Volkswagen News
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The Volkswagen Gold SportWagen and Alltrack will die after 2019 as the brand moves away from wagons and toward SUVs.
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VW to share EV platform with Ford, invest in self-driving tech firm Argo AIVolkswagen is in an alliance with Ford over a range of areas, including joint development of pickup trucks, EVs and self-driving cars.
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The bug's been squashed: VW builds its final BeetleIt was in 1938 that the Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly referred to as the Beetle, or “Käfer” in its home market of Germany, first rolled off the line. Eight decades on and the nameplate has finally been retired. The last Beetle, a coupe finished in Denim Blue, rolled off the line...
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Volkswagen ID R smashes Goodwood hill climb record with 39.9-second runVW's electric ID R time-attack special has gone faster than a Formula One car at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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VW launches EV car sharing ahead of ID 3 arrivalVolkswagen will deploy about 1,500 e-Golfs to Germany later this year.
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VW guarantees EV battery capacity for 8 years/100,000 milesOwners of VW's ID electric cars won't have to worry about their car's battery becoming a brick.
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A company called Smyth Performance has a do-it-yourself conversion kit to turn a VW New Beetle into an especially cute ute.
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VW ditches self-driving startup Aurora ahead of likely deal with Ford's Argo AIVW is tipped to announce a partnership with Ford in the area of self-driving cars by the summer.
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How a $7,000 car became the "Million-Dollar" SciroccoOne man spent nearly a decade modifying his 19080 Volkswagen Scirocco S into a drag racing machine and then an art car.
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2020 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport spy shotsA new SUV that VW will build at its Chattanooga plant has just been spotted.
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Volkswagen ID R obliterates EV lap record at NürburgringThe Volkswagen ID R set a new electric car lap record at the Nürburgring with a time of 6:05.33, besting the Nio EP9 by more than 40 seconds.
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A closer look at the VW ID R electric race car's charging systemFor its Nürburgring electric car record attempt, the pair of batteries in the VW ID R race car are charged in about 20 minutes by two fast chargers that transfer electricity at a rate of 90 kw each.
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Volkswagen is thinking of the future with a hologram-controlled 3,000-watt stereo system in its Golf GTI Aurora concept car.
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Cheeky VW advertises manual transmission as anti-theft deviceDriving a car equipped with a manual transmission these days is something of a rarity among the public, but this rarity has turned into something positve for owners of manual-equipped cars. It seems the decline of three pedals and a stick has produced numerous headlines declaring would-be thieves...
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VW caters to the hip crowd with enthusiast-inspired buildsVolkswagen is getting hip. The brand has prepared seven enthusiast-inspired "concepts" for SOWO: The European Experience, and there's something for everyone to take in. The event is a tuner fest for fans of European cars and runs this weekend in Hutchinson Island, Savannah, Georgia. Naturally, VWs...
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2020 VW Golf will introduce 48-volt mild-hybrid systemVolkswagen announced the next-generation Golf hatchback will get 48-volt mild-hybrid technology, but it so far it's just for engines not likely headed for the U.S.
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New VW Golf's digital dash previewedA new generation of the Volkswagen Golf is just around the corner and its digital dash has just been previewed.
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VW's ID R Nürburgring challenge is homework for future electric R modelVolkswagen is using its ID R race car for more than breaking records; it’s helping set the stage for a fully electric production model from its R performance division.
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Ten thousand European customers put down deposits of more than $1,200 within 24 hours for the VW ID 3 hatchback after Volkswagen started taking orders on Wednesday.
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Slug bug is still a hit: The game outlasts the Volkswagen Beetle that inspired itThe childhood game punch buggy is shadenfraude with wheels. It's unknown when the game started, but printed evidence goes back to 1964 and the game will outlast Volkswagen's iconic Beetle.
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VW confirms electric hatch as the ID 3 as order books openVolkswagen's family of ID electric cars is coming, and the first model has been confirmed as the ID 3, a Golf-sized hatch with at least 200 miles of range.
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VW Group reportedly drops electric sports car platform, mulls Bentley sale to cut costsThe Volkswagen Group will no longer develop its SPE dedicated electric sports car platform and may also sell off Bentley as it looks to allocate resources to more profitable areas.
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VW Golf reportedly dead in US after current generation, GTI and Golf R live onVolkswagen is reportedly eliminating the standard Golf in the U.S. to concentrate on the performance models of its compact hatchback.
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Get a closer look at the Volkswagen ID R's battery technologyFind out how Volkswagen changed the ID R electric time attack special for the car's assault on the the Nürburgring-Nordschleife's lap record for EVs.
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