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Not only has the VW Andretti Red Bull GRC team clinched Manufacturer's Championship for Volkswagen, it looks as if the season finale in Los Angeles in October will be the race that determines which racer ends up on top.

Word is out that Volkswagen is planning to put the first I.D. concept vehicle into production, the I.D. Crozz. Already there have been a flurry of minor changes on the crossover that have left those who have seen them decidedly underwhelmed.

The Volkswagen Andretti Red Bull Global Rallycross team pulls into this week's next-to-last race of the season with one driver hoping to increase his lead in championship points but with the other hoping he can close the gap. Since the start of the season, Scott Speed and Tanner Faust have traded the number one position in the driver standings in a closely fought contest. Last month's Atlantic City event changed the picture considerably.

Continuing its recovery from the sales disaster brought on by the Dieselgate scandal, Volkswagen reported sales of 32,000 units in August, a 9.0 percent increase over 2016.

Volkswagen has recalled 281,000 2006-16 Passat, Passat Wagon and CC models to repair faulty fuel pumps. The problem can result in stalls, potentially leaving occupants exposed to accidents and injuries.

Volkswagen, which not long ago produced its 150 millionth vehicle, unveiled its pricing for the e-Golf series of electrics. The e-Golf is the automaker's current major electric offering.

Volkswagen's Jetta led the way as the automaker swept the top three spots in AutoPacific's 2017 Ideal Vehicle Awards. The research firm surveyed more than 54,000 2016 and 2017 new vehicle owners to determine the winners in several categories.

Torque News has learned more details about the upcoming Volkswagen I.D. Buzz electric vehicle. Planned for 2022, the Buzz owes much of its design to the iconic Volkswagen Microbus that generations of hippies, surfer dudes and others loved back in the 1960. The update, though, has size advantages when compared to two popular vehicles, the Honda Odyssey and Ford Explorer.

Volkswagen has made it official. The I.D. BUZZ, which owes much of its look and feel to the iconic VW Microbus of the 1960s, will go into production and arrive in showrooms as a 2022 model.

Volkswagen has pulled back the curtains on the new Tiguan Limited that is soon to be introduced at dealers. The Limited is the former standard model. On VW's decision to sell the "long" Tiguan, the automaker decided that the old standard would remain in the lineuup with a new name, the Limited.

The Volkswagen Andretti Global Rallycross team clinched its second-straight manufacturer's championship as Scott Speed had a sensational weekend behind the wheel. Speed took both series races Saturday and Sunday at Atlantic City's Bader Field where the race series setup quarters for the weekend.

Tanner Foust enters this weekend's edition of the Red Bull Global Rallycross stop at Bader Field in Atlantic City with a target on his back. Foust's teammate on the VW-Andretti Rallycross team Scott Speed is only 26 points behind Foust for the lead in championship points.

Volkswagen is doubling down on an incentive plan to get older diesel models off the road in Europe. Though the automaker has been reluctantly yielding ground to the idea of incentives, last week's German diesel car summit brought agreement from the three major diesel manufacturers in Germany to offer incentives to remove diesel vehicles that meet only Euro 1 to 4 air standards off the road.

Though Volkswagen is planning a strong push for the T-Roc crossover in most of the world, it looks as if it is another nice model that may just not make it across the pond to the U.S.

Volkswagen's 2018 Atlas has been named a winner of an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick award by the safety group.

In a year when car sales for the first half went charging ahead, July sales seem to be indicating a softness and slowdown in the overall market. At Volkswagen, overall sales for the month were off a bit, but for the year, as a whole, they were still up a tad.

Volkswagen's I.D. electric series, built using the same MEB platform, continues to draw raves. For the second time in the last two years, the I.D. Buzz, an MPV, that stands on a platform that is about mid-sizes was named "Concept Truck of the Year."

According to published reports this weekend, observers expect few VW turbodiesel owners to opt for vehicle repairs now available. More than likely, the owners will stick with their plans to have VW repurchase their vehicles.

As the Justice Department begins its informal review of the automotive business practices of Germany's Big Five, it seems that the timing of this turn of events may have as much to do with who was first in the mad-dash to number one.

According to a news report, the Justice Department has launched an informal review of German reports of major collusion among the country's major carmakers. The report appeared in the influential German magazine Der Spiegel.

Volkswagen's leaders hurriedly called a meeting of its supervisory board to look into allegations that the European Commission is probing reports of cartel-like actions on the part of automakers on diesel emissions.

Volkswagen's marketing campaign for the I.D. electric series is becoming clear as the automaker has slated the I.D. hatch, Crozz and Buzz to take on Tesla Model 3.

Volkswagen is moving past Dieselgate in most of the world as sales continue to increase in June. The automaker reported that for the half-year, ending in June, the automaker delivered 2,935,100 vehicles, an increase over the same period last year.

After years of sluggish sales, Volkswagen has decided to kick the upscale, mid-sized crossover out of the lineup. Its replacements are already there, the three-row crossover Atlas and the long Tiguan, another three-row crossover. The current Tiguan, shown above, will remain as a sales partner to the long Tiguan, as the Tiguan Limited.

The VW Andretti Global Rallycross team continued its winning ways with a 1-2 finish for drivers Scott Speed and Tanner Foust, pilots of the Beetles that took the event. The win helped VW to extend its lead for the manufactuer's championship while Speed regained sole possession of second place in driver points following first place Foust.

Volkswagen's recall of 450,000 SUVs that have been affected by failing parts could be just the tip of the iceberg. With industry consolidation, it is quite possible that as many as 13 other carmakers and suppliers could also be facing their own set of callbacks.

Volkswagen has avoided a major cost hit as the automaker, just beginning to recover strongly from its self-inflicted emissions scandal, has found that a software upgrade can cause of problem with the braking systems of 766,000 models worldwide.

June was a good month for Volkswagen and its subsidiary Audi. The VW brand saw that the Dieselgate scandal was fading as their sales were up 15 percent in June. Audi celebrated its 78th straight monthly sales increase, led by sales of the Q7.

Buyers will find an interesting change in VW marketing philosophy if they are looking for a new Tiguan in a few weeks. When they are both available, the long Tiguan and the compact model will be sold side-by-side. The compact will be called the Tiguan Limited.

When the new long Tiguan appears in dealer showrooms this year and when the Atlas gets into the hands of buyers each will be carrying two important messages for VW.