The Volkswagen New Beetle was an immediate success following its 1997 launch. By clothing humble Golf underpinnings in a cute ...

Drivers of VW and Audi models say routine oil top offs masked a larger defect, and now a court will decide what happens next ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The name Volkswagen is not normally associated with powerful engines; in fact the brand has long been associated with underpowered, but lovable classics. Those of us who have owned or been stuck ...

It's hard to believe, but the Golf GTI is an old hand. The little hatchback that started the hot hatch genre back in the 1970s is now 50 years old. To celebrate, Volkswagen has debuted a new, special ...

Although Volkswagen has its fair share of reliable models, it's not an auto manufacturer that's necessarily famed for overall reliability. That mixed record extends to its engines; some of these are ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

Yes, VW made a ten-cylinder M5 before BMW. Long before Dieselgate, draconian emissions regulations, and aggressive cost-cutting, Volkswagen had an era of impressive engineering. During the ruthless ...