Filed under: Concept Cars, Performance, Europe, Hatchback, SEAT, Beijing Motor Show Just about every brand under the Volkswagen Group umbrella has its own performance line these days. Marques like Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche may not need them, but Volkswagen has the R line, Audi has the RS range, Skoda offers the vRS models, and Seat badges its under the... 

Filed under: Etc., Europe, Volkswagen Apparently the Jetta and Passat redesigns are working well, because Volkswagen is reporting 1.36 million vehicle deliveries for the first quarter of 2012. That’s an increase of more than ten percent over last year, and in March alone, VW delivered a record 536,600 cars. Wait a minute, aren’t things bleak in Europe?... 

Filed under: LA Auto Show, Convertible, Coupe, Volkswagen, Diesel How do you make the hot-selling Volkswagen new New Beetle even hotter? Chop the top! Car and Driver says sun worshippers will have a convertible option when buying their Beetle next year. The news should be a surprise to no one, but engine choices could be. VW says all the powertrain options in... 

Filed under: Concept Cars, New York Auto Show, Wagon, Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen Volkswagen is bringing its diesel-powered Passat Alltrack to the States after all. But don’t get too excited – it’s only coming in the form of a concept car at the New York Auto Show. At least, for now. We last saw the Alltrack at the Tokyo Motor Show in November... 

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Volkswagen How well is Volkswagen doing with its new made-in-America Passat? What if we told you that sales in February were up 14,523.2 percent? Okay, perhaps that isn’t the best measure of performance, given that there wasn’t actually a 2011 model year Passat. But VW moved 8,189 of the midsize sedans last month... 

Filed under: Hatchback, Volkswagen, Electric As we said when we first drove the Volkswagen Golf Blue-e-motion, Volkswagen is taking its time getting into the all-electric game. Given the tremendous ups and downs that electric vehicles and EV start-up companies are going through, maybe making sure you have a car where everything is working smoothly – to... 

Filed under: Government/Legal, Suzuki, Volkswagen, Earnings/Financials The partnership beween Volkswagen and Suzuki is more than two years old, yet in that time, more acrimony and court proceedings have been created than jointly developed products – not hard to do when that product number is zero. Continent-crossing accusations have included Suzuki being... 

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Volvo, Design/Style Volvo has chosen former Volkswagen designer Thomas Ingenlath to replace Peter Horbury as the head of the Swedish brand’s design department, the latter having moved up the ladder to oversee design work at Volvo’s corporate parent, Geely. Ingenlath was with the VW Group for 20 years and did... 

Filed under: Performance, Audi, Earnings/Financials, Motorcycle It’s no secret that Ducati, without question the most famous of all Italian motorcycle manufacturers, is looking for a new owner. It’s also a well-known fact that Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch has long been interested in adding Ducati to the VW Group’s already massive... 

Filed under: Sedan, Volkswagen, Diesel, Long-Term Garage Two months with our long-term 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI is enough for me to know that history will not look back kindly on this generation of VW’s long-running compact sedan. As has been covered, rather exhaustively I might add, the 2011 refresh of the Jetta brought with it a significant reduction...