Vehicle Type Compact Crossover History/Description Competing with comparables from Honda, Ford and Toyota with an eye for German-engineered quality, refinement and luxury, the Volkswagen Tiguan crossover hit the market for model-year 2009, and has enjoyed a loyal following of owners ever since. Targeting a shopper after handling, comfort an

Vehicle Type Mid-Size Sedan History/Description The Volkswagen Passat entered its so-called B7 generation as a 2012 model year vehicle, focusing on fuel efficiency, safety, comfort and value in a handsome and comfortable package that provided affordable access to a taste of the motoring high-life. The top-dog sedan in the VW model range, th

Perhaps more so than any other model in its lineup, the Jetta is truly Volkswagen’s people’s car in North America. Starting at only $14,990, it’s the cheapest car the German marque offers here, having bumped its hatchback Golf sibling up a rung as a sportier, slightly more premium offering. More than just about dollars and sense, the Jetta come

It's sheer luck, you know, that the original Volkswagen factory wasn't bombed into oblivion by the allies. It nearly happened, too – at the end of the war, one of the first tasks required to get the place up and running again was the removal of an unexploded bomb lying between two vital pieces of manufacturing equipment. The VW Beetle was very near

Odometer at pick-up: 6,788 km Observed Fuel Consumption: 8.2 L/100 km As many of our frequent readers can attest to, the Volkswagen Golf occupies a special place in our hearts here at autoTRADER. Welcome to a long-term test like no other we have done before. Volkswagen has afforded us the unique opportunity to essentially test their ent

There’s no shortage of glowing reviews of Volkswagen’s turbocharged 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine (1.4TSI) that’s now standard equipment in the 2016 VW Jetta Trendline and Comfortline trims and in the 2016 Jetta Hybrid. The high praise comes in part because it’s such a huge improvement over its predecessor, the aging 2.0-litre SOHC eight-valve f

Introduced to North America for the 2009 model year, Volkswagen's Tiguan has never exactly sold like the proverbial hotcakes. Instead, in a segment that trades on practical attributes, the Tiguan has been a bit of a niche player, with a quintessentially European focus on driving dynamics and refinement over outright utility. In a segment that t

While Volkswagen has lately been in the news for all the wrong reasons thanks to its self-inflicted Dieselgate scandal, the company's sporty-yet-practical Golf GTI serves as a vivid reminder that Volkswagen still gets a lot of things really very right. The current, seventh-generation Golf GTI was introduced for the 2015 model year. It has sharper,

The 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI is one of the few cars that can offer both outstanding fuel economy and great driving dynamics – unlike most hybrids. Now riding on VW’s larger Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) platform which underpins all the latest VW and Audi small cars, the 2015 Golf TDI offers across-the-board improvements over its predecessor: more

Volkswagen sure could use a little good news right about now. Here’s some: The refreshed 2016 Passat 1.8 TSI is a very nice car. Tested here is the next-to-top Highline trim with an all-in price of $33,795. With the improvements and upgrades bestowed upon this already roomy and fine-mannered front-drive sedan, we could consider the Highline as back

Odometer at pick-up (GTI): 2,711 km Wrapping up our Golf long-term test with the 2015 GTI was a stroke of foresight – it is, quite simply, the car for me. Odometer final (GTI): 4,698 km (1,987 km by autoTRADER) Observed Fuel Consumption GTI:  10.2 L/100 km Fuel costs (GTI): $231.84 (1,987 km – Premium Gas) Fuel costs (TDI): $151

Volkswagen says it has yet another new crossover in the pipeline, and that it will be built at the company's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The news comes straight from VW head honcho Heinrich Woebcken in an Automotive News interview today at the New York auto show. Woebcken didn't say when the new model would go into production, or even

Things don’t always go exactly as planned. If anyone knows this, it’s the folks at Volkswagen. What matters, though, is how one responds to a challenge and if the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas SUV  is anything to go by, the Wolfsburg company has every intention of putting its best foot forward. we repeatedly tried to catch the system napping, but th

The 2015 Golf TDI Clean Diesel – not only is it an efficiency upgrade, it is also a trim upgrade that gives it a slightly different dynamic character. Odometer at pick-up (TDI): 4,072 km Odometer current: 4,661 km (589 km by autoTRADER) Observed Fuel Consumption: 6.3 L/100 km Fuel costs (TDI): $40.67 Fuel costs (Total): $285.65

Frankly, I was intrigued. There are plenty of vehicles that deeply spark my curiosity, but it happens less often that one of them is a family SUV. Here in Canada, where the Tiguan is the smallest SUV Volkswagen has to offer in our compact-crossover-crazy market, plus heated features cost extra and there are other quirks to live with, it’s a h