Volkswagen News

The photo last week gave a bit of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf, a small hatchback that is entering its sixth iteration.

Let's get this out of the way first: The Volkswagen GTI is based on the new 2010 VW Golf.

The Jetta TDI Cup "street version looks to be finally heading to dealers. This, a sporting version of economical cars, is something I've long been a proponent of.

The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf, heralded by European automotive media as World Car of the Year, finally comes to U.S. showrooms this fall and instantly is the most fuel-efficient nonhybrid compact car for 2010.

Sports/Performance Lively beats brawny in battle of performance cars 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI The Germans take the Sporting prizes, with VW's GTI the victor in the under $50,000 group, and Audi S4 in the over $50,000 category Michael Bettencourt From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, Nov.

Volkswagen of America said the VW Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition, first displayed as a concept at last year's 2008 SEMA Auto Show , will go on sale in January, featuring a race-inspired body kit and VW's clean diesel engine.

Sold in the States as the Volkswagen Rabbit, the early front-wheel-drive hatchback had a transverse-mounted 1.5-liter four-cylinder rated at just 70 horsepower.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported October 2009 sales of 17,037 total units, representing a 7.2 percent increase over October 2008.

It's over: Production of the first-generation VW Golf has ended after 35 years. The last units have rolled off the production line in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in the past weeks, but the car will be available as long as supplies lasta 'likely until early 2010, VW South Africa announced today.

The Scirocco is the bargain of the two, going for 26,945 , while the Golf takes you slightly higher up the currency chart, priced at 28,930 . They both come standard with a 6-speed manual, but if you want the car to shift for you, the DSG transmission option adds 1,300 to either car.

Whose idea was it to toss out the Jetta Wagon and replace it with this Golf Wagon? I suppose we'll never know if it was product planning, marketing or a command from on high, or more likely a collective decision from all of the above.

We seem to be covering the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI clean diesel hatchback an awful lot here, but a recent blog post raised an issue we hadn't considered: How far can the 2010 Golf TDI go on a single tankful of diesel fuel? The question comes from blogger, host of #carchat on Twitter, and general all-around car personality Michael Banovsky.

Volkswagen Group is well on course to meeting the target it set in 2007 to slash the average fuel consumption of its China-made vehicles - a pace it plans to accelerate by locally producing VW's latest engine and transmission designs.

Today is Halloween, but no tired jokes about green pumpkins here. It's the end of the month, so it's time to look at the most popular posts on GreenCarReports.com over the last 30 days, which include items on hybrids, clean diesels, and two on the Tesla electric car.

Cons: Interior comes in only one color , price rises quickly with options. Does the new 2010 Volkswagen Golf's status as "best-selling car in Europe" have a downside? Can there be a negative aspect to the VW Golf being named 2009 World Car of the Year? Perhaps, but only in the limitations it puts on Volkswagen when it comes to altering the Golf's ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTD looks set to be heading Down Under as the efficiency push hits the hot hatch brigade.

It uses some of the same systems and components as the latest Audi A4 sedan. For the new model year, the A5 range adds the Cabriolet model and a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine in either body style.

The first signs that German carmaker Volkswagen and American computer company Apple might be setting out on a long-term relationship came at the 2007 Frankfurt motor show.

Volkswagen welcomes a new addition to the Golf family for 2010, the Golf Wagon that replaces the Jetta Wagon in the lineup.

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