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In a surprise move, Subaru gets ARX champion Scott Speed to drop Volkswagen to drive a Subaru WRX STI next season.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has chosen seven Volkswagen vehicles for inclusion with its Best Cars For Teens Program. The cars were chosen in two categories, Best or Good. The pricing points were $20,000 for Best Cars and $10,000 for Good Cars.

Though you would think an electric version or a hybrid model VW Jetta would be in the running for the "Green Car of the Year," you would be wrong. The turbocharged version of the seventh-generation Jetta has been name a finalist in the competition.

After telling the automotive press that the T-Cross was not heading to the U.S. market, it seems that VW still wants to have a low-end subcompact crossover/SUV. Though there is little information available now, what we do know indicates that the new vehicle will be slotted below the Tiguan, but will stlll be longer than anything available in Europe.

Yesterday, Volkswagen introduced its long-anticipated small SUV, the T-Cross, at simultaneous intros in Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Sao Paolo. Aside from being a standard new-car intro, we did learn that it will be sold in every major market, but the U.S. Torque News tells you why.

One of the most frustrating things about owning an electric car is missing the easy dynamic once had by going to a gas station to refuel. As electric cars proliferate and investment money is spent, however, more and newer options, either now or coming on the horizon, will make public charging easier, and in a few cases, even for free.

After two tumultuous years, highlighted by the Dieselgate scandal, Volkswagen has decided to change the person at the top. The automaker has tapped Scott Keogh, CEO and president of Audi, with the task of rebooting sales at VW. Hinrich Woebcken, current president, will remain as an adviser to the board.

Volkswagen is watching its monthly sales closely as SUVs are picking up their fair share of sales. Indeed, SUV sales have surpassed VW expectations. They expect SUVs to have a greater impact on sales as the market grows.

Volkswagen's next-gen Jetta has been receiving accolades since it was introduced a couple of months ago. It is easy to see why. VW designed the new Jetta to be a bridge to the connected car of the future. And, after looking at it more than bit, we an say we agree.

Scott Speed held off a hard-charging Tanner Foust to cement his driving championship in the ARX. Though Speed finished on of the Semifinals to set the stage for his COTA points win, Foust managed to win the fourth ARX of the season.

Volkswagen and Microsoft announced Friday that they are teaming to develop cloud-based solution to technology problems. For example, while other tech development contracts may focus on infotainment or displays,VW and Microsoft are developing cloud-based solutions to networking problems.

Looking at the future direction of Volkswagen, it is filled with electric vehicles. Indeed, the vehicles are based on the MEB (EV) platform. The same platform will underpin all VW EVs. To give you an idea of the extent of EV plans for VW, the automaker plans to have 27 I.D. vehicles on sale by 2025 or so.

In what could be a tuneup for the final American Rallycross festivities this weekend, the drivers of the VW Andretti Rallycross team put on a hard-fought display of driving that saw one of them -- Scott Speed -- knocked out of the racing in the Final and the other -- Tanner Foust -- claw his way back to a well-earned third place in last weekend's Nitro Rallycross.

ANALYSIS AND OPINION: One of the fringe benefits of golden state citizenry is you get exemption from occupancy rules on California HOV lanes if you drive some kind of electric plug-in. But lately too many single occupant cars are clogging up the lane. They need to narrow the criteria. They started by asking WHO should be allowed access? Instead, maybe Californians need to start a national conversation with a reset to ask exactly: WHAT KIND OF ELECTRIC CAR should have access?

In the first event of its kind, the Nitro Rallycross event, scheduled for Utah's Motorsports Campus this weekend, has attracted the current leaders of the American Rallycross series, Scott Speed, currently atop the leaderboard, and Tanner Foust, who is sitting second.

With Type 1 Beetle Mark 3 in its swansong, VW decides in good timing that it’s ready to try its luck and good fortune on another storied halo, that some say as a van, has more potential of being even more popular and longer lasting than Beetle, even as an electric. Let’s hope Samba reaches its 100th Birthday in 2049 that Beetle almost made in 2038 (or earlier?), but didn’t quite live as long.

Volkswagen had a remarkable couple of days at the Bonneville Salt Flats this weekend as a 2019 Jetta, modified to run on the sands, set two new speeds marks.

Looking to the future, the Volkswagen Group has announced that within the next few years it will build as many as 10 million electric vehicles based on the MEB platform.

It's a sad but necessary part of the business. When business isn't good and cars are sitting on lots do you know what happens? Unless the automaker is extremely confident of a turnaround, the automaker eventually pulls the plus on the vehicle. That's what happened this week as VW squashed Its slow-sellng, though iconic, Beetle.

Volkswagen, pushing the bounds of 3D Printing Technology, announced plans to work with HP, a leading print technology and printer manufacturer, and GKN Metallurgy, to develop new 3D printing techniques, using HP's new 3D Printers and GKN Metallurgy's Technology.

Volkswagen has issued its second Atlas recall in the last two weeks. The first was to repair a potential brake problem that affects both Passats and Atlases. The second is specific to Atlas models.

Volkswagen has recalled a total of 8,415 Atlas and Passat models to fix brake issues. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the automaker has recalled the 2017 and 2018 models to fix a potential problem with the caliper brakes mounting bracket that may lessen braking effectiveness.

Volkswagen continued the eight-month momentum it has established this year as its sales were more than 235,000. Led by the new Jetta and its SUVs, Tiguan and Atlas, the automaker posted gains in its month-to-month and year-to-date figures.

Have you been wondering lately if you are driving the right car? After all, your commute is, at least, one hour each way and there are more than a few drivers’ roads – twisty bits, off-camber fall aways and more – along the way, which enrich your drive. But, your vehicle, the humble daily driver in the driveway, it is up to it?

Volkswagen's second generation Tiguan was named the best $35-$40K SUV by U.S. News and World Report Magazine.

Did Herbert Diess, chief exec of Volkswagen, have knowledge of the diesel scam before it went public and resulted in the largest private criminal case in history? A story in Der Spiegel, an influential German newsmagazine, says yes.

With the growing rapid output of worldwide EV production, the glaring reality of supply and demand becomes more obvious as to which key players in the auto industry are prepared for battery shortages and which ones are not. Regardless, if the company you buy a BEV from is not one of “the big three,” you should expect you car order to be delayed because of battery shortages by the factory.

Will the VW Tanoak be built? Looking at all of the potentials, there's only one firm answer to this question: only VW knows the answer and it isn't talking.

Volkswagen has recalled 45,000 2018 Tiguans to replace an ambient light LED unit. The unit is located within the panoramic windroof.

A tuning firm, B&B Automobiletechnik, has managed a huge jump in power for the smallest member of the Golf GTI family. The Up! GTI has had its power raised from 100 horsepower to 145 horsepower. Of course, it took a lot of work and added equipment. Here's how they did it.