Volkswagen has agreed to a US$1.2-billion settlement with US dealers in the fallout of the dieselgate scandal. A settlement agreement has been filed in San Francisco’s federal court to compensate US-based dealers who claim they lost business to the tune of around $1.85 million each. While a judge is yet […]
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Volkswagen I.D. concept revealed, previews EV future
After days, weeks and months of teasers, Volkswagen has officially unveiled its electric-powered I.D. concept at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, with a road-going version confirmed to hit the road in 2020. Volkswagen chairman Herbert Diess said at the reveal that the company has started the “greatest change process in […]
Volkswagen EV concept previewed ahead Paris debut
Volkswagen has released some design sketches of its upcoming electric vehicle to build excitement for the debut in just a few days at the Paris Motor show. While the sketches are quite simple, they do tease radical new engineering features like the sliding door design, similar to that on people […]
Volkswagen sets late-2017 target to fix all Euro dieselgate cars
Volkswagen has committed to a late-2017 deadline for all diesel vehicles impacted by the emissions scandal in Europe, following meetings with the European Commission. As we reported last week, Volkswagen was making relatively slow progress in its attempt to fix TDI engines implicated in the dieselgate scandal, with only around […]
Volkswagen e-Crafter concept previews electric van future
Electric commuter vans are suddenly becoming all the rage since Elon Musk declared them to be part of his Secret Master Plan Part Deux. Since then, Mercedes-Benz has graced us with its drone-tastic Vision Van concept, with promises of an electric next-gen Sprinter. Now Volkswagen, keen for any and every […]
Meet the new world’s fastest Volkswagen Beetle; 330km/h Beetle LSR
Volkswagen USA has created the world’s fastest Beetle, beating the old land speed record which has been standing since 1988. With a little help from Californian tuning company THA Manufacturing, the Beetle’s 2.0-litre TSI turbo four-cylinder is wound up to 404kW and 570Nm. This helped it average an astonishing 330km/h […]
VW has only fixed 10% of cars affected by dieselgate in Europe
Volkswagen remains faced with the challenge of fixing around 90 per cent of the impacted diesel vehicles in the aftermath of the dieselgate scandal. The German manufacturer yesterday made a statement outlining it has repaired less than 10 per cent of the 8.5 million affected vehicles in Europe powered by […]
Volkswagen confirms EV concept for Paris, teasers included
Volkswagen has teased the harbinger of its new era, one that will propel it away from the smoggy cloud that has so dogged it in recent times. Scheduled to debut at the Paris Motor Show, the concept previews a production car scheduled for 2019, on VW’s new electric architecture (MEB). […]