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Volkswagen Designer Says the Atlas Looks like a "2012 Ford 'Whatever'"
Volkswagen Designer Says the Atlas Looks like a "2012 Ford 'Whatever'"

12 Dec 2016, 13:25 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's pretty clear the new Volkswagen Atlas won't win any beauty prizes, but one VW designer thinks it's actually much worse than that

 
VW Golf GTI Clubsport S Blows Its Nurburgring FWD Record with Amazing 7:47 Lap
VW Golf GTI Clubsport S Blows Its Nurburgring FWD Record with Amazing 7:47 Lap

7 Dec 2016, 19:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the winter is here, it will take a while until anybody (did we hear Honda fretting in the back?) can challenge the GTI Clubsport S' title

 
Volkswagen Could Offer Electric Versions of Each Model In Its Range
Volkswagen Could Offer Electric Versions of Each Model In Its Range

28 Nov 2016, 12:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen's electric offensive is expected to be different from the norm. Instead of a new model line, the current lineup will be "electrified"

 
Volkswagen Has New Strategy For The Next Decade, Focus Is On SUVs And Electrics
Volkswagen Has New Strategy For The Next Decade, Focus Is On SUVs And Electrics

25 Nov 2016, 14:24 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen has presented its strategy for the next decade, named Transform 2025+. The company plans a major overhaul, and it wants to be an EV leader

 
900 HP VW Golf Grenades Its 1.8-liter Engine During Near-Record 8s 1/4-Mile Pass
900 HP VW Golf Grenades Its 1.8-liter Engine During Near-Record 8s 1/4-Mile Pass

25 Nov 2016, 00:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Not only did this Volkswagen Golf Mk IV blow its engine during an amazing 8s quarter-mile pass (the car is FWD), but it also barely missed setting a new record

 
700 HP BMW M5 Gets Trampled by VW Golf Mk II Sleeper in Monster Drag Race
700 HP BMW M5 Gets Trampled by VW Golf Mk II Sleeper in Monster Drag Race

11 Nov 2016, 16:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This BMW M5 did pretty well during the drag racing event it took part in, but it was no match for the little Golf that could

 
Volkswagen Passat R Will Not Happen, But a Spiritual Successor is in The Works
Volkswagen Passat R Will Not Happen, But a Spiritual Successor is in The Works

7 Nov 2016, 13:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen had an interesting series with the Passat R36. The line was discontinued, but a successor is in the cards. It won't be a traditional R36, though

 
VW Chairman Targeted by Dieselgate Investigation, New Audi Gearbox Hack Surfaces
VW Chairman Targeted by Dieselgate Investigation, New Audi Gearbox Hack Surfaces

7 Nov 2016, 11:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / VW AG supervisory board chairman and ex-Volkswagen CFO now included in Dieselgate investigation, while CARB reportedly finds new Audi gearbox emissions cheat

 
Volkswagen Microbus Production Version Reportedly Greenlighted
Volkswagen Microbus Production Version Reportedly Greenlighted

7 Nov 2016, 09:11 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / After many concepts that previewed the modern successor of the VW Microbus, the German brand is on the path to launching it as an electric vehicle

 
VW Golf GTI Gets Sideways and Airborne in Odd Nurburgring Carousel Near-Crash
VW Golf GTI Gets Sideways and Airborne in Odd Nurburgring Carousel Near-Crash

4 Nov 2016, 22:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Luck was the one that saved this Volkswagen Golf GTI driver from getting involved in a rollover crash on the Nurburgring

 
Volkswagen Driver Fights His Passat in Agonising Nurburgring Near Crash
Volkswagen Driver Fights His Passat in Agonising Nurburgring Near Crash

31 Oct 2016, 21:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The driver of this Volkswagen Passat might have gotten himself in trouble in the first place, but the guy certainly knew how to manhandle the VW afterwards

 
Volkswagen Agrees to Pay $14.7 Billion Over 2.0 TDI Emissions Issue in the U.S.
Volkswagen Agrees to Pay $14.7 Billion Over 2.0 TDI Emissions Issue in the U.S.

26 Oct 2016, 11:34 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you own a 2.0 TDI-engined Volkswagen or Audi, you can now submit a form and have your car bought back by the VW Group

 
2018 Volkswagen Tiguan R Spotted at Nurburgring, Not Trying to Hide Its 310 HP
2018 Volkswagen Tiguan R Spotted at Nurburgring, Not Trying to Hide Its 310 HP

21 Oct 2016, 10:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan R is what happens when one of the hottest hatches on the market decides to grow up and becomes a crossover

 
130 MPH Nurburgring Tire Blowout Leaves VW Golf Wingless, Driver Stays Ice-Cool
130 MPH Nurburgring Tire Blowout Leaves VW Golf Wingless, Driver Stays Ice-Cool

19 Oct 2016, 21:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This is (unofficially) the fastest Mk II Volkswagen Golf on the Nurburgring, packing 350 horses and tipping the scales at a mere 2,200 lbs (1,000 kg)

 
If the Future is VW, the Future Is Ugly: Lots of Volkswagen Patents Revealed
If the Future is VW, the Future Is Ugly: Lots of Volkswagen Patents Revealed

18 Oct 2016, 13:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Volkswagen designers have been kept busy with a flurry of concepts that seem to show all sorts of weird vehicles, including buses and trucks

 
Volkswagen's New SUV Will Be Named Atlas, German Media Says
Volkswagen's New SUV Will Be Named Atlas, German Media Says

7 Oct 2016, 11:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / According to a report from German media, Volkswagen has named its future SUV "Atlas." Volkswagen declined to comment the rumor

 
American Authorities Are Weighing The Maximum Penalty For Dieselgate
American Authorities Are Weighing The Maximum Penalty For Dieselgate

27 Sep 2016, 15:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The US Justice Department is reportedly pondering what is the biggest fine it could impose on VW for Dieselgate without taking it out of business. Sounds tricky

 
Volkswagen Wins A Prize For Dieselgate Research, It's An Ig Nobel
Volkswagen Wins A Prize For Dieselgate Research, It's An Ig Nobel

23 Sep 2016, 17:09 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen has won an Ig Nobel Award for Chemistry. The German automaker was granted this parody Nobel distinction for its Dieselgate scandal

 
Audi's Rupert Stadler Could be The Fall Guy in Dieselgate Scandal
Audi's Rupert Stadler Could be The Fall Guy in Dieselgate Scandal

21 Sep 2016, 18:37 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Over a year has passed since Volkswagen's biggest scandal in history was first put under the media's spotlight and there still isn't a proper culprit

 
Volkswagen Group Focuses On Artificial Intelligence, Expands Munich Data Lab
Volkswagen Group Focuses On Artificial Intelligence, Expands Munich Data Lab

19 Sep 2016, 14:42 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen seems to be very interested in the field of artificial intelligence. After setting up a cyber security division, VW Group expands its Data Lab Team