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The Volkswagen Up (stylized as Volkswagen up!) is a city car, part of the Volkswagen Group New Small Family (NSF) series of models, unveiled at the 2011 International Motor Show Germany (IAA). Production of the up! started in December 2011 at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant in Bratislava, Slovakia. The production up! follows a series of concept cars, starting in 2007 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. All up! concepts are designed by Volkswagen Group Chief Designer Walter de'Silva, and Head Designer of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars marque, Klaus Bischoff. Shown at the Frankfurt launch were several further up! concept cars, including a GT version, a natural gas-powered Eco-up! (with emissions of 79 g/km) and a four-door Cross model.〔 The original up! concept car used a rear-engine, rear-wheel drive layout, however the 2011 production model has a front-engine, front-wheel drive layout, using the NSF platform,〔 with a 3-cylinder 1.0 litre petrol engine. A battery electric version, called e-up!, was launched in autumn 2013. The Volkswagen up! won the 2012 World Car of the Year. The SEAT Mii and Škoda Citigo are rebadged versions of the up!, with modifications to the front and rear designs, and are manufactured in the same factory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/content/en/the_group/production_plants.html )〕 In February 2014 Volkswagen introduced a modified version of the up! for Latin America. The Brazilian-built up! differs from its European counterpart in length (it is 65mm longer), thanks to revisions to the floorpan's rear section to accommodate a larger fuel tank (50L instead of Europe's 35L), a full-sized spare wheel and more cargo space. All versions have revised tailgates with a painted metal section (like the Seat Mii's and Škoda Citigo's) instead of the dark glass trim used in Europe. The 5-door Brazilian up! also uses a different rear door design with sectioned glass and wind-down windows. The South American model retains the European version's safety levels with a five-star crash rating〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.latinncap.com/en/news/852d407473feff/vw-%E2%80%98up!%E2%80%99-joins-latin-ncap%E2%80%99s-growing-%E2%80%98five-star%E2%80%99-club-of-safer-cars-for-adult-occupant-protection )〕 and ample use of high-strength steel elements.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vwbr.com.br/ImprensaVW/Release.aspx?id=d6856698-776a-4255-a8bc-2541f5b8e2b1 )〕 ==Production== At International Motor Show Germany IAA 2011 Volkswagen unveiled the final version of the up! based on the Volkswagen New Small Family (NSF) modular architecture.〔 The three-door bodywork is inspired by the 2007 concept up!, the engine range is 1.0 L three-cylinder gasoline and . Both the three and five doors are available with engines running on CNG and called eco-Up. The up! is a front-wheel drive with transverse engine mated to a five-speed manual gearbox and is long has a wheelbase of . The cabin is configured to four seats. The up! is available to order in the United Kingdom since October 2011 for five models – Take up!, Move up!, High up!, up! black and up! white. British television show ''Top Gear'' presenters mock the unusual name by calling the model "Up-exclamation-mark".〔(Make way for the Volkswagen T-Roc ) - Top Gear, 5 March 2014〕 It was introduced on the German market on December 3, 2011. Deliveries to other European markets began in April 2012. SEAT Mii limited production started in October 2011 for the European market, with sales having started at the end of 2011. The final version was launched in May 2012. The Škoda Citigo was launched in the Czech Republic in October 2011. The Citigo will be sold in other countries of Europe from summer 2012, as well as in Asia (except Japan and Korea where SEAT and Škoda is unavailable), possibly including Russia if it will be produced in Kaluga. It is unknown if the up! will be sold in North America. Japanese sales began 1 October 2012; it and the Polo are the only two products that comply with Japanese Government dimension regulations. The up! launched in South Africa on March 1, 2015. Two models were offered at launch, both are the 1L 55 kW 3 door variant. The two local options were called the Take up! (R133,500), and the Move up! (R140,500).〔http://www.vw.co.za/en/models/vw_up/prices_and_options.html〕 In 2014, at the Geneva Motor Show, Seat presented the 2014 Seat Mii by Mango model designed just for ladies, made in collaboration with the Spanish fashion company Mango.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://2015carreviews.com/2014-seat-mii-by-mango-design-review/ )〕 Volkswagen has announced the up! range will be extended to include a production version of the GT up! concept, which will launch in 2013. This will feature a turbocharged version of the 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine producing and will look similar to the concept version. An electric hybrid up! — which will be badged Blue-e-motion — will follow. Along with the other two rebadged models, up! is the first car in its class to offer an automated braking system, called City Emergency Braking. The system is automatically activated at speeds below , when a laser sensor identifies a danger of collision and activates the brakes. In the SEAT model, the system is called City Safety Assist and in the Škoda model it is called City Safe Drive. File:Seat Mii 1.0 Style – Frontansicht, 23. September 2012, Düsseldorf.jpg|SEAT Mii File:Skoda Citigo 1.0 Ambition – Frontansicht (1), 17. März 2012, Düsseldorf.jpg|Škoda Citigo 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volkswagen Up」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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