At the intersection of fun, affordability, and practicality sits the hot hatch. These small, usually FWD runabouts have been the preferred performance cars of the everyman for decades now, and the ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is hot, spicy and once you get a taste for it, it will leave you wanting for more. It is exclusive, small, fast and supremely engaging to drive. But you better have deep ...

a quirky mid-engine sports car that came about as the result of a collaboration between Porsche and Volkswagen. Let’s explore the history of this unique Porsche with a VW heart, and why it ...

The last VW sold here with a VR6 was the 2023 Atlas mid-size SUV ... with variable valve timing on both intake and exhaust, this 3.2-liter engine would rev to 6500 rpm, pumping out 240 hp at ...

Two months before Austria’s annual Wörthersee gathering of Vee-dub faithful, designers widened a Mk5 GTI and stuffed the W12 engine from ... gearbox from a VW Phaeton, the mid-engined freak ...

Volkswagen was the world's second-best-selling automaker last year, with 9.2 million units sold. VW has made several of the best-selling cars of all time: When the Beetle was discontinued, it had ...

which provide the forces to open and close valves as the engine inhales gasoline and air, then combusts to produce exhaust. In most engines, from basic commuters to high-performance hypercars ...

(Mercedes did eventually introduce a straight-six diesel in the mid Eighties ... with VW/Audi's four-cylinders. (Audi did eventually go V-6 in the Nineties and has stuck with the engine layout ...

As the 458 is a mid-engine ... rotary engine from a Mazda RX-7 Turbo, and horsepower is now up to around 250. Rotaries are small engines, making them practical for the rear of a VW, and they ...