Volkswagen News

Right now, Volkswagen has two crossover SUVs in production: the new second-generation Tiguan that will come to North America next year, and the larger, pricier Touareg premium utility vehicle A concept introduced this morning at the Geneva Motor Show, however, points the way to a new and smaller...

Volkswagen hid a previous emissions-related issue from regulators, a new report claims.

The Federal judge overseeing class-action suits against Volkswagen says the company has 30 days to come up with a diesel fix.

The revelation last fall that Volkswagen had intentionally covered up the true emission levels of several diesel-powered cars, including some sold under premium brands Audi and Porsche, came as a shock to many--not least those of us in the media. The ongoing scandal affects millions of vehicles...

Five months after it first hit the press, U.S. owners of 580,000 diesel vehicles with Volkswagen TDI engines are no closer to knowing how or when their cars will be modified than they were in mid-September. And if a report last week by the Reuters news service is accurate, they have at least...

Volkswagen has released some limited shots of a concept-vehicle debut for the upcoming 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The concept is almost certainly a refined version of the Golf-sized crossover utility vehicle, that was first previewed by the T-Roc Concept from the 2014 Geneva show. ALSO SEE: Koch...

Volkswagen’s Up! city-car lineup is one of the coolest high-mpg small cars we can’t have, as we described it a few years ago. Now with a host of improvements just announced in advance of the Geneva Motor Show, held early next month, it looks poised to earn its keep as “forbidden...

Bob Lutz says GM engineers were baffled when they examined VW diesel cars.

Excess Volkswagen diesel emissions will contribute to premature deaths, researchers say.

Volkswagen is recalling a small number of Touareg Hybrid SUVs.

Allen Schaeffer probably doesn't have the easiest job these days. He's executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of diesel engines, fuel, and technology. With the Volkswagen diesel-emission scandal soon to enter...

The California Air Resources Board shows the type of equipment that found Volkswagen's "defeat device" software.

Volkswagen submitted proposed modifications for 3.0-liter V-6 TDI models this week.

The Volkswagen diesel scandal is affecting public perception of the entire auto industry, a new survey finds.

Bosch says Volkswagen is solely responsible for diesel cheating, but is still conducting its own internal investigation.

Like many automakers, Volkswagen Group has had a research facility in Silicon Valley for many years. In 2011, Its Electronics Research Laboratory--first launched in 1998--tripled its size and moved northward from Palo Alto to Belmont. It now has almost 100 people. But new VW Group CEO Matthias...

A BMW executive believes the Volkswagen scandal will hurt all U.S. diesel sales.

Hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen and Audi owners are now in their fifth month of waiting to find out when and how regulators will approve modifications to their diesel cars. But there's another group that's been affected by VW's diesel-emission cheating scandal: Volkswagen and Audi dealerships...

A German newspaper has reported that the use of "defeat device" software to cheat on U.S. emissions laws was widespread knowledge within the diesel-engine group at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. And, it said, one whistleblower involved in the deception had alerted a senior manager...

Volkswagen hired a Continental executive to oversee its new electric-car development group.