A small revolution is going on in Brazil right now, as the Volkswagen Group has started local production of the 1-liter turbo engine. The first car to receive it is the Up! city car. One of the most ...

Does anybody remember the little Lupo GTI? This little pocket rocket was equipped with a 1.6-liter 16-valve engine producing 123 horsepower. Sadly, Volkswagen never built a successor after production ...

The launch of Volkswagen’s Up TSi powertrain option is the first time Brazil has produced a car more advanced, in engine technology, than its sibling marketed in Europe. As a broad rule, Brazilian ...

A little over a year ago Volkswagen introduced their TSI engine range in 138 hp and 168 hp flavors. Those two engines both had displacements of 1.4L with the output of something considerably larger.