Volkswagen News

We're going to bug you with our newest feature. Bug you. Get it? Because it's a picture of a… ahh, okay, forget it. That was lame. Seriously, though. New feature. We're going to call it…ready…"Photo of the Day!" But not every day. Not at first. For now, this semi-regular feature will jump ...    Read more

Volkswagen recently released its latest commercial, this time featuring the company's start/stop fuel-saving technology. That's great and all, but when you're trying to put your newborn to sleep by driving around the neighborhood, you'll be wishing you weren't so fuel efficient. The idea that babies fall asleep to the lull of ...    Read more

Based on the seventh-generation GTI, the "Design Vision GTI" is a concept car conceived for the Worthersee festival in Reifnitz, Austria. Led by Klaus Bischoff, the design team has drawn the C-pillars and sills outward, creating space for wider front and rear tracks, and the specially developed 20-inch wheels. Already equipped ...    Read more

With the auto show season at an end, automakers have started to deliver new models and sales for April continue to break records. As summer is right around the corner, there is no doubt that the convertibles and sports cars will be in high demand in the months to come. ...    Read more

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A new study from R.L. Polk and Company reveals that between 2010 and 2012, diesel car registrations have increased 24.3 percent, with similar increases happening throughout the country. Polk compiled data for all passenger vehicles in all states. Diesel car and SUV registrations went from 640,779 in 2010 to 796,794 ...    Read more

All the tallies from the first quarter of 2013 have been counted around the world, and Toyota has somehow managed to hold on to its title as the world's largest automaker, if by only ...    Read more

If you'd believe it us auto journalists, the 1989 BMW M3 was the high watermark of sports coupes. Everything for the last two and a half decades since then has just been wheezing hard as it struggles to catch up. Or has it? Motor Trend writer Mike Febbo partnered with European Car's ...    Read more

Volkswagen is set to offer a new edition of the Passat starting in 2013. The 2013 Volkswagen Passat Wolfsburg Edition will slot between the base S and the mid-level SE trims, and will offer additional convenience features at a competitive price. The automaker is building on the S model with a ...    Read more

China is still an emerging market when it comes to new cars, yet it has become one of the most pivotal when it comes to automakers going out of their way to meet the needs of the buying public. That's because a decade ago, China was selling a few million ...    Read more

The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is an all-new model that enters a segment still void of a concrete identity, but with the Jetta Hybrid, Volkswagen looks to shape our notion of hybrids for the better. The German automaker is determined to become the world's largest, and if wants to woo ...    Read more

What's New Volkswagen and Apple are teaming up to bring the iBeetle to the Shanghai Auto Show. Apple's iPhone will interface with the Beetle and Beetle Convertible thanks to a specially developed app and docking station. The iBeetle will be the first vehicle from Volkswagen's lineup to have the iPhone as ...    Read more

What's New Volkswagen is unveiling the CrossBlue Coupe Concept at the Shanghai Auto Show, the second crossover concept the company has shown this auto show season. With 415 horsepower, Volkswagen says this plug-in hybrid concept would be capable of 79 mpg and could travel up to 21 miles on a full ...    Read more

Set to go on sale this summer, the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel gets an EPA-estimated 46 mpg on the highway, the highest of any non-hybrid vehicle in America. The Cruze Diesel also has a highway range of 700 miles on one ...    Read more

The Frankfurt Auto Show is still months away, but we're already anticipating the debut of the next Volkswagen Golf R hot hatch. When we drove the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R, we were immediately taken in by the R's no nonsense approach: an excellent all-wheel-drive system that provides exceptional ...    Read more

On this episode of Head 2 Head, Jonny Lieberman drags two diesels through the dirt, showing off their capabilities as well as why more automakers should adopt diesel engines. The offroad capabilities of both vehicles are tested to find out which diesel will come out on top: the 2014 Jeep ...    Read more

As part of its new "As Sun As Possible" campaign with the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible, Volkswagen is releasing a clip where an apparently loony enthusiastic skydiver jumps over the scenic North Shore coastline of Hawaii. But that's not the spectacular part. The skydiver somehow ends up doing ...    Read more

It's easy to snooze through new car sales each month with a few inevitabilities, right? The Ford F-Series will always be the best-selling pickup. The Toyota Camry will always be the best-selling midsizer, unless the Accord trades spots with it like it does so often. Except that neither the Accord nor ...    Read more

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The 2013 New York Auto Show press days are over, and after a weekend to reflect on what we saw in New York City's Javits Center, we've distilled the dozens of debuts into our list of the best and worst. We call it ...    Read more

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There are days when shake my head in disbelief towards the natives of Southern California who, when a cool chill blows inland, bringing temperatures to the mid-50s as the sun sets, they're dressed as though they're being exiled to Siberia. Back east, we called that shorts weather. Southern California ...    Read more

In the biggest piece of non-news you'll read all day, Volkswagen is discontinuing its slow-selling Routan minivan after the 2013 model year. The automaker made the announcement to Automotive News, VW CEO Jonathan Browning saying "The segment is contracting in favor of crossovers and SUVs." Most of the rest of Routan production is ...    Read more

We're in the Big Apple, covering the 2013 New York International Auto Show from the Jacob Javits Center and the outlying venues. This year, General Motors looks to continue its momentum with five new models--the redesigned 2014 Cadillac CTS, refreshed Buick Regal and LaCrosse, the sendoff version of the current-generation ...    Read more

The Volkswagen Tiguan was introduced to the world in production form back at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Now, over six years later, Volkswagen has built its one millionth Tiguan unit, a white R-Line model with a 1.4- liter TSI engine rated at 160 horsepower. This milestone, while respectable in ...    Read more

Set to debut at the 2013 New York International Auto Show, the 2015 Volkswagen Golf is lighter, bigger, safer, and more fuel efficient than the version it replaces. All three versions of the new golf, the entry-level 1.4-liter gasoline engine, the 2.0-liter TDI clean diesel, and the GTI, will be ...    Read more

Sometimes automotive engineers are allowed to roam free, using the best resources and the brightest minds at their companies to make extravagant, cost-no-object vehicles that are rarely commercially viable beyond a scant few wealthy buyers. They become prognosticators for the automotive industry, and we inevitably see what we'll be driving ...    Read more

The 2014 Volkswagen GTI is among the most important new cars debuting at the Geneva Motor Show next week, not because the world needs another sport compact--and not even because the GTI is the oldest nameplate in its segment, having first debuted in 1976. No, the GTI gains its significance ...    Read more