Volkswagen Announces High-Performance Diesel, 10-Speed DCT
27 Apr 2013, 07:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen will introduce a high-performance diesel engine and a 10-speed dual clutch transmission, the German automaker announced on Friday. Speaking at the 34th International Vienna Motor Sympo...
New Volkswagen Golf R-Line Revealed
26 Apr 2013, 08:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Want to enjoy the look of a sporty hot hatch but would rather have a small and efficient engine as your highway companion? Volkswagen really has no problem with that, and about half a year after the...
Volkswagen Groove Up!, Rock Up! Special Editions Announced
25 Apr 2013, 07:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Volkswagen has announced that two new special editions of its Up! city car, Groove Up! and Rock Up!, will be released in the United Kingdom. The company claims that both vehicles...
Toyota Is The World’s Largest Automaker in First Quarter 2013
25 Apr 2013, 07:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Toyota Motor Corp. remains the world’s largest automaker after posting its first quarter 2013 sales numbers, outselling both General Motors and Volkswagen, who released their reports last week...
Volkswagen Up! Sedan Rendering
22 Apr 2013, 11:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen is a carmaker with many faces. In Europe or the US, it embraces the premium side of family vehicles, but there are some markets like India or Brazil where they sell much cheaper cars, the...
Volkswagen To Fire 500 Workers at Chattanooga Plant
21 Apr 2013, 10:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Volkswagen’s assembly plant in Chattanooga Tennessee announced that it will lay off five hundred of its workers due to overly-optimistic expectations when the factory started. The facility ...
The iBeetle Gets an iPhone Dock
19 Apr 2013, 14:49 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Apple tech seems to be ‘growing’ everywhere, expanding more and more into the auto market, and while the Ferrari FF is getting a kit from them to control some car functions, Volkswagen w...
Volkswagen Launches Large Investment Program in China
19 Apr 2013, 14:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen Group has announced that it will invest €9.8 billion ($12.8 billion) in China by 2015, with more than two thirds of the sum to be used in low-consumption models development and susta...
VW CrossBlue Coupe Makes World Premiere in Shanghai
19 Apr 2013, 13:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Both SUVs and the Chinese market are very crucial for Volkswagen and its ambitions to become the number one car company in the world. To this end, they decided to combine the two with a brand new co...
2015 Volkswagen Tiguan Could Gain Three-Door Coupe, Hybrid Versions
19 Apr 2013, 12:14 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Volkswagen is reportedly mulling new variants for the next Tiguan crossover SUV, which is rumored to be launched in late 2014. According to Autobild, the new Volkswagen Tiguan co...
Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupe Photos Leaked: Ins and Outs
19 Apr 2013, 11:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you were ever concerned about British build quality, now there's a German-build Range Rover Evouque that you should consider. And by "now", we actually mean a few years from now. ...
General Motors Outsold Volkswagen in First Quarter 2013
19 Apr 2013, 08:42 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / US company General Motors outsold German manufacturer Volkswagen in the first quarter of 2013 with a slight margin of around 90,000 vehicles. Both brands released their first quarter sale figure thi...
VW Marketing Boss Appointed to Save Struggling SEAT
17 Apr 2013, 08:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Volkswagen Group has appointed Skoda’s sales and marketing boss Jurgen Stackmann as chairman of SEAT. Stackmann will replace James Muir, who was given senior management role within the Vol...
Why Volkswagen Doesn’t Need Facelifts
14 Apr 2013, 15:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I’ll be honest with you guys. I really don’t know very much about smartphones. Since I’m in front of the computer for most of the day, I can’t even be bothered to upload song...
Volkswagen California Celebrates 25th Anniversary
10 Apr 2013, 15:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its iconic Volkswagen California camper van at Techno Classica, an event scheduled from April 10th through the 14th. Introduc...
Volkswagen Announces Golf "Erste" Anniversary Edition in Japan
10 Apr 2013, 09:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen Group Japan has announced that beginning on April 13th, it will start taking orders for a limited edition version of the seventh-generation Golf hatchback. It's called the "G...
Vladimir Putin Digs VW’s XL1 Concept
8 Apr 2013, 17:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Still waiting for the Russian car industry to provide him a new limousine, Russian President Vladimir Putin went to see the latest trends in the car industry at the 2013 Hannover Messe Industrie. ...
Andreas Mikkelsen Celebrates Premiere in Polo R WRC
7 Apr 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seemingly out of nowhere, Volkswagen’s Polo R WRC team has become the one to watch out for in 2013. Now, the team has added a new new third man, Andreas Mikkelsen, who managed to come in fourt...
2015 B8 Volkswagen Passat Rendering
3 Apr 2013, 12:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While Volkswagen continues to roll out more and more variants of the MkVII Golf, the same new MQB platform that underpins it is being put to good use by the engineers working on the new Passat. T...
2014 Volkswagen Golf Plus Rendering
3 Apr 2013, 12:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / To be honest, the Golf Plus isn't exactly our favorite car to look at, but it still a very nice car to own. Compared to a regular Golf you have a lot more space to relax, and compared to a Vari...