New crossover design introduced at Tokyo Motor Show.

The 2011 Tokyo Motor Show has started, but one of the biggest hits this year may not come from one of the home team automakers. Instead, Volkswagen has …

The 2012 Volkswagen Passat is a midsized front-wheel-drive sedan that was designed with the American driver in mind. Built at Volkswagen’s new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the VW Passat is a five-passenger model …

The VW makeover continues; sales are up.
Volkswagen is reaping huge sales gains and is doing that on the strength of demand for its small cars, particularly its Jetta compact. That vehicle and the all new …

VW taps popular Chrysler minivans to offer its own model.
Take one look at the Volkswagen Routan minivan and you’ll note two things: the nose is without argument, a Volkswagen, but the rest of this vehicle …

Volkswagen of America doesn’t know what to call its subcompact model. Introduced in America as the Rabbit in 1974, but sold elsewhere as the Golf, this car later became the Golf, but returned to its …

Model names come and go in the compact car segment with names such as the Ford Escort, Chevrolet Cavalier, Dodge Neon and Kia Spectra retired and often forgotten.
Competitive Segment
The Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic are …

No sooner had the ink dried (or the post was published) on this morning’s article about GM possibly being the top selling automaker in the world comes word that Toyota, indeed, is still tops. But, …

Early this morning, General Motors released internal data for cars sold globally in 2010, reporting 8,389,769 units had been sold. That number reflects an increase of 12.2 percent over 2009, with China now the largest …

All sectors of the auto industry are on the rise and the German manufacturers are among the many companies benefiting from an improved 2010. In the U.S. market only Toyota and Suzuki experienced flat or …

The term “pocket rocket” is as appropriate for the Volkswagen GTI as it is to the Mazda3, Subaru Impreza, and other souped up small cars from Asian automakers. This model has been around for decades …

Will it be called the Volkswagen renewed New Beetle or the new Volkswagen New Beetle when it rolls out for the 2012 model year?
No matter, the next generation of the latest iteration of the Volkswagen …

You’ll have to excuse Volkswagen’s actions at this year’s Paris Motor Show.  The all-new 2011 Volkswagen Touareg was revealed, featuring an improved design, more features standard and its first supercharged hybrid model. Kudos to VW …

You have to love the fun folks at Volkswagen. Promising editors that a high resolution photo of its proposed new Chattanooga-made midsize sedan was available for downloading, eager journalists streamed over to the designated page …

How is this for an amazing bit of news?
Bankrupt General Motors, which has been losing market share like crazy since last year, nearly beat out Toyota during the first half of this year for global …

Volkswagen has been seeing success lately in the midst of the worst downturn for the auto industry since the early 1980s. Having a good product mix certainly helps with its Jetta Sportwagen being one model …

When it comes to auto racing, Porsche is dominant having won tens of thousands of races down through the years. The Porsche 911 is perhaps the best symbol of the automaker’s racing prowess, winning countless …

Although gas prices have retreated considerably since peaking above $4 per gallon over the summer, consumers who are in the market for a new vehicle are still putting a high importance on choosing cars that …

The capital city of Mexico has one feature that no other city in the world can boast of: a huge fleet of iconic Volkswagen Beetle taxis to transport citizens around the bustling city of twenty …

German sports car maker, Porsche, may soon be doing the unthinkable: offering at least one four cylinder powered model in their product mix.
Porsche, along with most other automakers, has suffered tremendously this year as sales …

Say what you want about the unpronounceable Volkswagen Tiguan SUV — the vehicle snagged the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2008. The annual award is given in recognition to …

Purchasing replacement parts for your car can be as simple as driving over to the local parts store and seeing what they have on hand. If the item you want is out of stock, it …

German automaker Volkswagen, who at one time had an automotive plant in Pennsylvania and then closed it, has decided on building an all-new plant in the US, selecting Chattanooga, Tennessee as the winning location. For …

Besides Honda and perhaps Suzuki, there aren’t going to be too many automakers reporting a rise in U.S. sales for June 2008. Volkswagen, however, can be named among the shrinking few, as it announced today …

The Volkwagen Jetta Sportwagen, a vehicle based on the Jetta sedan, is now available in VW showrooms.
The new Jetta SportWagen will be offered in three engine choices including a 2.5-liter, 5 cylinder engine (170 horsepower …

One automaker not receiving much press in the West is Proton, the Malaysian automaker which was at one time being courted by Volkswagen as part of a strategic alliance. Proton owns sports car maker Lotus …