New Volkswagen Touareg Begins to Take Shape in Latest Spy Photos

Spy photographers have caught two next-generation Volkswagen Touareg SUVs testing.

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2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack Wins Canadian Car of the Year

The 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack managed to snag the Canadian Car of the Year award, bestowed by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). 

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Volkswagen Has Solved the Age-Old Burning Butt Problem

The summer is a great season, but it also comes with its disadvantages, and getting into a hot car is one of the biggest.

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Top 10 Non-American Cars Made in America

Every year, something will undoubtedly shine the spotlight on American manufacturing.

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VW Unveils New Rallycross Liveries

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) has revealed the two new liveries that will adorn its championship winning Beetles. 

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Top 10 Cheapest Cars to Own Over 5 Years: 2017

The 2017 Kelley Blue Book 5-Year Cost to Own award winners have been announced.

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Volkswagen Wants Adults to Play With LEGOs Too

What’s more fun than LEGO? Nothing.

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2017 World Car of the Year Finalists Announced

Despite all the drama surrounding the  Volkswagen Group, the German company has multiple nominations for the World Car of the Year Award.

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Volkswagen Atlas Gets an Outdoor-Inspired Special Edition

The Chicago Auto Show starts this week and Volkswagen of America is premiering a new trim package for the Atlas, the Weekend Edition.

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Volkswagen Launches New Company to Fulfill Dieselgate Settlement Promise

Volkswagen of America today launched Electrify America LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary aimed at helping to build electric infrastructure in the US.

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Chinese Automakers Could Seriously Shake Up the Auto Industry

China has a massive influence on the automotive industry, and many are wondering when we will see Chinese cars for sale in North America.

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Poll: Volkswagen Jetta or Honda Civic?

Which small sedan would YOU rather own, the Volkswagen Jetta or Honda Civic? Each one states its case in this week’s latest poll.

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Toyota Actually Out Sold Volkswagen in 2016

The Volkswagen Group may be the world’s largest automaker, but Toyota still outsold its German rival.

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Volkswagen V6 Diesel Engines Finally Reach Settlement

Volkswagen and Robert Bosch have agreed to pay at least $1.6-billion to fix or buy back and compensate owners of affected Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche diesel vehicles.

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Top 10 Fashion-Inspired Special Edition Cars You May Have Forgotten About

There’s something about cars and clothing that go together like sneakers and sweatpants.

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Volkswagen Group Surpasses Toyota to Become World's Largest Automaker

Everyone wants to be the best, whether it’s the fastest, smartest, strongest or biggest. This is especially true in the automotive world, where brands are always battling for bragging rights.

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Top 5 Alternative Facts About Cars

What are alternative facts?

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Next Volkswagen GTI Might Get a Mild Hybrid System

The next Volkswagen GTI is looking to shake things up.

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Volkswagen Has Fancy New Tech for Defrosting Windshields

The windshield isn’t a very sexy part of the car and advancements in windshield technology are hard to come by.

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VW to Use 5G Internet Connectivity in Autonomous Cars

The I.D. family, Volkswagen’s upcoming range of all-electric cars, is set to use the cellular network to drive its autonomous functionality.

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Reborn Volkswagen Microbus Headed to Production: Report

If we’re to believe a source inside Volkswagen, 2022 could bring a new-age Summer of Love.

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Ex-VW Group CEO Denies Prior Knowledge of Dieselgate

In his first public appearance since the TDI scandal broke in September 2015, Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of the Volkswagen Group, maintained that he had no knowledge of emissions cheating before the company admitted to it.

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Volkswagen Considering Electric Beetle

It’s no secret that sales of the Beetle are less than stellar and that’s led to rumors about the car’s future. Volkswagen doesn’t want to drop the idea of the Beetle altogether, because the nameplate holds such a special place in its history.

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5 Cars That Are Surprisingly Fun to Drive

Here’s the thing about fun cars: They don’t always have to be fast.

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Volkswagen's Newest SUV Could Spawn a Pickup Truck

Volkswagen’s chief engineering officer confirms an Atlas-based truck is a possibility.

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Volkswagen Pleads Guilty and Agrees to $4.3B Dieselgate Settlement

Volkswagen announced today that it has agreed to settlements totaling $4.3 billion to resolve criminal, environmental, and civil claims against them in the United States.

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Top 5 Most Important Production Car Debuts of the 2017 Detroit Auto Show

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Top 5 Best (and Only) Concept Car Debuts at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show

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Pricing for Volkswagen's New SUV Announced

Speaking today at the Detroit auto show, Volkswagen of America CEO Hinrich Woebcken revealed that the Volkswagen Atlas will start at $30,000 and prices will go up to $48,000.

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Volkswagen ID Buzz Concept Debuts as Microbus of the Future

The Volkswagen microbus of the “Make Love, Not War” era is one of the most iconic vehicles ever made, and the German automaker has reimagined the hippy van as a futuristic EV.

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A Volkswagen Emissions Executive Has Been Arrested

Volkswagen’s former American head of emissions compliance, Oliver Schmidt, was arrested on Saturday in Florida. He is accused by the FBI of playing a central VW’s TDI emissions cheating scandal.

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Volkswagen Confirms New Flagship Coming to America in 2018

Volkswagen brand chief Herbert Diess, speaking tonight at the Garden Theater in Detroit revealed that VW will be introducing two new vehicles per year over the next four years in North America.

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New 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Debuts With More Room for Junk in the Trunk

The 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan has debuted at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show as an all-new long-wheelbase model, which will be the only Tiguan available in North America. A shorter wheelbase model continues to be sold in Europe.

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Volkswagen Nears $3B Criminal Agreement: Report

Volkswagen may soon finalize an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve civil and criminal investigations held in the wake of the company’s diesel scandal.

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VW Promises Self-Driving I.D. by 2025

The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) means that promises are being made about the future of vehicle operation. Chief among which is the promise of autonomous driving, which Volkswagen and Audi have both revealed a bit about.

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Volkswagen Atlas R-Line to Debut in Detroit

The Volkswagen Atlas hasn’t come out yet, but it is already set to become a little sportier when it gets the R-Line treatment.

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Updated Volkswagen Golf R Gets 10 More HP

When Volkswagen revealed the updated Golf in early November, there was one glaring omission: the Golf R. Now, details for the new European R have finally been revealed and it’s getting 10 more PS (9.8 hp).

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The Safest Cars and Trucks You Can Buy in 2017

If you’re shopping for a car, minivan or truck, the list will help you find the safest vehicle you can buy in 2017.

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Top 10 Best Concept Cars of 2016

Automakers love to stun and surprise with radical concept cars, and this year was no different.

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Mystery Ferrari Solved, New Lamborghini Aventador S, and a Faster BMW 5 Series: Weekly News Roundup Video

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Volkswagen Teases Its New Electric Microbus Concept

Volkswagen is combining its past and future with its latest concept, an all-electric van that takes its inspiration from the Microbus. 

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Volkswagen Gets Final Approval to Fix All European TDIs

Germany’s automotive authority, the KBA, has given Volkswagen final approval to fix all 1.2-, 1.6-, and 2.0-liter diesel engines in Europe.

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Volkswagen Agrees to $1B Settlement to Buy Back, Fix 3.0L Diesels

After long negotiations and a last minute extension, Volkswagen has finally reached an agreement with regulators on how to compensate owners of vehicles equipped with the 3.0-liter TDI engine, made up of mostly Audi and Porsche SUVs. 

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VW Agrees to Multi-Billion Dollar 2.0-Liter TDI Settlement in Canada

Correction: A previous version of this article stated that cash payment values had not been estimated. That was incorrect. In fact estimates range from $5,100 to $7,000 for VW owners.

Volkswagen and lawyers representing Canadian TDI owners have agreed to a settlement that could cost the automaker up to CAD $2.1 billion (USD $1.6 billion) plus a CAD $15 million civil administrative monetary penalty. 

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Long-Wheelbase Volkswagen Tiguan Debuting Next Year

Volkswagen has revealed that it will premiere the long wheelbase version of the Tiguan at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and that, in Europe, it will be called the Tiguan Allspace.

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Volkswagen 3.0-Liter TDI Agreement Delayed

Volkswagen and US regulators are almost ready to sign an agreement to settle the 3.0-liter TDI vehicles involved in the emissions scandal, but last minute negotiations have delayed a final resolution to later today.

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Cars We Said Goodbye to in 2016

As we welcome in a new batch of wonderful and exciting cars for 2017, we have to look back and remember all the cars we lost in 2016. 

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This One Tweet Shows How Hard It Will Be for VW to Earn Back Trust

If you think Volkswagen’s dieselgate scandal hasn’t left a lasting impression with customers, think again.

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The VW Microbus is Rumored to Return as an EV

Details about the second vehicle in Volkswagen’s upcoming fleet of battery electric vehicles are slowly taking shape, and it looks like it will be a seven-passenger van based on the company’s historic microbus.

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AWD Dodge Challenger, Sold-Out Aston Martin and No Mazda RX-9: Weekly News Roundup Video

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2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack: AutoGuide.com Car of the Year Contender

AutoGuide.com gathered six of the most significant new cars for the 2017 model year for our annual Car of the Year evaluations. This year, our contenders are the Hyundai Elantra, BMW M2, 2017 Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, Kia Optima, Ford Focus RS and Chevrolet Cruze. There was no hard price cap on this year’s entrants, but we tried to make sure none of them were extravagantly priced. We will release a new video on each contender every day leading up to Dec. 13, when we announce our winner. Stay tuned for our Crossover/SUV of the Year and Truck of the Year series, which is also coming soon!

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Don't Expect to See This Volkswagen Brand in the US Anytime Soon

It doesn’t appear that Volkswagen’s Skoda brand is heading to North America.

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Supra Spy Photos, a New Volkswagen and the New Ford Fiesta: Weekly News Roundup Video

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German Automakers (and Ford) Join Forces to Build Massive European Charging Network

Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen are joining Daimler, the BMW Group, and Ford to create the highest-powered charging network in Europe.

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Someone Has a Terrible Day and Crashes a Bugatti Chiron Into a Ditch

Some poor German is having a very bad day.

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Your First Look at Volkswagen's Next Top Model

Volkswagen is taking a break from its focus on SUVs to debut a new “top model,” a big four-door that will be called the Volkswagen Arteon.

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Weekly News Roundup Video: Faster BMWs, Grand Tour, and No More Diesels

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2016 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen Review: Curbed With Craig Cole

It’s no secret that Americans love crossovers. Like a husky preteen addicted to Butterfingers, our relationship with these car-based utility vehicles is completely unhealthy.

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