Volkswagen Automobiles Blog

Volkswagen plans on being a leader in electric vehicles around the world, but its global strategy could be greatly influenced by its success in selling EVs in China. "China is the most important market worldwide for the Volkswagen group," CEO Martin Winterkorn ...    Read more

It’s no secret that Volkswagen has some ambitious plans for the future, including becoming the world’s leader in hybrid and electric vehicles. The brand’s first electric car, scheduled to debut in 2013, will reportedly be based upon the company’s popular Golf hatchback. ...    Read more

After letting its flagship sedan languish without any upgrades for nearly a decade, Volkswagen unveiled a revamped 2011 Phaeton at the 2010 Beijing auto show. Unlike its sibling, the Audi A8, the latest ...    Read more

Volkswagen's series of Up! concept cars has centered on urban mobility, so it's not too surprising to see the German automaker reinvent the small car as a compact, eco-friendly taxi cab. Volkswagen unwrapped the Milano Taxi concept this ...    Read more

Last year, Volkswagen secured a class victory at the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring with a natural gas-powered version of its Scirocco. VW will once again tackle the famous endurance race this year with three natural gas-powered Scirocco GT24-CNGs. ...    Read more

We recently had some fun in the new Golf R, and would be ecstatic if Volkswagen would bring the R32-successor stateside. It seems VW shares our mentality, but currency exchange rates are throwing a monkey wrench into the matter. "We'd love to have ...    Read more

Want to have a look at the next-generation Volkswagen Passat? Rumors suggest you may get a chance during the Paris motor show in September. According to reports from the Netherlands’ Auto International, the next-generation Passat is set to make its debut at the ...    Read more

The same people that brought you the Volkwagen Golf R at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, as well as various R Line packages and the Scirocco R, have just made their presence official. Volkswagen R GmbH, as it will be called, is now the in-house performance department of the VW ...    Read more

The second-generation Volkswagen Touareg SUV is news in and of itself, but the biggest story is the new hybrid model that bowed today in Geneva. How does more than 400 pounds of weight savings and 29 mpg combined grab you? It's an impressive ...    Read more

In some ways, it was "hatchapalooza" at Volkswagen's press conference this morning, as the automaker unveiled the CrossGolf, CrossPolo, and Polo GTI. The largest of the trio is the refreshed CrossGolf, essentially a Volkswagen Golf that's been raised up a bit ...    Read more

It seems the Polo isn't the only Volkswagen hatchback to be transformed into a pseudo-crossover. Volkswagen revealed it is bringing a revised form of its CrossGolf to next week's Geneva motor show. Volkswagen says the CrossGolf allows the company to "bridge the gap between the MPV and SUV," but as ...    Read more

Volkswagen already announced it is going to unveil a new Polo GTI at the 2010 Geneva motor show, but that’s not the only new Polo variant headed to the show. The German automaker announced today that the new CrossPolo will also debut in Switzerland. ...    Read more

It's been a long 22 years since Volkswagen deemed North America worthy of its Scirocco hatchback. For those V-Dubbers who can't live without VW's newest iteration of the hot hatch, HPA Motorsports will not only import one into the new world, but tune it to your exact specifications. ...    Read more

The rumors were correct -- Volkswagen has been wrenching on a GTI version of its Polo subcompact, although its output isn’t quite as extreme as once was suggested. The new Polo GTI, which debuts at the 2010 Geneva motor show in March, makes use of ...    Read more

Although we already knew about the new Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition, Volkswagen revealed two additional special-edition V-Dubs -- the New Beetle Red Rocks and the CC R-line -- are making their way to U.S. dealers. Similar to the R-model offered in Europe, the CC R-line adds ...    Read more

There are power rankings for just about every sport and most racing series. Why not have one for the auto industry? What better time to start than now, in the thick of auto-show season, when every carmaker is strutting its stuff? And who better to do the rankings than me? ...    Read more

Volkswagen's goal to double U.S. sales in the next 24 months is certainly ambitious, but if the brand's sales in January are any indication, it may be on its way to achieving it.VW reported today that it sold 18,019 cars in January 2010, which is a 41.4-percent increase over January ...    Read more

BMW has “M,” Mercedes-Benz has AMG, and if Volkswagen has its way, it will soon have “R” -- its own wholly owned performance division. Inside Line reports Volkswagen officials have confirmed the division, comparing it to Audi’s Quattro GmbH subsidiary. An official announcement regarding the new organization is expected to ...    Read more

Volkswagen's CC was intended to be a sporty, luxurious take on its midsize Passat sedan, and as such, was fitted with a two-passenger split bench seat in back. European consumers, apparently, now have the option of adding a third seating position, but it's unlikely we'll see the feature show up ...    Read more

Volkswagen may be designing a successor to its New Beetle, but when the replacement finally arrives next year, it will again share a platform with the Jetta, and not surprisingly, won't look all that different from the current model.According to Britain's Autocar, which cites an anonymous source inside VW, the ...    Read more

Volkswagen's New Concept Coupe (or NCC) may not look that striking when displayed on your computer monitor, but in person, this preview of the next-gen Jetta is quite attractive. At first glance, pictures of the NCC tend to make the front of the ...    Read more

Volkswagen, apparently satisfied by the number of smaller automakers it has swallowed in the past few years, now thinks it can double its sales in a mere 24 months. We're used to hearing VW executives promise enormous sales in the future, thought the numbers haven't always backed up ...    Read more

There's no better way to Rev up 2010 than with some BIG, juicy awards. When Automobile Magazine gathers staff, contributors, and a mess of great cars together to select our Automobile of the Year, we can't help but plan for trouble. After all, we've just come to your (unnamed) ...    Read more

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is now implying the German automaker is done buying up stakes in other automakers. Winterkorn is suggesting that VW will begin to focus on success. The company just completed buying a 19.9-percent stake in Suzuki and 49.9 percent of Porsche. "There are ...    Read more

Volkswagen plans on selling its new Amarok pickup truck in Europe and South America, but it seems ever more unlikely that the truck will be sold in North America.PickupTrucks.com sat down with Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen of America’s president and CEO, who talked about the whopping sales volumes needed to make ...    Read more