Ongoing lawsuits are holding up the finalization of the Volkswagen Group's merger with Porsche SE, the latest hurdle in an epic ouroboros that has been underway for several years. The details are eye-glazingly boring, but the effects are very real and potentially harmful to both companies. The...
It’s been four years since we first saw the original Up! Concept, and now, just a few weeks out from its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, Volkswagen has taken the... August 22, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
If you were hoping to score the upcoming Bugatti Galibier on a bargain basement budget, think again: head honcho Wolfgang Durheimer says that the Galibier's pricetag will be... August 17, 2011 by Richard Read
Wolfgang Durheimer took over as head of Bugatti and Bentley in the spring of 2011. The former chief of Porsche’s Research and Development efforts, Durheimer is an... August 16, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
Volkswagen showed the “Bulli” concept at the Geneva Motor Show last March, and the Volkswagen-Bus-in-three-quarter-scale was well received by both the press and... August 15, 2011 by Kurt Ernst
English stunt driver and general behind-the-wheel-badass Russ Swift once held the record for parallel parking a car in the smallest space between two others. He did it... August 4, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
We may spend the day writing about modern car technology, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the classic cars that helped form the industry we know today. Some might... August 2, 2011 by Antony Ingram
The Volkswagen Beetle and Mexico are inexorably linked. From as far back as 1967 and running until 2003 when production ended for good, Volkswagen's Puebla factory produced... July 21, 2011 by Antony Ingram
If you're in the U.K. and don't have a rabid case of royal fever lingering after Kate Middleton's April wedding to Prince William, you're probably not breathing. Now you have... July 19, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
Development of Volkswagen’s MkVII Golf is well underway, with the new car on track to come onto the market towards the end of next year as a 2013 model. While a... July 19, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
There's a lot to be said for being able to buy the latest and greatest in supercar technology, but for many of us, that's little more than a dream. If you're looking for a... July 19, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
In May, we told you that the U.S. Department of Transportation was rolling out a new program to test vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology. If you live in one of the six cities... July 15, 2011 by Richard Read
It may be hard to believe, but we're already almost four years into the model run of the Volkswagen CC (or Passat CC as it's known elsewhere). That means it's about time for... July 11, 2011 by Nelson Ireson
We were impressed with it at its official unveiling at the 2011 New York Auto Show, and then again when pricing was announced, now Volkswagen has revealed that its chic new... July 11, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
It’s the news Europhiles and hot-hatch fans all across the country have been waiting for. The high-performance Volkswagen Golf R, the turbocharged successor to the... July 8, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
It's the 5th of July. You're at work. Probably bored, and almost certainly hung over from the celebrations yesterday. If you're like us, you might be idly scanning the... July 5, 2011 by Antony Ingram