Volkswagen News
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Volkswagen announced its intentions to tackle the Nürburgring Nordschleife with its ID R electric race car in January, and on Wednesday, the company revealed the car set to take on the Green Hell. We've seen the ID R electric race car before when it smashed the outright record at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb last June. Since then, however, engineers have been developing the car for its new duty in Germany. The powertrain makes 670 horsepower and has been fine-tuned for the 12.9-mile track, and the body has been carefully sculpted to ensure the best aerodynamic performance. The...
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VW sounds serious about adding pickup to its US lineup soon
VW CEO Scott Keogh said the chance to sell a small pickup is "pressing itself a little more now" after Tarok debut 2019 New York auto show.
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VW's 2-row Atlas SUV shown in China as Teramont X
Volkswagen's 3-row Atlas crossover SUV is about to spawn a smaller model with only two rows, a preview of which came last year in the form of the Atlas Cross Sport Concept. The 2-row Atlas has now been in revealed, albeit for the Chinese market where it will be known as the Teramont X (the regular...
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Brazil-bound VW Tarok pickup headed to NY auto show, but does it have a future in US?
The Volkswagen Tarok compact pickup concept unveiled in Brazil last fall, which will eventually spawn a production model to be sold in South America, will appear at the 2019 New York International Auto Show, the German automaker confirmed Monday. A trial balloon to gauge interest, the Tarok is...
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ID Roomzz concept previews large electric SUV from VW
VW will present the ID Roomzz SUV concept at Auto Shanghai 2019, a vehicle that previews the fifth member of the automaker's new ID family of electric cars.
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Volkswagen Atlas Basecamp Concept overlands to 2019 New York auto show
The Atlas may be a grocery getting for most, but Volkswagen is showing a more rugged side with the Atlas Basecamp Concept debuting at the 2019 New York auto show.
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VW previewed a 400-horsepower Golf variant in concept form back in 2014 but the car never made production. That might not be case for the next-generation Golf due in 2020.
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Self-driving VWs hit the streets of Hamburg
Volkswagen Group's self-driving car prototypes are testing on the streets of Hamburg, Germany. The goal is to have a trial service up and running by 2021.
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Volkswagen Jetta R not in the cards
Although a Volkswagen Jetta R is technically possible, the German brand has no plans to introduce a hotter sport sedan following the new Jetta GLI. Serban Boldea, director of product marketing for VW, said Jetta customers are far more price conscious, which rules out a Jetta with all-wheel drive...
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First drive review: 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI channels GTI better than ever
The Tail of the Dragon sits at, or near, the top of any list of great driving roads in America. This 11-mile ribbon of U.S. Highway 129 between Tennessee and North Carolina entices enthusiasts with more than 300 turns and 1,000 feet of elevation change. Unfortunately, it also attracts...
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2019 Volkswagen Arteon arrives this April, costs more than CC predecessor
The sleek 2019 VW Arteon is the successor to the CC and offers handsome looks with a turbo-4 and front- or all-wheel drive.
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Volkswagen looks to develop European batteries for EVs
Last week Volkswagen Group announced plans to double-down on building electric cars with 20 new models and an additional 7 million cars over five years. So far it's said that the battery cells for its MEB vehicles will come from four different global suppliers: CATL, LG Chem, Samsung, and SK...
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A new open-top version of Volkswagen's trendy T-Roc has been spotted. Its sighting follows February's reveal of the high-performance T-Roc R. The T-Roc is a compact crossover SUV based on Volkswagen Group's flexible MQB platform. It isn't sold in the United States so don't count on this open-top version appearing in local showrooms anytime soon. Elsewhere, the open-top T-Roc, likely to be called a T-Roc Cabriolet, will go on sale in the first half of 2020 as a replacement for the soon-to-be-discontinued Beetle Cabriolet. It will be produced at VW's plant in Osnabrück, Germany. Our spy...
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400-hp Volkswagen Golf R dead, boss says customers "don't want it"
Just one month shy of the five-year anniversary of the reveal of the Volkswagen Golf R 400 concept, the brand has announced there are no longer plans to build a production version of the extra fiery hot hatchback. VW's R division head, Jost Capito, delivered the Golf R 400's death sentence in a...
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VW Group commits to 70 EVs by 2028
Volkswagen Group announced plans to launch 70 new electric cars by the end of 2028, up from a previous plan of only 50, at its annual press conference held Tuesday in Wolfsburg, Germany. The first of these 70 EVs is the 2019 Audi e-tron that's just gone on sale. Some of the others we know of...
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Peugeot calls out VW, says its Pikes Peak record is slow
French brand Peugeot has fired shots at the current Pikes Peak record holder, Volkswagen. Peugeot believes it can overtake the German brand and set a quicker time at the famed hill climb. Yet, it appears said shots were blank shells because Peugeot doesn't actually have any plans to take the record...
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2020 Volkswagen Golf spy shots
Prototypes for a redesigned Volkswagen Golf, the eighth generation of the popular nameplate, has been spotted. The car enters production in June and should be in local showrooms early next year, meaning we'll likely see it as a 2020 model—unless VW decides to delay it for the U.S. like it did...
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Volkswagen's beach buggy is back and this time it's electric
The teasers and rumors were correct. On Monday Volkswagen tugged at our heartstrings as it unveiled the all-electric ID Buggy concept at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The Buggy concept rides on VW's new, modular all-electric MEB platform. It's MEB that could enable VW to put low-volume niche models...
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Volkswagen's new Jetta has been on sale since last year, but the enthusiast's choice of the compact sedan is will soon head to dealers. On Wednesday, VW announced prices for the 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GLI, and the sporty sedan starts at $26,890, which includes an $895 destination fee. The brand said the Jetta GLI comes in three trims: GLI S, GLI 35th Anniversary Edition, and GLI Autobahn. Of course, prices climb with the trims. The 35th Anniversary Edition costs $27,890 and the range-topping Autobahn trim will set buyers back $30,090. Every GLI features the Golf GTI's powerplant: a 2.0-liter...
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Volkswagen T-Roc R revealed with 2.0-liter turbo, 296 horsepower
Volkswagen will use next week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show to reveal the T-Roc R. Before you get too excited, note that the regular T-Roc isn't sold in the United States so neither will the R version. That's a shame because the car is essentially a Golf R with the extra practicality of a...
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2020 Volkswagen Transporter (T6.1) is the Bus we won't see
Volkswagen is working on an electric successor to its iconic Microbus based on 2017's ID Buzz concept car. It's confirmed for a launch here in 2022. However, concurrent with the development of the new electric van is continued development of VW's Transporter series of vans sold overseas, the latest...
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Rocking around the 'Ring: VW teases T-Roc R crossover
A performance-oriented crossover SUV from Volkswagen is coming, T-Roc R , which the automaker teased last week in a video. VW didn't take the T-Roc R just anywhere for the video, it took the vehicle to the Nürburgring with a proper race driver behind the wheel. The video shows Petter Solberg...
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2019 VW Jetta GLI arrives with GTI and Golf R hand-me-downs
Volkswagen launched a new generation of the Jetta compact sedan for 2019 but the version we're most interested in is only making its appearance now. We're talking about the new Jetta GLI sport sedan, which was unveiled Thursday at the 2019 Chicago Auto Show. The Jetta GLI is essentially the GTI...
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VW to chase Nürburgring EV record with ID R electric racer
The Volkswagen ID R electric time attack special has a new mission on its hands: Obliterate the EV lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The current record is the 6:45.9 set by Nio and its EP9 track car back in 2017. VW will attempt to break the record this summer and insiders have...
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