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VW Promises to hit 95g/km of CO2 emissions

Volkswagen and Greenpeace have not had the best relationship over the past two years. Greenpeace has criticized VW heavily for not going far enough to reduce its cars' emissions. The two of them have now reached a compromise with Volkswagen pr...

The factories will receive 600 gigawatt hours of energy a year

Volkswagen and Seat have signed a deal with Spanish energy company ACCIONA to provide 600 gigawatt hours of completely renewable energy annually to its plants in Martorell, Zona Franca, El Prat de Llobregat and Pamplona starting in 2014. The S...

The car is inspired by Austria

Each year at the Wörthersee-Treffen Volkswagen allows its apprentices to tune a car for the show. This year a team of apprentices have created a car that they call the Golf GTI Cabrio Austria. It is the first time ever that the apprentices ha...

It set the World Distance Record for a diesel car last year

This summer Volkswagen is hoping that another driver can set another record in the US with a diesel Passat. Wayne Gerdes, founder of cleanmpg.com - an online community dedicated to raising fuel economy - and Bob Winger, an electronics enginee...

Volkswagen is planning to introduce two new models to the US in 2013. The Volkswagen Beetle Convertible will be available worldwide but will be revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2012.  Volkswagen is keeping tight-lipped on...

It is based on production parts and could go into production

Volkswagen’s Beetle Dune concept shows what VW could do with a Beetle off-roader. Debuting at the North American International Auto Show, VW says that the car may make it into production. The Beetle Dune gets an off-road look with a susp...

Volkswagen has debuted the Beetle Fender Edition at the Leipzig International Auto Show just like the Scirocco GTS. The Fender Edition packs the obvious Fender sound system, sunburst-effect on the dash like a Fender guitar and a nine-speaker radio...

Volkswagen will begins its test today of E-Golfs in the US. It has brought 20 vehicles that will be used in a pilot program for 9 months. VW employees received 12 of the cars.  Volkswagen will evaluate how the users drive the car and the ...

Volkswagen has begun taking orders for that GTI Cabriolet that it announced at the Geneva Motor Show last year.  The GTI Cabrio is mechanically identical to the standard GTI using VW's 2.0 GTI TSI engine with 210hp. It is available wi...

Concept leads the way for a seven-passenger SUV that will come to the U.S. market in 2015

Volkswagen has just revealed a new concept in Detroit for a future seven-passenger SUV model for the U.S. market, the CrossBlue Concept. The concept will come to the dealers in 2015 and is part of VW's strategy to increase sales in the United ...