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REPORT: Upcoming U.S. VW sedan to be offered with diesel and hybrid powertrains

According to a report from Autocar, Volkswagen's upcoming New Midsize Sedan will come with a hybrid option here in the States by the summer of 2012. That's just six months or so after the regular-grade NMS is scheduled to roll out of VW's new Chattanooga, Tenn. plant. Up to this point, we've been assuming that the German automaker's fine 2.0-liter turbocharged four would be used as the base engine with a larger and more powerful V6 as an uplevel option, and that still seems likely. But, says Autocar, we may also see a version of the NMS ... Read more →

LA 2009: Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept teases with practical, lightweight innovation Jonny Lieberman

Volkswagen has just taken the cover off an all-new concept called the Up! Lite, a sinister looking diesel hybrid that gets (according to VW) 70 mpg combined. As in both City and Highway. ...

2009 VW Jetta TDI Cup to air on Speed TV starting Dec. 6 Sam Abuelsamid

Back in October, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup wrapped up its second season in fine fashion during the Petit Le Mans weekend at Road Atlanta. While the ten-race series was not broadcast live, ...

All Grown Up: Audi celebrates 20th birthday of TDI Sam Abuelsamid

As Audi begins to roll out the A3 TDI to its U.S. dealers in the coming weeks and the diesel version of the Q7 takes an ever larger share of sales, it's time to celebrate. This fall marks the ...

From diesel to natural gas: Jetta TDI Cup winner off to Europe for Scirocco Cup Sebastian Blanco

Will Timmy Megenbier be able to reproduce his diesel-powered success in the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup in the natural-gas-powered Scirocco Cup in Europe next year? The answer lies only in the ...

VW Group names Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann run EV programs 24 days ago on Autoblog Green

Like most other automakers, Volkswagen is ramping up its electrification efforts and part of that is putting someone in charge. VW announced today that it has hired Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann for the newly-created slot of Group Chief Officer for Electric Traction. Neumann, who was most recently ...

Volkswagen starts taking orders for Passat BlueMotion 26 days ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen has started taking orders in Europe for the new BlueMotion edition of its mid-size Passat. Like other models bearing the BlueMotion badge, the Passat has been optimized to drive down the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. As seen in the photos, the BlueMotion gets ...

2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup 'Street" edition arrives in January 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

When we were in Germany last month for the launch of the 2010 Golf, VW product planner Andres Valbuena told us that a special street replica of the Jetta TDI Cup race car would be launching in January 2010. We just got the first photo of the new limited edition model along with further details. ...

Volkswagen launches 99 g/km CO2 Golf BlueMotion 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen has just launched the new BlueMotion Golf in the European market and it is the most efficient Golf ever. The new model is rated at 61.9 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined driving cycle with carbon dioxide emissions of just 99 g/km. The BlueMotion model uses the new 1.6-liter common-rail TDI ...

Spy shots: VW Polo sedan spotted, possibly coming to U.S. 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

At some point in the next couple of years it is probable that Volkswagen will introduce a new entry-level model below the Golf in the U.S. market. VW introduced an all-new version of its B-segment Polo earlier this year in Europe and VW of America officials are anxious to add the car to compete with ...

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