Volkswagen had some great news last week. Nine of its vehicles have been named finalists in the World Car of the Year Awards that will be announced at the New York International Auto Show in April.

With industry-wide car sales slowing a bit, Volkswagen's diesel repurchase program may prove the law of unintended consequences. It was instituted to get cheating diesel vehicles off the road and in doing so it may also keep the sales recovery going.

With a month or so to go until Geneva, Volkswagen is already making noise on the new-model scene. The automaker will debut the Arteon a model that is the successor to the CC.

Toyota has been dethroned as the world's number one automaker by Volkswagen. Slowing sales in the U.S. and China combined to move Toyota into second place.

As the size of the repurchased diesel vehicle fleet grows, VW finds places to store them. So far, sharp-eyed readers have located three major sites across the country.

U.S. ski and snowboard instructors have a deal with Volkswagen that will help these teaching professionals "get to the office" in snowy weather.

Volkswagen plans to embed 5G (fifth gen) connectivity in its upcoming line of I.D. electrics. The hatchback model was unveiled at last year's Paris Auto Show, while the 2025 MPV-style microvan -- styled like the original iconic Microbus -- was unveiled at this month's Detroit Auto Show. An SUV arrives in 2022.

Volkswagen has taken Amazon's Alexa service a step toward the future as the automaker has integrated the feature directly into its products so that a driver may soon be able to ask: "Alexa, is the house okay?" Alexa will give that answer.

Volkswagen unveiled its new I.D. Buzz concept car at the Detroit Auto Show. The lines show the Buzz takes cues from the past, but it is also very much in the future.

Volkswagen seems to have shaken off the negative impact of its diesel emissions scandal to surpass Toyota as the worlds biggest automaker.

In an ironic twist, though VW has settled most of the charges against it in Dieselgate a key executive was arrested and held in the diesel-rigging scandal.

The FBI charged a senior Volkswagen executive during the weekend with wire fraud and conspiracy as the net begins to tighten in the Dieselgate scandal. More arrests are likely to occur.

Volkswagen received approval of its first fix in the Dieselgate scandal. However, you have to wonder why owners would opt out of a buyback of their vehicles for a fix?

Slowly the tide is beginning to turn for VW. For the last few months, sales have been building to the point where sales figures showed very positive results with the automaker's best December ever.