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  1. Volkswagen News Blog
    So many auto shows have been canceled this year, that we’re almost going through withdrawal. Fortunately, the fine folks over at VW have a plan. A virtual car show. By visiting a website set up by VW ( link! ), you too can live the experience of a European car show (albeit one without any...
  2. Volkswagen News Blog
    Tired of hearing about the ID.3 and all its wonderful features you won’t have access to? So are we. But now we can finally take a look at the next ID, which we will get. Covered in the same camouflage as the ID.3 was before its unveiling, this is the production vehicle based on the ID CROZZ...
  3. Volkswagen News Blog
    The first vehicle on Volkswagen’s exclusively electric drivetrain has finally been unveiled and it will start at less than 30,000 Euros ($33,172 USD at conversion rates at time of writing). The ID.3 1st edition will come with a range of 420 km (on Europe’s NEDC test cycle). Although the...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    While Volkswagen has been teasing the eighth generation of the Golf, there has been some confusion about when the car would actually be revealed. Now, Carscoops reports that it will definitely not happen at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Initially slated for a reveal at Germany’s biggest car show...
  5. Volkswagen News Blog
    When the RS 4 Avant launched at the Frankfurt there were seconds—minutes even—of jubilation before the news broke that it wouldn’t be offered in the US . Sadness doesn’t begin to describe the loss we felt at being deprived a 380 hp, 442 lb-ft of torque, twin-turbo V6-powered super wagon from...
  6. Volkswagen News Blog
    Bentley’s first electric vehicle will be a sportscar that could arrive as early as 2019.  The British luxury automaker made it known it was interested in EVs when it debuted the EXP 12 Speed 6e concept at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. It’s already said a production version of that...
  7. Volkswagen News Blog
    Joy of joys! The US will not be excluded from partaking in Audi’s first rear-wheel-drive super car, the R8 RWS (Rear Wheel Series). Confirmation comes today from Audi spokesperson Mark Dahncke, who added that the RWS would be coming in 2018. Audi Sport unveiled the two wheel drive R8 earlier...
  8. ID Series VW Electric Vehicles
    Volkswagen paints the town red (actually just the Crozz) and puts some new lights on it for its European debut. http://www.vwvortex.com/news/frankfurt-vw-unveils-the-closer-to-production-id-crozz-ii/
  9. Volkswagen News Blog
    Joining the “Sport” and “Style” trims, Volkswagen showed the “R-Line” trim package at the T-Roc’s motor show premiere earlier today at the Frankfurt motor show. Unlike the other colorful and funky trim packages, the R-Line embraces the dark, with a black textured diffuser, a dark red LED tail...
  10. Volkswagen News Blog
    The all-new 2018 Porsche Cayenne Turbo has made its official debut in Frankfurt, landing with a new 550 horsepower 4.0-liter V8 under the hood.   The new 4.0-liter V8’s two turbochargers are mounted inside the engine’s cylinder ‘V’, which due to the shortened exhaust paths helps to reduce...
  11. Volkswagen News Blog
    For the first time ever, Volkswagen will have three GTIs in its lineup. The Golf—which started the trend—the Up!—which launched at Wörthersee this summer—and now the latest iteration of the Polo GTI. With about 200 hp and 235 lb-ft of torque, the middle GTI now has about 10 more hp than its...
  12. Volkswagen News Blog
    Porsche has today revealed the all-new 911 GT3 Touring Package – which is essentially just a GT3 that lacks the performance-focused model’s rear wing. Instead of a fixed rear-wing, the 911 GT3 Touring will have an adaptive rear spoiler with a subtle gurney flap similar to the one featured on...
  13. Volkswagen News Blog
    Every one of the Volkswagen Group’s 300 models will be offered with some form of electric assistance by 2030, according to CEO Matthias Müller, who spoke earlier today ahead of the Frankfurt motor show. Electrification will range from a 48-volt “mild-hybrid” system to a fully electric model...
  14. Volkswagen News Blog
    Heading into Frankfurt, Audi promised three self-driving cars previewing three levels of autonomy. The first we’d already seen: the Audi A8 ready for level 3 autonomous driving. The second, a completely autonomous lounge-on-wheels, premiered earlier today at the Volkswagen Group preview night...
  15. Volkswagen News Blog
    The latest iteration of the R8 has been unveiled in Frankfurt and it loses drive to the front wheels. The R8 RWS (Rear Wheel Series) will be limited to a total 999 units in Spyder and Coupe variants. Powered by Audi’s excellent naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10, the R8 RWS will weigh 110 lbs...
  16. Volkswagen News Blog
    Ahead of the Frankfurt motor show, Volkswagen has revealed an evolution of the I.D. Crozz electric crossover concept that more closely resembles the production model that will introduce the US to VW's electric range in 2020. Shown in a new color, Hibiscus Red, the concept, imaginatively named...
  17. Volkswagen News Blog
    It's the evening before the Frankfurt motor show floor opens to journalists and VW just can't wait to show off its cars. Watch the livestream of the group's preview below.
  18. Volkswagen News Blog
    The Frankfurt auto show, Europe’s premiere exhibition of new automotive technology is just around the corner, and few brands are as excited about it as Audi. With lots of cars expected to be on their way, we thought we’d take a look at what the rumor mill anticipates for the show. The car we’re...
  19. Volkswagen News Blog
    Didn't get an invite to attend Volkswagen's Group Night in Frankfurt?  Don't fret, Volkswagen's still got you covered, well, aside from the free shrimp.  Beginning at 1:30pm EST Volkswagen's Group Night will be streaming below, which is about as close as you can get without a formal invite.  For...
  20. Volkswagen News Blog
    Well that didn't take long.  Just 24 hours after Automobile published that the Tiguan would be shown in Frankfurt, and mere hours after we posted about it, Carscoops managed to snap two photos of the new crossover without any camouflage.  Shooting down on the rear 3/4 of the vehicle while it...
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