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 ...

Nik Miles explores the history of the Volkswagen Beetle at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, featuring the love bug and ...

Production of the Volkswagen Beetle will cease after 2019. To pay tribute, VW is treating the car to two special trim levels--Final Edition SE and Final Edition SEL. Offered in both coupe and ...

Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn was preparing to build the Passat at a new $1 billion U.S. factory and was not pleased. Visiting the Tennessee site before the 2011 opening, he ...

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 ...

Volkswagen Group will finally see the true cost of cheating on emissions reporting in the United States today, and it’s shaping up to be the worst day in Volkswagen history. Volkswagen will have to ...

In 2026, Volkswagen will pull the plug on not just its greatest SUV, but one of the most underrated SUVs of all time. For nearly 24 years, the Volkswagen Touareg has been a serious towing and ...

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 ...

Yesterday, we reported that Volkswagen was either toying with the idea of a new, rear-wheel-drive electric four door Volkswagen Beetle, or our emotions, or both. Interestingly, the most interesting ...

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 ...