Volkswagen News

A version of the same Volkswagen that raced on biodiesel the past couple of years will soon be available for the general public.

A 46 year old Volkswagen Beetle with a plate of former East Germany is seen in the garden of Otto Weymann in Fuldatal near Kassel, central Germany, Monday, Nov.

Like other models bearing the BlueMotion badge, the Passat has been optimized to drive down the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

With a base price of $19,105 for the Clubman and $22,545 for the Clubman S, the prime competition for the MINI wagon includes the likes of the 2010 Volkswagen GTI , the 2010 Audi A3 , and the 2010 Mazda3 and Mazdaspeed3.

Aside from the sheetmetal changes that accompany the new Golf lineup, the GTI retains its entertaining handling, sweet turbocharged engine, available dual-clutch transmission, and a choice of three- and five-door hatchback body styles.

Audi has released some more information on the car, a TT-S coupe that, like its predecessors, Stanley and Junior, has a name: Shelley.

By Roy Cokayne Volkswagen South Africa is phasing out production of its legendary Citi Golf to prepare its Uitenhage plant for the production of a series of new high-volume models with high local content next year.

THE Golf has long been the standard-setter in its class and there must have been much scratching of heads at Volkswagen about how to improve it again for the Mark VI version.

The photo last week gave a bit of the 2010 Volkswagen Golf, a small hatchback that is entering its sixth iteration.

Let's get this out of the way first: The Volkswagen GTI is based on the new 2010 VW Golf.

The Jetta TDI Cup "street version looks to be finally heading to dealers. This, a sporting version of economical cars, is something I've long been a proponent of.

The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf, heralded by European automotive media as World Car of the Year, finally comes to U.S. showrooms this fall and instantly is the most fuel-efficient nonhybrid compact car for 2010.

Sports/Performance Lively beats brawny in battle of performance cars 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTI The Germans take the Sporting prizes, with VW's GTI the victor in the under $50,000 group, and Audi S4 in the over $50,000 category Michael Bettencourt From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, Nov.

Volkswagen of America said the VW Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition, first displayed as a concept at last year's 2008 SEMA Auto Show , will go on sale in January, featuring a race-inspired body kit and VW's clean diesel engine.

Sold in the States as the Volkswagen Rabbit, the early front-wheel-drive hatchback had a transverse-mounted 1.5-liter four-cylinder rated at just 70 horsepower.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. today reported October 2009 sales of 17,037 total units, representing a 7.2 percent increase over October 2008.

It's over: Production of the first-generation VW Golf has ended after 35 years. The last units have rolled off the production line in Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in the past weeks, but the car will be available as long as supplies lasta 'likely until early 2010, VW South Africa announced today.

The Scirocco is the bargain of the two, going for 26,945 , while the Golf takes you slightly higher up the currency chart, priced at 28,930 . They both come standard with a 6-speed manual, but if you want the car to shift for you, the DSG transmission option adds 1,300 to either car.

Whose idea was it to toss out the Jetta Wagon and replace it with this Golf Wagon? I suppose we'll never know if it was product planning, marketing or a command from on high, or more likely a collective decision from all of the above.

We seem to be covering the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI clean diesel hatchback an awful lot here, but a recent blog post raised an issue we hadn't considered: How far can the 2010 Golf TDI go on a single tankful of diesel fuel? The question comes from blogger, host of #carchat on Twitter, and general all-around car personality Michael Banovsky.