Volkswagen
Volkswagen changing its name to ‘Voltswagen’ in USA – report
Volkswagen has been left red-faced after plans to change its brand name in the USA to ‘Voltswagen of America’ were reportedly leaked ahead of the official announcement. According to a report from CNBC, a press...
Top 10 Underpowered Brazilian Hatchbacks
People love Brazilians and getting a Brazilian, but this breathless bunch couldn’t pull a Rio Carnival float over black ice. Around the world, the necessity of capacity taxes as a means of reducing emissions has...
Volkswagen fined $125 million, breaching Australian Consumer Law
You probably thought the VW dieselgate scandal was just about over, right? Wrong. It’s been announced today the Federal Court in Australia has just ordered Volkswagen AG to pay a record AU$125 million fine. The...
Volkswagen faces another lawsuit, sued by SEC: Dieselgate scandal
Volkswagen is in trouble again over its scandalous emissions-cheating ploy which was revealed in 2015. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are suing VW and former CEO Martin Winterkorn. The SEC is accusing the...
2019 World Car of the Year finalists announced
The 2019 World Car of the Year finalists have been announced, as judges narrow down on the best cars of the year before the final crowns are handed out during the New York auto show...
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi best-selling carmaker in 2018
The three-brand alliance managed to sell 10.76 million vehicles in 2018, which is more than any other car manufacturer or auto group in the passenger vehicle sector. This is the second year running the group...
Volkswagen sells thousands of illegal vehicles, issues recall – report
Volkswagen is in strife again for taking part in illegal activity. This time it seems the company may have sold up to around 17,000 pre-production vehicles to customers which were not approved by authorities for...
2019 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 rally car available to order
Interested in getting the sport of rallying? Volkswagen has commenced taking orders of its new Polo GTI R5 rally car, which builds on from the motorsport pedigree of the Polo R WRC car. The Polo...
Volkswagen to fire more staff following dieselgate scandal – report
Volkswagen is preparing to cull a number of high-level employees as it recovers from the dieselgate scandal, according to reports. German press Handelsblatt and Bild am Sonntag are reporting the Volkswagen Group is planning on...
VW may recall 124,000 cars due to harmful materials
Volkswagen may be looking at another raft of recalls of its electric vehicles after cadmium – a carcinogenic metal – has been found in over 120,000 of its electric and hybrid vehicles, according to reports....
Volkswagen Golf Mk2 sets DSG AWD world record 1/4 mile (video)
What’s the quickest Volkswagen DSG-equipped AWD car in the world? You might not have expected it to be a Mk2 Golf, but this is it, apparently. It has just run the quarter mile in an...
Ford & Volkswagen announce strategic alliance
Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG have announced they have signed into a Memorandum of Understanding agreement that will see the two pair up to strengthen each other. The two companies are “exploring potential projects...
