, of course!!

[@icebeer871]

Northern Italy. Take a look at 3:17 - the town they enter is called Lenno. Some parts also seem to be filmed inside Milan, roughly 60km south of Lenno.

[@stuckinthemiddle7390]

So disappointing they have removed the detachable infotainment system. Won't be interested in upgrading!

[@mibrahim5215]

I would rather get the honda jazz in this class , way cheaper, practical , reliable, economic and doesn't break down. VWs are ridiculously priced

[@Jedimaster36091]

How old is your Up! Joel? Most of the owners reviews you can read on the internet are from customers who have had the car less than a year and most of them bought theirs new. So of course, I would expect nothing less than 5 stars reviews. But I would be interested to get more feedback from owners of 3+ years old cars. This is the true reliability mark of a car.

[@Jedimaster36091]

Jazz is not in the same category as Up!. Jazz is in Mini class, while Up is in City (one lower category). Also the prices do not compare. The Jazz is way more expensive than an Up (14000 EUR vs 11000 EUR).

[@Jedimaster36091]

Thanks for your feedback. Looking into getting a used city car and Up is on my search list, with the Toyota Aygo and Hyundai i10 as alternatives (although the i10 was not imported here so far).

[@NiclasGleesborg]

I Have a 2012 Up and I have experienced one problem and one problem only. The front radar came loose from the windshield and the entire windshield then had to be replaced to get the radar working again. VW paid for it.

[@simeonspada7277]

Sponsored by Volkswagen...

[@justforfun8704]

still no match for an Fiat 500

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

Fiat 500???!!!! Lol you have got to be joking!!! The Up! Whoops it in EVERY area!!

[@CiroDiMaRzio12304]

edward mercer if you have a fiat 500 abarth the up is just a piece of shit..

[@g00dfeeling]

Very boring for a city car. Fiat and PSA are much nicer. New C3 is class above, but for me that is new city car benchmark.

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

The fiat is nicer?! Lol no it isn't!!! And a C3?! No comparison with the Up! It beats the c3 hands down in EVERY area

[@g00dfeeling]

Up cannot beat anything. Its just too expensive and very boring city car.

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

+g00dfeeling I suggest you get behind the wheel and try it... By the way it is the 2016 What Car Car Of The Year... Boring? We think not

[@g00dfeeling]

Plastic parts are probably better but still Up/Citigo/Mii are among ugliest cars ever.

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

+g00dfeeling some people just have no taste!

[@alex9621]

This is 100% sponsored by VW, nobody will find so many good things to say about any car, much less about an UP...

[@alexanderreacts]

Alessandro I have to disagree. 😏

[@MOSSFEEN]

O A P car

[@mibrahim5215]

What a boring basic interior. Looks like the seventies dash boards. I didn't like

[@SuperDraupnir]

Awful "review".

[@pjwolf]

this car looks very weird. like BMW I3 from the back and Kia Soul.

[@dimejilawrence1220]

7

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

Weird?? No, it looks beautiful

[@dalilabenamar8773]

+Dimeji