Volkswagen News

THE Volkswagen CC shrugs off the workaday Passat identity and steps into the limelight with even more confidence.

Often considered "the Oscars of advertising," the Cannes Lions Awards received a record-breaking 35,765 total entries from 92 countries this year.

Diesel engines today meet the same emissions standards as gasoline vehicles. Improvements in fuel injection and electronic engine control technologies have increased power and fuel efficiency.

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The first rendering with the Lamborghini Urus Cabrio has recently hit the web and this might provide us with a first look into what may become a final production version of the model.

How do you like the sleek new nose? The longer, lower, wider 2014 Kia Forte EX Sedan is cheap to own and run, but comes with a lot of extras.

Once only seen in Europe on supercars, full-LED front headlamps are moving into the compact segment on models such as the new Peugeot 308.

This week, we have a diverse mix of video fare for you. We start off with a test of the latest Honda Civic Si, to see how it stands up to the latest standard-bearers in the hot compact class, the Ford Focus ST and the Volkswagen GTI.

If you need any more evidence that the automotive cultures are different between Europe and the U.S. you need look no further at the list of winners of the 2013 Tow Car Awards, conducted collaboratively between Practical Caravan and What Car? Magazines for the U.K.'s Camping and Caravanning Club.

This past week I was lucky enough to drive a Baja Bug, based on the Volkswagen Beetle .

Winning, it is said in the classic film Death Race 2000, is the only standard of excellence left.

A man who had £2,000 worth of locomotive models stolen from the back of his Herbie-lookalike car has spoken of his upset.

Special to Drive About 500 people attended last Saturday's event, which raised $4,200 for the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation.

The Volkswagen Golf has been in production for nearly 40 years, and the automaker has produced quite a few copies of the popular hatchback - 30 million to be exact.

The German based automaker Volkswagen is planning to give the Taigun the green lights for production and the final version of the model might hit the market in 2016.

Fifth-wheel travel trailers can offer up many advantages compared to their more conventionally towed counterparts, but chief among them is resistance to the phenomena known as sway.

Back in April I was enthusing about Skoda's Rapid; now comes a car that is identical in many respects, but still manages to finish up slightly better all round.

The fourth model in the newly expanded Prius lineup, this is the least expensive Toyota hybrid, and has fuel economy even better than that of the groundbreaking Prius compact hatchback.

Boasting an EPA-estimated 27/46/33 mpg city/highway/combined, the diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan is now hitting dealerships in select cities.

I want a quirky-looking small hatchback that's reliable, won't depreciate to nothing in three years and won't cost 30 grand.