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2009 Los Angeles Auto Show: Preview

Only a handful of U.S. auto shows count as important. Detroit, in January, is one; historically, New York in April has been another. But the up-and-comer is the Los Angeles Auto Show, which now occurs in late November or early December and focuses on green cars of all stripes: hybrids, electric...

December 1, 2009 by John Voelcker 1

November's Popular Green Car Posts: Prius Wagon, 2010 VW Golf TDI

December 1, 2009 1

2011 Volkswagen Touareg To Include Hybrid, Launch in January

November 12, 2009 4

How Far Can the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI Go On a Tank of Diesel?

October 30, 2009 5

Hide the Children! Porsche Goes Green And Hybrid, Purists Blanch

Europeans have been slow to the game with hybrids, having bet most of their green strategy on highly efficient clean diesels. But they are increasingly hedging their bets... October 28, 2009 by John Voelcker 1

The GTI Back For 2010 But Does It Beat the Competition?

The 2010 Volkswagen GTI is ready for the delighted consumers who have been digging this staple of the VW fleet for decades. The changes aren’t that significant for 2010, so... October 26, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew 1

Driven: 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI, Clean Green Diesel Hatchback

As regular readers no doubt recall, we [heart] the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI. We think it'll be the big diesel winner in the U.S. market, and that's before we've even driven... October 23, 2009 by John Voelcker 3

2010 Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion, for Europe only

The 62-MPG 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI We Won't Get In the U.S.

While we think that the clean diesel 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI will do well in the States, VW has just rolled out an uber-economical BlueMotion model for European markets that... October 15, 2009 by John Voelcker 6

Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid development prototype, October 2009

Preview: 2012 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid

Our editor Marty Padgett is spending the day with Volkswagen, driving new models, learning about advanced technologies, and quizzing executives. Here's his preview of VW's... October 7, 2009 by Marty Padgett

Green Car of the Year Finalists: Three Hybrids, Two Diesels

The five finalists for the 2010 Green Car of the Year Award include three hybrid models--two Japanese hatchbacks and one U.S. sedan--and a pair of German clean-diesel cars... October 7, 2009 by John Voelcker

What's a Few Hundred Condoms Between Friends? by Flickr user xmasons

Most Popular Green Car Posts for September: Condoms, Of Course

This is our favorite end-of-month activity, looking back over the most popular posts of the last 30-or-so days on GreenCarReports.com. To celebrate the onset of autumn (for... September 30, 2009 by John Voelcker 1

E-up! Concept and Varta Microbattery Partnership Shows Signs of VW’s EV Commitment

Recently, Volkswagen has announced a new joint-venture partnership with Varta Microbattery. This comes not long after the announcement at the Frankfurt Auto Show that VW... September 28, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew

Audi A3 TDI clean diesel - European model

Clean Diesels Cost More, But Will Americans Pay For Them?

It's well known in the car industry that a diesel engine costs 10 to 20 percent more to build than a gasoline motor of equivalent output. That's because diesels have to be... September 17, 2009 by John Voelcker 9

Frankfurt: Volkswagen's Radical 170-MPG Diesel Two-Seater

Covering all the green-car bases at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, Volkswagen unveiled not only the E-Up electric city car concept but also the L1, a radical 170-mpg tandem... September 15, 2009 by John Voelcker 1

VW Releases Specs For E-Up! Electric Concept; Beetle of the 21st Century

According to Volkswagen, the E-Up! electric concept vehicle on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show will be the "Beetle of the 21st Century." The company promises it will be... September 15, 2009 by Eric Loveday 1

Frankfurt Auto Show: Is VW's E-Up Electric Car the Next Beetle?

With the Frankfurt Auto Show now underway, Volkswagen came out with both guns blazing to underscore its green-car credentials. The latest VW concept is the E-Up, a battery... September 14, 2009 by John Voelcker 1

After Putting a Huge Focus On Diesel VW Announces Electric Citycar Intentions

Today, our partners over at TheCarConnection.com ran a story that warms our hearts over here at AllSmallCars.com—VW has announced that they will have an electric Citycar... September 14, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew 1

August's Most Popular Green Car Posts: What About That 230 MPG?

We usually recap our five most popular posts on GreenCarReports.com at the end of every month. We're a bit late for August but, hey, we had a long Labor Day too ... now we're... September 9, 2009 by John Voelcker

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI: 36-39 MPG in Real-World Use

Hybrid vs diesel: It's a longstanding green-car conundrum. Which is better, a hybrid-electric vehicle that recaptures wasted energy in a battery and uses it to assist the... September 8, 2009 by John Voelcker 6