All of which means there’s a genuine big car feel about the Golf MkVI. The diesels will be the most popular over here, but don’t rule out the petrols – the 1.4TSI 160 is a nice halfway house to the GTI, and the 1.4 TSI [...]

Oprah is known for its full commercial surprises. This is not the first big surprise gift for her studio audience. This time, Volkswagen is pleased with the help of Oprah today to give away 275 pieces of new edition of the VW Beetle for 2011/12 output to each audience in attendance. Audience was screaming almost [...]

Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI According to AutoWeek, Volkswagen’s new Jetta TDI cars are just about sold out before they hit the showroom. Why? Even though diesel is close to $5 a gallon, most see the advantage of a diesel over the gas counterpart. The TDI gets 33 to 35% better gas mileage, in the Jetta [...]

34 years ago, VW revealed the first Volkswagen Scirocco at the Geneva Motor Show, now 34 years later, VW presented the Scirocco of the new era in the same venue. Now as before, the coupé embodies the fascinating strategy of putting a sports car on wheels that is fit for use every day of the [...]

BMW 5-Series GT PRESS RELEASE: The new Scirocco R – From the race track to the road Sports car has international debut at the Nürburgring Wolfsburg / Nürburg, 20 May 2009 – There could not be a better time or place for a world premiere: parallel to the start of the 24-hour race at the [...]

This is the Concept BlueSport, a mid-engined roadster concept unveiled by Volkswagen in Detroit and – with a favorable following wind – it could actually get built. “To make a strong business case for the new roadster, we need to share the investment with at least three brands,” said a senior VW Group executive. Last [...]

VW Golf VI VW Golf VI VW Golf VI VW Golf VI Volkswagen has released the first official images and information on the sixth generation Golf, that will go on sale in January 2009. The design adopts some of the elements introduced with the Scirocco. The sixth generation Golf follows five generations, 34 years and [...]

Feature wise, the only thing I’d like available that isn’t as a factory installed feature is Bluetooth capability. There’s a phone button on the steering wheel, but according to the salesman it’s for European cars; we get the same wheel here in the US but not the same function. I also saw nothing on VW’s [...]

34 years ago, VW revealed the first Volkswagen Scirocco at the Geneva Motor Show, now 34 years later, VW presented the Scirocco of the new era in the same venue. Now as before, the coupé embodies the fascinating strategy of putting a sports car on wheels that is fit for use every day of the [...]

Volkswagen announced that its upcoming Tiguan soft-roader will debut at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show in September and released the first official photos of the compact crossover. While the Tiguan will arrive packing an impressive list of off-road options, it enters into a small-SUV segment in which the average buyer shudders at the thought of [...]

2002, the Touareg marked Volkswagen’s powerful way into the field of SUVs. “Even for Abt, the car was absolutely new territory,“ explains Hans-Jurgen Abt. Back then, the managing director of Abt Sportsline did in fact have doubts about the market opportunities of the heavy weight: “But the SUV has become a great success, and meanwhile [...]

VW Golf VI 2009 VW Golf VI 2009 he Volkswagen Golf is a phenomenon, regardless of its particular generation. Positioned in the compact class, this style icon defies all automotive and social class distinctions. No other car in this price segment has even come close to reaching as large a cross-section of people. The Volkswagen [...]