At first glance, Volkswagen's 1.6 TDI seems underpowered compared to its rivals. Sure, the top-output version was recently bumped from 105 PS to 110 PS in some models like the Golf or SEAT Leon, but a ...

Spending enough time on the internet as an American car enthusiast, you tend to find a recurring narrative about European and Japanese cars: the one saying that such carmakers tend to keep the really ...

We now know the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Sportwagen's fuel economy numbers were too good to be true, but people didn't just buy the Jetta TDI for its fuel economy. It also offered a torquey engine and a ...

I'll admit that I'm not the best person to comment on the Golf, for one big reason: the transmission. I'm still new enough at driving a stick that I can't blame the car for most of my stalls and jerky ...

The idea of a family sedan quietly covering roughly 800 miles on a single tank of fuel sounds like a throwback to a different automotive era, yet it is exactly the kind of number that is suddenly back ...

Elsewhere in this issue, you've read about our First Drive of the new '09 VW Jetta TDI.But rest assured, it won't be the last time you hear about it. VW has loaned us this Platinum grey metallic, ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

If there’s one tuning company out there that know their way around VW Group products, it’s Germany’s own ABT Sportsline. So if you’d like your Audi, VW, Skoda or Seat to look more imposing, calling ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

How much power does an SUV need in order to be worthy of the ‘super’ prefix? Car makers may have different answers to this question, but to us, something with 500 PS (493 hp / 368 kW) and close to ...