Volkswagen News
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The German auto giant's new design chief has been with the company since 1989.
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2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI spy shots and videoThe latest prototypes for the new Golf GTI are wearing barely any camouflage gear indicating that the debut can't be far.
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2021 Volkswagen ID 4 spy shots
Volkswagen's Tesla Model Y fighter has been spotted.
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Peter Brock's V-8-powered VW Bus hang-glider transporter visits Jay Leno's Garage
Legendary designer Peter Brock shoved a Buick V-8 into a 1971 Volkswagen Type 2 Bus so it could better transport hang gliders.
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Volkswagen Motorsport goes electric
It's the end of the era as VW announces the end of the internal-combustion engine in its motorsport endeavors.
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VW and EV West partner on electric Type 2 Bus conversion
Volkswagen teamed with EV West to convert a 1972 Type 2 Bus into an electric vehicle.
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Volkswagen's battery-electric ID Vizzion concept will reportedly come to market in 2021, and the recently revealed ID Space Vizzion concept joining it as a wagon variant. VW first showed the ID Vizzion at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Thought at first to be a successor to the company's larger Phaeton, the concept is now thought to spawn a mid-size model to slot in alongside the Passat. The production cars will be badged ID 5, Autocar reported on Wednesday. The cars will also reportedly be built on both sides of the Atlantic. VW's Vizzion concepts feature 82-kilowatt-hour batteries...
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VW will race the Atlas Cross Sport in the Baja 1000
In an effort to buoy the SUV credentials of its new Atlas Cross Sport, Volkswagen announced Wednesday that it has built a prototype race truck dubbed the Cross Sport R, with the intention of competing with it in the 2020 running of the Baja 1000. The prototype was developed with help from both VW's...
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2021 Volkswagen Transporter (T7) spy shots
VW is working on both a new generation of its Transporter as well as an electric successor to the iconic Microbus based on 2017's ID Buzz concept car.
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VW ID Space Vizzion concept previews potential 300-mile electric wagon
The concept's reveal coincided with the start of a Petersen Automotive Museum exhibition highlighting VW's MEB modular EV platform.
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VW to build ID 3 at famous Transparent Factory
The future of the plant originally established for VW's ill-fated Phaeton flagship sedan has been secured.
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ID 4 crossover will be first electric VW built in US
The first EVs built at VW's plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will start rolling off the line in 2022.
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"The Fast and the Furious" was almost entirely different altogether, but Jesse's Volkswagen Jetta is one of the more peculiar stories. Back again is Craig Lieberman, technical director for the first three films of the franchise, and this time, he had a special guest. He sat down with Scott Centra, who originally built and owned the Jetta used in the first film. At first, the directors wanted to put Jesse in some sort of European car. Lieberman suggested a Volkswagen Golf, and in the best case, a BMW M3. However, the team couldn't source either car in time. DON'T MISS: Performance shop...
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Volkswagen R looks to the future
Volkswagen's indisputable sport compact icon is the Golf GTI, but over the past two decades, the automaker has pushed its hot hatchback formula beyond the limits of its practical, humble roots. The result? R. R represents the pinnacle of VW performance and sporty styling, gracing many of its...
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Ex-Apple exec named head of VW Group's self-driving car business
The new division Volkswagen Autonomy aims to have Level 4 self-driving taxis and vans in urban areas by the middle of the next decade.
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Touareg R to be Volkswagen R division's first plug-in hybrid
The Touareg R will be the first of multiple plug-in hybrids from the Volkswagen R division.
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New VW Golf revealed but remains uncertain for US
While the standard Golf isn't yet confirmed for the U.S., enthusiasts favorites like the Golf GTI and Golf R are definitely coming.
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How plaid seats and golf ball shifters became part of VW Golf GTI history
Today's Volkswagen enthusiasts take plaid seats and golf ball shift knobs for granted, but few know the story of how those two came to be part of the Golf GTI's DNA. For both, you have just one woman to thank: a porcelain painter, chocolatier and candy box designer named Gunhild Liljequist. Hired...
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Volkswagen of America boss Scott Keogh said VW is an enthusiast brand and it should make more enthusiast cars.
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New Golf to debut Oct. 24 but might only arrive in US as GTI, R
Marking the eighth generation of the popular hatchback, the new Golf will debut on October 24, with the reveal to take place at the car's plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The car will be based on an upgraded version of the current-generation's MQB platform, which will boast significant improvements...
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2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport arrives as the people's Audi Q8
Like Audi with the Q8, Volkswagen will offer a more stylish version of its largest SUV in the form of the Atlas Cross Sport.
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VW ID 3 will feature new light bar to tell you when to slow down or change lanes
Volkswagen's ID 3 electric hatch is set to start deliveries in the first half of 2020 and when it arrives it will be the first car to sport a new feature that uses colored light to communicate with the driver and other occupants. Aptly called Volkswagen ID Light, the feature is basically a thin LED...
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VW Group open to sharing PPE EV platform of Audi, Porsche
Ford has already agreed to share VW Group's MEB platform for mainstream EVs.
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Volkswagen R redesigns logo
The logo's first usage will be on the upcoming Atlas Cross Sport's R-Line grade.
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