Volkswagen Plans to Add 50,000 Workers by 2018
3 Apr 2013, 08:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Though Europe is still gripped by recession, though many would agree the auto industry has hit rock bottom. Layoffs and plant closures are costing Ford, Opel and Peugeot a lot of money, while Volksw...
Australia Will Get New Diesel VW Passat
2 Apr 2013, 14:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Volkswagen’s Passat sedan, wagon, Alltrack and the CC models just got new upgraded engines and are now available for Australian customers to buy from the local dealer network. They all come...
Car Trim Levels Suffer from Twin Sister Syndrome
24 Mar 2013, 12:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You know how all twins are exactly the same… but somehow not exactly the same. I had a teacher in high school like that. She had a slightly better looking twin who married a rich guy, while s...
The ABT Volkswagen Tiguan!
22 Mar 2013, 15:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every time we mention ABT Sportsline, we can't help but mention they are the biggest tuners of VW Group cars in the world. Every time there's a new VAG car, they're usually the first ...
Palm Cane Wrapped Volkswagen Pickup
22 Mar 2013, 13:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We’ve seen a lot of money spent on cars wrapped in velvet and even coins the past few weeks. Today we take a look at a poorer approach on this mater. A Nigerian named Ojo Obaniyi,used an ab...
Volkswagen Announces DSG Recall in China: 21 Models, 380,000 Cars
20 Mar 2013, 08:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're the not-so-proud owner of a car equipped with a DSG gearbox, be that a VW, Skoda, SEAT or Audi, than you've probably been following this story very closely the past few months, j...
Lancia Needs to Copy Skoda and Stop Selling Chryslers
17 Mar 2013, 17:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The last time I was in Italy was in 2008. I went on a summer vacation with the sole purpose of wearing flip-flops and getting a tan, but their cars still got me excited, more than the belle ragazze....
Volkswagen to Build Ten New Factories Worldwide, New US Models
16 Mar 2013, 10:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen's scheme to become the number one company in global auto industry sales by 2018 is no joke. The Germans, who are already pondering on buying a new brand, have also confirmed plans of...
Volkswagen Still Wants to Buy New Brands
15 Mar 2013, 17:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Owning 12 brands doesn't seem to be enough for the Volkswagen Group, who's considering purchasing the 13th one, according to CEO Martin Winterkorn. This is not exactly breaking news, as...
MkI Golf Becomes Volksrod
15 Mar 2013, 12:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Rat-Rod cult started expanding in Europe through the well known 50’s VW Beetle. By letting the body rust a bit, ditching the curved fenders and the interior, lowering the suspension and e...
Volkswagen to Increase Production in China
15 Mar 2013, 10:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / According to the company’s report, VW’s operating profit dropped by 4.7% to €3.64 billion ($4.7 billion) in 2012. As a result, the German automaker said it will increase production ...
We Sort of Like the VW Beetle Four-Door Coupe
14 Mar 2013, 17:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Yes, it's only a rendering created by some guy with or without a Photoshop license, but we think X-Tomi Design is on to something here. Let's examine his rendering first. The slope of t...
Meet Volkswagen's Van of the Future
6 Mar 2013, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen's electrically powered "van of the future", the e-Co-Motion Concept, has been officially unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Last time we wrote about the e-Co-Motion...
The New Golf GTI Gets Its First Commercial: My Way
5 Mar 2013, 10:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen is celebrating the launch of its brand new Golf GTI in a very cool way. Instead of doing the usual boring videos, they took the pride of German engineering to the Las Vegas strip and allo...
More Golf Variant Leaked Photos Reveal Interior
4 Mar 2013, 08:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Over the weekend, we showed you the very first photos of the new Golf Variant, a handsome new estate that will make its first appearance at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The official press kit ...
This Is the 2013 Volkswagen Golf Variant and Next Jetta SportWagen
2 Mar 2013, 14:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What has DSG, TSI, TDI, moves with BlueMotion and can carry a lot of stuff. It can only be the brand new Volkswagen Golf Variant. Built on the seventh-generation platform of the Golf hatch, this ...
Rendering: SEAT Leon Cabriolet
28 Feb 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / SEAT had plenty of opportunities to make a convertible buy hasn't done so, despite what the fans wanted. Part of the reason for this is that unlike with the Up! city car which has two almost id...
ABT Tunes Volkswagen Golf VII
28 Feb 2013, 11:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It didn't take long or German tuner ABT to announce what they are capable of doing for you and your brand new Golf VII. The car has only been available in Europe for a few months and is quickly...
Volkswagen Awards German Workers a €7,200 Bonus
28 Feb 2013, 08:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Working for Peugeot and hoping not to lose your job by next summer? Why not move to Volkswagen, since their sales don't seem to have been affected by the crisis and have actually been so good t...
Spyshots: New Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta SportWagen
27 Feb 2013, 17:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The seventh generation Volkswagen Golf is without any doubt the fastest, most comfortable, most efficient Golf they've ever made, but it does have a shortcoming, and that is its boot, which is ...