Volkswagen News
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The 2021 Volkswagen Atlas is three inches longer, wears a new grille that matches the Atlas Cross Sport, and offers more tech.
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Volkswagen ready to have more fun with performance variantsVW's North American team finally appears serious about expanding the number of performance offerings in its lineup.
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Volkswagen just rolled out an electric Golf RVW's battery-electric Golf eR1 previews a zero-emission future for the hot hatchback.
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VW reminds us that the Beetle really is going awayVW has released an animated short film to remind us that 2019 marks the end of the Beetle's long run.
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VW expects to hit 1M-electric car milestone two years earlyVolkswagen Group is investing $37 billion on EVs through 2024, with a third of this earmarked for the Volkswagen brand alone.
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VW may have just teased an entry-level ID 1 electric carNew EV would replace the electric version of Volkswagen's Up! minicar.
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The fleet will be managed by Moia and feature 35 self-driving vehicles, including prototypes based on 2017's ID Buzz concept.
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VW readying handsome update for 2021 AtlasThe update will give VW's popular three-row crossover a sportier look similar to the design of the new Atlas Cross Sport.
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Volkswagen Group names new design chiefThe 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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Peter Brock's V-8-powered VW Bus hang-glider transporter visits Jay Leno's GarageLegendary 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 electricIt's the end of the era as VW announces the end of the internal-combustion engine in its motorsport endeavors.
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Volkswagen teamed with EV West to convert a 1972 Type 2 Bus into an electric vehicle.
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VW will race the Atlas Cross Sport in the Baja 1000In 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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VW ID Space Vizzion concept previews potential 300-mile electric wagonThe 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 FactoryThe future of the plant originally established for VW's ill-fated Phaeton flagship sedan has been secured.
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Deep dive: Jesse's VW Jetta from "The Fast and the Furious""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...
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Volkswagen R looks to the futureVolkswagen'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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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 hybridThe 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 USWhile 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 historyToday'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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VW boss: "We should be making more enthusiast cars"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, RMarking 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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