During World War II, the Volkswagen plant is primarily used to produce military vehicles, including the SUV-like Kübelwagen and the amphibious Schwimmwagen. By 1943, more than 12,000 prisoners of war ...

Volkswagen's crisis sparked by "cheat devices" found on its diesel vehicles has many industry observers wondering if the brand is permanently damaged. Indeed, with every day that passes without a fix ...

The unveiling of a new exhibition called the 'The Major and the Beetle' will be celebrated with a historic Volkswagen car show. The event is to be dedicated to the memory of Major Ivan Hirst, REME.

For 2019, the Volkswagen Golf and Golf Sportwagen drop the turbocharged 1.8L 4-cylinder engine making 170 hp and instead adopt the Jetta's turbocharged 1.4L 4-cylinder engine, which makes 147 hp. Only ...

The original Volkswagen GTI is credited with starting the entire hot hatchback phenomenon. But somewhere along the line, the mad scientists at Volkswagen decided their hot Golf wasn't quite as hot as ...

The recipe is familiar. Take a front-wheel-drive economy and add some spice. That's how the Volkswagen Golf GTI reinvented the affordable performance car. With the eighth-generation GTI on the way, VW ...

Adolf Hitler approves Ferdinand Porsche’s design for the “people’s car,” or volkswagen. A town called Stadt des KdF-Wagens, now Wolfsburg, is established for factory workers in 1938. Full-scale ...