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VW launches TDI Truth & Dare with coffee filter test
Americans typically have a poor opinion of diesel engines, and for good reason – yesterday's oil-burners were noisy, smelly and generally unrefined. Today, none of those traits would accurately describe the modern diesel engines from any number of European automakers, including Volkswagen. To help spread the word that new diesels can't be compared with their predecessors, VW has launched a new "unedited consumer blog forum called TDI Truth & Dare." The new social site is separated into two parts. The first is labeled "Truth" and ... Read more →
VW's Jacoby says few countries ready for electric vehicles Jeremy Korzeniewski
Earlier this month at the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn mentioned to a group of reporters that, in his mind at least, electric cars were at least 15-20 years away. Now, ...
Ford hybrid and BMW and VW diesels make Ward's 10 best engines list Sam Abuelsamid
Ward's Auto World has published its 15th annual ten best engines list and several fuel efficient powertrains have been honored. Two new diesel engines were joined by Ford's Escape hybrid on the list. ...
VIDEO: Shawn Fanning tells the Beetle clean diesel is cooler than free music Sam Abuelsamid
In case you haven't noticed, Volkswagen of American has a new spokesbug in their commercials. A couple of weeks ago, the German brand started running a series of ads featuring a black fifties era ...
Volkswagen launching diesel offensive Sam Abuelsamid
Volkswagen has long been a proponent of diesel engines and they are accelerating those efforts. Starting early in 2008 the company will launch new diesel engines in the US market using the CleanTDI ...
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2008 Jetta diesel will be the first to be sold in all 50 states since '99 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
I won't go in depth telling you all the specifications of the new diesel engine that is going into various VW's with the TDI moniker starting early in 2008, if you are interested in knowing more about them, click here. What I will mention is that these vehicles will mark the first Jetta's sold with ...
VW China plans clean engine investment, more diesels 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
As we mentioned at the end of March, Volkswagen is moving forward with plans to make cars in China get better mileage. Here's a bit more on the effort, from Just Auto (subs req'd). Most of the story is on VW's work on launching diesel engines in China within the next few years. VW predicts, through ...
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