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Volkswagen is opening up a design contest for all up-and-coming designers on Instagram. The remit is to gaze into their crystal ball and design the ID.3 for the model year 2050. “An impressive design community has developed on social media over the past few years. We aim to initiate a dialogue...

The fact that the Phaeton was an expensive folly that showed the best and worst of Volkswagen at the time is, by now, not new information. But in a recent interview with Top Gear , VW’s head of design gave the world an insight into just how best-and-worst it was. Bischoff was, at the time...

A longtime design presence in the Volkswagen family will take on a new title in the new year. The automaker has announced that Klaus Bischoff (seen above, to the left of North American CEO Scott Keogh), currently head of design for the Volkswagen brand, will oversee design work for the entire VW...

Making a whole new car is hard work. And in the case of the ID.3, it was especially hard because the company really was starting with a blank sheet. That's why this video, chronicling the creation of the ID.3 from clay mock-up to interior design to production is so fascinating. Although largely...

For the next generation of Volkswagen's Tiguan, the automaker's planning on going a little more out there on styling. Which means we could see a much more stylish CUV for the company's bestselling nameplate. Auto Express says that VW design boss Klaus Bischoff was told to be more radical with...

The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta is all business, as buttoned down as a German civil servant and nearly as free of smiles. Unlike many other vehicles available today, this compact four-door lacks any whimsical touches. In recent years, automakers from FCA to Jaguar Land Rover have embraced the...

The future generation of all-electric vehicles from VW will have a new design language that hasn’t been seen on any of the automaker’s cars. With the introduction of its new family of all-electric vehicles, Volkswagen will be taking a fresh approach, reports Automotive News. The automaker’s...

We’ve all been hurt before. Whether it was your dad saying he’d come to your softball game and never showing up, or a date that left you hanging, we all know the sharp disappointment and anger of getting our hopes up only to be let down. VW has been guilty of this. Every couple of years, VW...

Volkswagen’s Potsdam design center is being adapted to work on in-car user experience (an extension of infotainment) for the fast approaching reality of autonomous cars. That means that VW’s decade old design center will no longer be the home of Klaus Bischoff, VW brand design chief. Instead...

In just two days (Thursday, November 10 at 6:30 am EST) Volkswagen will unveil their newly updated Golf, and now they’ve finally finished their Golf countdown of the nameplate with the current generation Mk7. First introduced in 2012, the Mk7 has quite a few honors to its name. It’s the first...

Ever wanted to design a Volkswagen?  Here's your shot. Volkswagen is running the first worldwide Volkswagen Design Contest from May 5th until August 15th, with the winner to be selected by the Head of Volkswagen Design, Klaus Bischoff.  Participants are tasked with creating an "exciting car for...