The plug-in hybrid California lagged a little behind ... getting out of the gate ahead of Volkswagen on the mainland, the VW Multivan eHybrid becomes the first of the two to launch in the UK.

But unlike the air-cooled hippy favourite of last century, this VW bus not only makes short ... only a turbo-diesel TDI360 Life grade is offered (a plug-in hybrid’s likely later this year ...