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By Marc Stern on February 14, 2018 - 10:50PM
There are lots of car of the year awards out there, but how do you determine which one is best. Could it bet the work of Consumer Reports whose sleuthing turns in some of the best work in the business? Could it be the gold-standard of awards, the MT Car of the Year Award? Or could it the Good Housekeeping award which combines the work of the Good Housekeeping Institute Lab with the expertise of Car and Driver?
By Marc Stern on February 9, 2018 - 12:11AM
Volkswagen's 2018 three-row crossover, the Atlas, continues to shine as the SUV received MotorWeek's Best Large Utility Award at the Chicago Auto Show, the biggest consumer-driven auto show.
By Marc Stern on February 2, 2018 - 12:29AM
Volkswagen's 2017 sales success continued into January as the automaker reported a 5.2 percent hike in sales. VW's is showing lots of success in increasing SUV sales as they now make up 53 percent of the automaker's volume.
By Marc Stern on February 1, 2018 - 12:22AM
Volkswagen has reached across the aisle, so to speak, as it has hired Romain Dumas to pilot its new electric racing entry up Pike's Peak. Dumas, a former factory driver for Porsche, has experience with hybrids and has done well in enduro racing, winning eight races, including two Le Mans.
By Armen Hareyan on January 31, 2018 - 9:06PM
Wiebe Wakker is driving from Netherlands to Australia in an electric Volkswagen without money and now he is in Indonesia, seen in this picture with that iconic, Kuala Lumpur skyline. He is driving a retrofitted VW Golf.
By Armen Hareyan on January 29, 2018 - 4:45PM
A Care2 petition asks Volkswagen to pledge to never use animals in research again and to donate to an organization that rescues research animals.
By Marc Stern on January 29, 2018 - 1:04AM
According to a report in the New York Times, Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW funded a study to determine if diesel fumes were carcinogenic. The study was seeking an answer to World Health Organization claims that diesel emissions did cause cancer. The automakers backed away from the report.
By Marc Stern on January 26, 2018 - 11:55PM
Volkswagen's successful Golf GTI TCR racer made its U.S, debut at Daytona as the TCR series moves to the endurance circuit. The debut was at Daytona.
By Marc Stern on January 24, 2018 - 8:11PM
Volkswagen plans to phase out the e-Golf as the automaker continues work on its 8th Generation Golf. The reason for the phaseout is VW's new I.D. electric family. The three-model lineup will have a fully electric hatchback, taking the space used the e-Golf. VW execs say there's no need for two hatchbacks in the same segment.
By Marc Stern on January 22, 2018 - 11:48PM
Sources talking with Auto Express said that when the Eighth Generation Golf makes its appearance 2021 the e-Golf will go away as the automaker readies the I.D. series for their debuts.
By Marc Stern on January 19, 2018 - 11:02AM
A couple of years ago, things looked pretty bleak for Volkswagen. Beset on all sides by consumers, regulators and stockholders because of its cheating on emissions, the automaker was forced to stop selling its turbodiesel (TDI) models until fixes were found and it was also forced to pay billions in settlements. VW did the right things, pulling in its belt and admitting the problem, while promising fixes; it delivered, too. Now, things have turned around and VW has gone from loser to award-winner.
By Marc Stern on January 18, 2018 - 11:28PM
Volkswagen had a great 2017 and probably hopes to continue its sales success in 2018. Last year, the automaker sold a total of 10.74 million vehicles as it set a new record for sales.
By Marc Stern on January 16, 2018 - 10:49PM
According to some rather broad hints in the press information, Volkswagen has no plans to sell the newly introduced Jetta in Europe. The reason is size. Since the new Jetta is nearly the same size as the Passat, introduced last year, it makes little sense for the automaker to sell a new model that would only cannabalize sales from an established line.
By Marc Stern on January 13, 2018 - 6:07PM
With the kickoff of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit automakers are strutting their stuff with new-car intros all over the place. Not to be outdone, Volkswagen has introduced a new Passat GT for 2018, based on the restyled Passat introduced last year.
By Marc Stern on January 13, 2018 - 11:45AM
Clearly, the authorities in Clearfield, Utah, have way too much time on their hands. After all, why would officials declare a piece of art to be a nuisance and then demand it be taken down? The artwork in question is a tree-borne VW named Lucy and her owner can't figure out why all the fuss. The whole issue was initiated by an unknown complainant, too. Perhaps, they should get new lives and leave Janis Zettel, alone.
By Marc Stern on January 12, 2018 - 8:51AM
Volkswagen, in its drive to lead the electric vehicle market, has created a new e-mobility unit to help move it forward to its goal of 1 million VW electrics a year.
By Marc Stern on January 9, 2018 - 11:48PM
Volkswagen and Nvidia rolled out their vision of intelligent semi-autonomous vehicles of the future at a press conference that kicked off this week's Consumer Electronics Show.
By Marc Stern on January 8, 2018 - 10:20AM
Citing Volkswagen's inhouse sales estimates, it looks as if VW has retained its position as the world's number one automaker. VW and Toyota had battled for the top spot for years. However, VW jumped into the lead about the middle of last year and has held it ever since.
By Marc Stern on January 7, 2018 - 10:32PM
Volkswagen, using its hot-selling Tiguan as a wedge into the red-hot small intermediate crossover market, has announced sharp price cuts to pull customers away from competitors.
By Marc Stern on January 4, 2018 - 3:10PM
Volkswagen ended 2017 on an upbeat sales note as it reported sales were up overall 5.2 percent. Leading the sales hike were VW's two new crossovers, the Atlas and the Tiguan 2018 (lengthened to a three-row). For December, the crossovers contributed 47 percent of the sales mix.
By Marc Stern on December 29, 2017 - 11:51PM
Volkswagen is looking to have a very happy new year as it is poised to hit a new production milestone, 6 million cars this year, for the first time in its 72-year history. It won't be the last.
By Marc Stern on December 29, 2017 - 12:43AM
As 2017 lurches to a close with all of the upheaval that has gone on in the political sphere and some in the automotive space, you have to wonder about something: why is VW considering a two-row Atlas-based crossover? If it couldn't sell Touareg effectively in a blazing hot market for crossovers, then why would the automaker think it could take the Atlas and stuff it into the same role as the Touareg?
By Marc Stern on December 24, 2017 - 12:34AM
VW's subsidiary, the unit created as part of the settlement of the Dieselgate scandal, to not only drive an electric vehicle infrastructure but also choose locations, create the number of charing sites and wet numbers, has determined 2,700 vehicles are needed for EV infrastructure.
By Marc Stern on December 19, 2017 - 11:26PM
Volkswagen, celebrated an amazing motorsports year, winning -- no kidding -- a total of 15 national and international racing titles, a feat no other factory has accomplished. The breadth of the wins was amazing as it ranged from rallying to Rallycross to open cockpit and more.
By Marc Stern on December 17, 2017 - 11:09PM
Volkswagen, whose Atlas SUV has been a strong seller in its first seven months on the market, may be expanding the line. The automaker has trademarked a couple of interesting name and there have been hints that a sporty five-seat version in the offing, as well as an off-roading version.
By Marc Stern on December 13, 2017 - 12:56AM
Volkswagen held a debut Tuesday where the 2019 Jetta was introduced to the automotive press. The automaker plans to the global introduction at next month's North American International Auto Show.
By Marc Stern on December 6, 2017 - 8:46PM
A former Volkswagen executive, nabbed while he was trying to leave the country last January following a vacation trip to Florida, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and fined $400,000 for his role in Dieselgate.
By Marc Stern on December 5, 2017 - 11:30AM
It has been a year since Volkswagen's sales turned around in earnest. Just 12 months ago, the automaker began to see the Dieselgate scandal receding in its rearview as sales started trending upward. Now, after a year of strong sales, VW has moved on.
By Marc Stern on November 29, 2017 - 11:24PM
Volkswagen's Golf family has been named to Car and Driver magazine's "10Best" list for the 12th consecutive year.
By Marc Stern on November 29, 2017 - 12:27AM
Available in the first quarter of next year, the Tiguan R-Line option was announced this week by Volkswagen. Among the features of the new package are 19-inch and 20-inch wheel and tire packages which give the midsized CUV more grip.