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While American consumers dozed fitfully in their suburban homes at the close of the 1960s, the country was quietly being invaded by foreign cars.

Here are the first pictures of the Volkswagen Polo facelift. Don't worry if you don't see many or any changes at all, as there really isn't that much to notice here.

Volkswagen is replacing the fuel tank covers on more than 200,000 of its diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada to remind owners to fill their tanks with diesel - not gasoline.

Now that Peugeot has adopted a new badge strategy, the numbers on the back of their new cars will stay the same.

Spotted running hot laps around the Nurburgring, the next-generation Volkswagen Golf R looks plenty capable of occupying the top spot in the Golf lineup.

In heavy rotation for the new Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is a 30-second TV spot in which an RV passes a Japanese manufactured hybrid.

In 2005, three years after the Mini Cooper's surprisingly strong debut in the United States, brand executives wondered how many more buyers there could be for a 12-foot car.

The estate version of the China-only Volkswagen Lavida is set to hit the Chinese car market at the end of June, reports CarNewsChina .

The beloved RAV4 was strategically reborn as a compact crossover this year, and Toyota is betting on capturing the hearts of SUV-loving Koreans by competing with Honda's CRV, Volkswagen's Tiguan and, more importantly, Hyundai's Santa Fe.

European-built cars sold in the U.S. typically have a prestigious or rarefied air to them, usually hailing from Germany, Italy or the U.K. The Volkswagen Golf has been one of the lowest-priced models to come across the Atlantic in recent years.

This May 2, 2013 photo shows a photo of Dolly Parton on Paul T. Woodal Jr.'s Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from the beloved country music artist.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: The Beetle is one of those cars that I would never buy, but I'm glad Volkswagen is making it.

Volkswagen has embarked on a new bid to capture an even larger piece of the pie in the American auto marketplace, and Internet marketing techniques are playing a big role in that campaign.

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Diehard Volkswagen enthusiasts wouldn't miss the annual Worthersee festival in Austria, but in case you couldn't make it out this year, the videos below take us for a tour inside the celebration, in which we see Volkswagens of all shapes and sizes everywhere the video camera turns.

If you want an SUV with a premium feel but not a premium price tag, Volkswagen may have a solution for you in the form of a vehicle called Touareg.

If you took university biology, you will recall taxonomy, the fascinating process of dividing organisms into groups .

For the Volkswagen Passenger Car brand, the new 7th gen Golf that debuted in 2012 is one of his exemplary works.

This week, its a ride in what could be the coolest VW bug ever built, the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo S Convertible.