Volkswagen Up !

Future minicar VW Up! will not come before 2011! The announcement was made by a company spokesman in Wolfsburg, leaving to understand that the delay is caused largely by a series of internal problems.
Jochem Heizmann, Volkswagen's production chief, told the magazine Automobilwoche the production of Up! will start after March 2011 and the first models will reach European showrooms towards the end of the same year.

Curiously, the main problem that caused the postponement is an internal dispute within the Volkswagen Group, among the brands owned by German concern. VW official did not provide further details on this issue, but hinted that it would be petty attacks launched by some departments in some brands at other sectors of other brands.
The concept that announces version number, disclosed last month in Frankfurt, was animated by a 80 hp electric motor. Expressed in figures, this prototype was able to sprint from 0-100 km / h in 11.3 seconds and reaches 50 km / h in just 3.5 seconds.

It incorporates a lithium-ion batteries pack of 18 kWh and measure 3.19 meters long, 1.64 meters wide and 1.47 meters in height, to a wheelbase of 2.19 meters.