News just coming out of Germany confirms that the five-door version of Volkswagen's new city car, the up!, will go on sale later this year. Initially the new model will enter service in its home market on March 6 with the rest of Europe following on early in the summer.
The up! five-door will be offered with the same 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine as its three-door sibling with power outputs of 60- or 75hp, while the imaginatively titled trim levels of take up!, Move up!, High up!, Black up!, White up! will also be carried over.
Visually the only change over the three-door model, bar the addition of two extra doors, is a lowering of the rear window line. Passengers in the back will benefit from a raised seating position to allow a clear view out and despite the up!'s diminutive proportions have ample legroom with 789mm on hand.
Car Enthusiast will be driving the five-door up! later this week so watch out for the full report.
Paul Healy - 23 Jan 2012