Being the Biggest Carmaker Makes You the Biggest Loser
2 Feb 2013, 16:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / People used to go shopping at Walmart or whichever retailer claimed to have the biggest stores in the country until they figured out that actually means you have to walk more from isle to isle, wait...
New Volkswagen Golf 4Motion Launched
28 Jan 2013, 15:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're looking for a compact SUV that will help you take the kids to school and back on a winter day, why not go for a Golf hatchback instead. The seventh generation of the legendary family ...
Volkswagen Teases New Golf R Ahead of Geneva Debut
28 Jan 2013, 10:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The announcement of an all-new Volkswagen Golf R is a big deal for performance car enthusiasts, who don`t really like the fact that the GTI is front-wheel drive (and not all that powerful). The R ve...
2013 Volkswagen Beetle Super Bowl Commercial: Get In. Get Happy
28 Jan 2013, 09:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You gotta love a car commercial that's not really about cars. VW's Game Day commercial for the 2013 season is something to behold! They kind of missed the mark with the teaser for this ...
VW to Build Golf VII in Mexico in First Quarter of 2014
25 Jan 2013, 17:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen revealed the new Golf at last year's Paris Motor Show and hasn't looked back. The C-segment hatchback was and instant hit and just a few months, over 100,000 orders were receive...
Volkswagen Announces Use of High-Strength Steel to Reduce Weight
25 Jan 2013, 16:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Weight negatively affects automobiles in so many ways. It dents a car`s handling capabilities, its performance, comfort and economy. This is why all automakers are now on a quest to reduce the weigh...
Volkswagen Inaugurates Huge Solar Park in the US
25 Jan 2013, 10:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Automakers are now on a quest to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by streamlining their operations, as well as adding as much new green tech as is currently financially possible and viable. Vol...
New Golf R First Photos Emerge, Will Arrive in 2014 with 290 HP
24 Jan 2013, 17:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We're not going to beat around the bush with this story. This is the new Golf R, driven by bild.de in Scandinavia. It's still not a fully built prototype, which explains why it looks li...
New VW Golf VII Variant: First Photos, Will Debut in August
24 Jan 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Golf is a smash hit for Volkswagen, the German automaker having reportedly received no less than 100,000 orders in a very short amount of time. Right now, the car is available as a three-doo...
Why Overtaking on the Right Is Such a Bad Idea
24 Jan 2013, 09:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Most of the world`s countries have chosen to drive on the right-hand side of the road, and overtaking is done on the left side only, for reasons of safety. In countries where they like driving on th...
Volkswagen Golf VII Estate / Variant Rendering
23 Jan 2013, 11:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the seventh incarnation of the VW Golf is on the market, it’s time for the car to receive its special versions. While most of us are waiting for the GTI hot hatch, we must also cater ...
Skoda Snowman Seven-Seater SUV Rendered
23 Jan 2013, 09:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda's Yeti is easily one of the most talented and tempting propositions in the small SUV/crossover sector, and its wide blend of qualities and more affordable price than much of its competiti...
All-Electric Volkswagen eUp! to Cost under €25,000 in Germany
21 Jan 2013, 15:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One of the two main drawbacks of buying a current generation all-electric vehicle if the very high acquisition cost, which you do recuperate if you use the car regularly for a number of years, but i...
Audi, Volkswagen, BMW and MINI Record Worst Engine Failure Rates
21 Jan 2013, 14:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / There are many who buy German simply because they think they are buying a well-engineered and high quality product, yet it seems that 'they don`t make them like they used to', according to...
Bentley SUV Very Close to Getting Green Light for Production
21 Jan 2013, 14:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Bentley wants to make an SUV, and they undoubtedly want to follow along the same lines as the hugely-successful Cayenne, which is now Porsche's main money maker. However, they have not been com...
Sebastien Loeb Wins 7th Monte Carlo Rally
21 Jan 2013, 08:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This year's edition of the Monte Carlo Rally, as part of the World Rally Championship, went to French driver Sebastien Loeb, who has now won the famed rally venue for the seventh time, despite ...
Skoda Working on Seven-Seater Crossover
18 Jan 2013, 10:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With a lineup of clearly differentiated vehicles that are also cheap-ish, but well built, Czech carmaker Skoda is now pondering in which direction it can grow. Careful consideration must be taken so...
Spyshots: Production Version of the Volkwsagen XL1 Spotted Snow Drifting
17 Jan 2013, 16:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The XL1, arguably one of the most interesting concepts to come from the VW group in a very long time, is set to debut later this year. For those who may not know it, the XL1 is a two-seater car, des...
Volkswagen Opens 100th Plant in Mexico
17 Jan 2013, 16:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Globalisation and internationalization are perfect words to describe what Volkswagen is doing through its relentless worldwide expansion. Nothing is more eloquent to prove this point than the recent...
Volkswagen to Debut Polo R WRC at Monte Carlo Rally on January 16
15 Jan 2013, 14:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The rally version of the new Polo R, the WRC variant, to be more specific, will make its competition debut at the Monte Carlo rally, on January 16 - tomorrow. The all-wheel drive Polo, powered by a ...