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  1. Volkswagen News Blog
    Volkswagen  is the latest automaker to opt out of the 2018 Paris Motor Show. The German automaker joins Ford, Nissan, and Infiniti in backing out of the biennial show. VW may opt out of other international auto shows going forward as well, with the company saying it is “continually reviewing...
  2. Volkswagen News Blog
    Officials in California are considering banning the sale of internal combustion engine cars as China and countries in Europe look to do the same. California Governor Jerry Brown has expressed interest in banning the sale of internal combustion vehicles in communications with California Air...
  3. Volkswagen News Blog
    The production Volkswagen I.D. is aiming to reinvent how drivers get their information. Speaking to Autocar, Volkswagen design head Klaus Bischoff shared details on how the I.D. will reinvent instrumentation systems when it heads to dealerships around 2020. According to Bischoff, the I.D. has...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    Update: Autocar reports that Volkswagen released design sketches of the concept that will be shown at the Paris Motor Show, they can be seen below. The Volkswagen Group is looking to have six all-electric vehicles on the road by 2025, starting with three modestly priced compact cars, reports...
  5. Volkswagen News Blog
    The Volkswagen Group is continuing to cut costs amid its massive diesel scandal and as a result, Bentley and Lamborghini will not be on display in Paris later this month. Bentley said it will be skipping the show to focus on small events where it can market directly to buyers, while...
  6. Volkswagen News Blog
    Although Volkswagen has made big promises about electric cars, up to now it hasn’t actually announced a pure-electric stand alone production car. That’s all set to change now, though, with a new Golf-sized electric car that VW will reveal at the Paris Motor Show in October. Autocar reports...
  7. Volkswagen News Blog
    We already know that Volkswagen will be bringing a long wheelbase version of it's new Tiguan to the states, but as of now, we've yet to see where exactly that extra length will come from.  In a recent rendering from Theophilus Chin, the so-called "automotive manipulator" takes a stab at just how...
  8. Volkswagen News Blog
    The automotive grass is always greener in Europe, isn't it?  We can now add the new Polo GTI to the list of lustworthy transportation that the North American market won't get, which is a shame, because it looks like a segment leader. The Polo GTI is powered by a 1.8 TFSI producing roughly...
  9. Volkswagen News Blog
    It’s hard to believe that it’s been about 10 years since the first Volkswagen Phaeton was introduced. Built using the same corporate steel chassis D platform that underpins the Bentley Continental, the car even did a short stint in the USA before ending its stateside run in 2006. It’s since...
  10. A6, S6, RS6, A7, S7, RS7 (C7)
    As part of our Paris Motor Show coverage, I've run a story on the blog focusing on the new RS 6 Avant that was on display at the show. Updates are pretty subtle, but still substantial... like Matrix Beam LED headlights, Aux Input, USB jack, phone box signal strengthening, etc. More info and...
  11. Blog
    We've just added a photo gallery from tonight's Volkswagen Group Night of Driving Ideas. Included in the presentation were the Audi quattro Concept and the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept. Look for more coverage from Paris this week. Full Story
  12. Blog
    Winding Road has published a story and an eight photo gallery about the upcoming replacement for the Lamborghini Diablo. Believed to be a test mule of the very car Sant Agata has been dropping teaser photos of, the rumormill suggests the car will be dubbed 'Jota'. Winding Road says the car...
  13. A1, S1, A2
    Audi just dropped A1 1.4T FSI info and a sole image this morning (linked below) and already some blogs are theorizing that this means no S1 for Paris. Though not positive, we're not so sure. The Paris Auto Show website still lists S1 as a star debut and a new engine in an existing model like the...
  14. R4
    Over the weekend some images surfaced that appear to be design drawings of the rumored Audi R4 e-tron Concept Car expected to debut Paris. We're not precisely sure of the source of the images posted by R5T in our Audi Lounge forum but the most credible article online including the pics seems to...
  15. Blog
    Over the weekend some images surfaced that appear to be design drawings of the rumored Audi R4 e-tron Concept Car expected to debut Paris. We're not precisely sure of the source of the images posted by R5T in our Audi Lounge forum but the most credible article online including the pics seems to...
  16. Blog
    We've just been passed these photos of that mystery Audi on location at that ski jump photo shoot. Originally rumored to be an R4 e-tron concept car we're not so sure that's true anymore... at least the e-tron part. These new detail shots posted in our forums reveal details inconsistent with an...
  17. R4
    We've just been passed these photos of that mystery Audi on location at that ski jump photo shoot. Originally rumored to be an R4 e-tron concept car we're not so sure that's true anymore... at least the e-tron part. These new detail shots posted in our forums reveal details inconsistent with an...
  18. Blog
    The idea of an Audi R4 e-tron roadster concept for Paris continues to gather momentum today with stories from French auto magazine L'Automobile and German magazine Auto Motor und Sport. L'Automobile went so far as to mock up a render while A,M und S offers even more credibility given their...
  19. Blog
    German automotive magazine Auto Motor und Sport published their own Paris preview and in that suggest that Audi plans to pull the wraps off of a new S1 and S8, S-car versions of the all-new A1 and A8. Interestingly, A,M und S makes no reference of an S7 that was suggested by a source of ours at...
  20. Blog
    Yesterday we relayed a report from WorldCarFans suggesting the rumor of an 'Audi R4 e-tron' roadster concept bound for Paris. While we've still not been able to confirm the rumor and the WCF report was anything but specific on how they came about the information, we are beginning to believe some...
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