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    Volkswagen Touareg TDI to embark on 14-day, 16,000-mile journey
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    Renowned adventurer Rainer Zietlow will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the legendary Pan-American Highway by embarking on a two-week drive from Argentina to Alaska on the world's longest road. Crossing through portions of 14 countries and covering a distance of nearly 16,000 miles, Reiner, ...

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    Ward's Auto details VW's 2.0-liter turbodiesel, a "10 Best Engines" winner
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    It's no secret that editors at Ward's Automotive are enamored with Volkswagen's fuel-efficient, 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel engine. After all, the oil-burning TDI mill did make its way onto Ward's 2011 list of "10 Best Engines." In testing the 2.0-liter engine (coupled to a six-speed ...

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    Passat BlueMotion enters record books after going 1,527 miles without refueling; that's 74.8 mpg
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    Gavin Conway, writer for the Sunday Times, buckled into a Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion and embarked on a journey. This trip was not your typical Sunday jaunt, nor was it what we'd call a grocery run. Let's just say that Conway had Guinness World Record visions dancing in his head. Followed by ...

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    Six months spent in Audi's A3 TDI is nothing but pure delight
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    2010 Audi A3 TDI – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The Audi A3 TDI is typical of the clean diesel breed. It offers impressive low-end torque, belches out little in the emissions category and scores on the efficiency chart. The A3 also coddles both the driver and passengers with ...

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    Upscale small cars face hard times against hybrid rivals
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    2010 Volkswagen Golf – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Producers of upscale small cars such as the Volkswagen Golf, Mazda3 and Volvo C30 face stiff competition from hybrid vehicles for reasons unrelated to fuel mileage. Upscale cars are priced at the top end of their individual ...

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    Project Sipster finishes with an 84 mpg VW Golf
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    We have been following Top Gear America's Project Sipster for a while. The team's project was to install a modern ciesel engine from a VW Jetta TDI into a 28-year-old VW Golf and make the car go from 0 to 60 mph in less than 7 seconds but also able to achieve 70 mpg. Oh, and do it for less than ...

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    Top Gear US shows us how to perform a TDI engine swap
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    Top Gear US has struck again with their latest installment in the Project Sipster saga, and this one's a doosey. The TG crew is taking an early '80s VW Rabbit diesel apart and replacing the engine and transmission with newer and more powerful units. We're pretty sure that there's plenty more ...

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    VW CEO Martin Winterkorn: Electric cars 15-20 years away
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    Click above for a high-res gallery of the VW up!
    Show season is upon us, which means there will be a ton of interesting new concept vehicles and freshly announced production models for all of us gearheads to ogle over. Another sometimes overlooked feature of auto shows like the one that's ...

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    The top five upcoming green events, number four: Jetta TDI Cup
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    Diesel racers have had a lot of success in the recent past. But what happens when you have diesel racing diesel? We'll find out soon. For 2008, Volkswagen is replacing the current GTI cup with the Jetta TDI Cup. As the name implies, the new series will use the new Jetta TDI diesel sedan. For racing ...

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    2008 Jetta diesel will be the first to be sold in all 50 states since '99
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    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 ...

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