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The Volkswagen Type 2, or Kombi, Microbus or Transporter as it is known in some regions, will finally end production after 63 years. The icon was still built and sold in Brazil, but 2014 safety regulations will make the car impossible to sell.&nbs...

Sebastien Loeb wins in final season

Sebastien Loeb added another trophy to surely cramped display case after winning the Rally Monte Carlo this weekend for what will likely be the final time, but Volkswagen put in a stellar performance as well by taking second in the Polo R WRC'...

Volkswagen is teasing the new mid-size sedan model (codename NMS) that will be unveiled at next week’s North American International Auto Show, in Detroit. The German had already confirmed that it was developing a new model to replace the Passat...

Volkswagen has been testing the Polo R WRC car with former professional rally driver and Paris-Dakar winner Carlos Sainz in Trier, Germany, on the Rally Deutschland course. The car will officially enter competition in 2013.  The Polo R WR...

Volkswagen is testing America's reaction to the Passat Alltrak by bringing a concept for the car to the New York Motor Show. Granted, it is not so much a concept, as it is the car that is already on sale in Europe.  The Passat Alltrak...

It plans to have one CNG engine is each model line

Volkswagen believes that compressed natural gas could be the biggest revolution in European cars since it introduced TDI diesel engines in 1989. Its plan is to have one CNG engine in each of its model lines for each new car it releases. It has...

Volkswagen has announced that it will contest the 2013 World Rally Championship with a 300 hp rally vehicle based on the Polo. The announcement was made by Volkswagen Management Board Member Dr Ulrich Hackenberg in front of 200 journalists in Olbia, ...

The Volkswagen Groups is continuing to expand its activities in Southeast Asia as part of its Strategy 2018 growth program. In the presence of Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the Group just signed an agreement with partner compan...

It gets 214mpg US and emits 27g/km of CO2.

Volkswagen is planning several hybrid models in the near future, and it is showing a concept hybrid version of the Up at the Tokyo Motor Show called the Twin Up. It combines an 800cc two-cylinder turbodiesel engine with a 36hp electric motor and s...

It uses the same powertrain at a more reasonable price

Volkswagen is bringing a diesel hybrid version of the Up to the Tokyo Motor Show on November 20 called the Twin-Up, and in some ways it is even more impressive than VW’s XL1 efficiency super car. The Twin-Up uses a modified version of th...