In the early part of 2007 Porsche Automobil Holding SE, the owner of automaker Porsche AG and several other firms, started increasing its ownership in the Volkswagen Group. By 2009 Porsche’s stake in VW had increased to 50.76 percent and a full-blown takeover seemed just around the corner...
The Tokyo Motor Show is well underway and Volkswagen has just taken the wraps off a new concept it calls the Cross Coupé. The concept previews what a compact hybrid... November 29, 2011 by Joel Feder
The new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle has been winning fans all over the globe since its launch earlier this year, and this despite only the hard-top model having been revealed... November 29, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
All-wheel drive is nothing new to the Volkswagen performance fan: the vaunted R32 had it, and the new Golf R has it, too. But the future at VW's R GmbH may be a bit more... November 21, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
You know the drill here people: It's a Monday, everyone's least favorite day of the week. Actually, we don't mind Mondays that much as it's a perfect excuse for us to find... November 21, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Volkswagen has a long history of commercial vehicles, from the iconic Type 2 split-screen and bay-window buses of the 1950s through to the 1970s, past Rabbit-based pickups to... November 18, 2011 by Antony Ingram
Volkswagen has ambitious plans for its newly-restyled Beetle, and the United States is seen as the car’s primary market. It’s no coincidence, then, that... November 16, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Volkswagen’s stylish CC four-door coupe has received its mid-cycle facelift, and although we’ve seen official images of the car already, these live photos direct... November 15, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
We've been hearing all kinds of things about the next-gen Audi R8. Specifically, we've heard that it will ride on an all-new, lightweight carbon-aluminum platform. Despite... November 8, 2011 by Chris Weiss
World Rally Championship racing is heating up even as other categories appear to be struggling: MINI recently revealed its new entry for the 2013 season, and Fiat’s... November 4, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
It’s hard to believe that Volkswagen’s stylish four-door coupe, the CC (or Passat CC as it's known elsewhere), has been with us for almost four years. That means... November 2, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
As we reported late last year, the 2012 Volkswagen Golf R will be headed to the U.S., and it should arrive sometime early in 2012. Today, VW released the official U.S... October 4, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Last summer, Volkswagen confirmed the Phaeton full-size, perhaps too-luxurious-for-the-brand, sedan would be returning to the U.S., but it didn't give us much of an idea as... September 26, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Today we bring you a melange of news from the weekend, including Sebastian Vettel's continued dominance in F1, our first drive impressions of the 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe, and... September 26, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Would you believe that I've done 23 Guilty Pleasures posts and haven't included a single Volkswagen? Mostly, this is because the VWs I like tend to be mainstream cool (e.g... September 21, 2011 by Murilee Martin
Sharing its core underpinnings with the Golf has raised some questions as to why one might prefer the Beetle, though the car's iconic aesthetics are the obvious reason. It... September 13, 2011 by Nelson Ireson