30 Jul 2014, 08:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The very first generation of the Skoda Octavia vRS was offered with a 1.8 turbo engine with 20 valves. Skoda customers have largely shied away from big petrol engines in recent years, but we think t...
23 Jul 2014, 04:07 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Perhaps the only thing worse than the number of modern cars that do not offer manual transmissions these days is the number of cars that do offer continuously variable transmissions (CVT). For 2015,...
19 Jul 2014, 10:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Quite a few new 2-liter engined hot hatches have been launched this year. There's the new 280 PS SEAT Leon Cupra, the updated Megane RS 275 that's conquered the Nurburgring and a whole bun...
14 Jul 2014, 22:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Faith in the Volkswagen brand has been restored today! After weeks of seeing the Golf’s Spanish hot sister, the SEAT Leon Cupra, dance all over the R badge, the Scirocco R rises from its ashes...
11 Jul 2014, 09:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just a week after its reveal, Volkswagen has announced that it's already taking orders for the new Passat sedan in Germany, which they describe as "the most successful company car in Europ...
10 Jul 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Looking for a practical family car that can carry a lot of things and yet is still good off-road? Just walk into your local Skoda showroom in August and ask for the all-new Skoda Octavia Scout, a ru...
7 Jul 2014, 12:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While some gamers work for hours and hours to develop new bunny hopping techniques, when it comes to the world of drag racing, and racing in general, for that matter, this is definitely something yo...
5 Jul 2014, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Here’s a question that’s been bugging people for a few months now: If I have somewhere over €30,000 to spend on a hot hatch, do I go for the new generation of legendary Golf R or sa...
3 Jul 2014, 12:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen UK has just announced a new "Match" trim level for the British market. There's nothing new about what's on offer, but clever packaging ensures you more of the premium ...
26 Jun 2014, 15:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The GTI is old news in Europe, having launched over a year ago. However, America has just begun receiving it, a slightly re-tailored version of the European car, made in Mexico for the 2015 model ye...
16 Jun 2014, 11:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nowadays, the Volkswagen Golf is the quintessential family car, the benchmark for all things 5-door in the European market. But when it was first launched 40 years ago, VW and the German auto indust...
9 Jun 2014, 20:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Like Chrysler recently put it, nobody grows up dreaming of a Passat (or was it the Jetta?). But normal family sedans are much more important than you might think and now there's an all-new, 8th...
6 Jun 2014, 16:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Blue, sporty and frugal at the same time – that can only be the Polo BlueGT from Volkswagen. The mildly hot hatch was launched in 2012 and has just been updated by the German automaker, who no...
12 May 2014, 18:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / University professors and Whole Foods addicts rejoice – Volkswagen has just announced US pricing for the brand new 2015 Golf, a German-designed hatchback that's poised to go on sale this ...
2 May 2014, 11:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seem a little bit of a canundrum is going on in the hot hatch world right now. While the Polo GTI has been criticized for not being engaging enough due to the DSG gearbox, Renault's Megane R...
23 Apr 2014, 19:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen never makes a concept just to show it can. When they show a study, the only question people have is "when?". Heck, the Germans even put the XL1 into limited production just...
16 Apr 2014, 14:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / News about the 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI is spreading across Vdub forums like wildfire. Apparently, the model will start at $25,215 (including $820 destination and handling) and will hit dealerships ...
11 Apr 2014, 16:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen USA today revealed the 2015 Golf SportWagen, a model which will replace the dated wagon that's sold in North America under the Jetta name right now. Being described as a prototype, t...
8 Apr 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The SEAT Ibiza might already be six years old, but it's still the most youthful car built on VW Group's A0 platform, shared with the Polo, A1 and Fabia. Not wanting to let its fans down, t...
3 Apr 2014, 18:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Numerous reports emerged last year of metallic sounds coming from the 2nd or 3rd gears of Volkswagen Group's DSG gearboxes, especially in countries with warm climate and/or band roads. After su...