Sometimes there's no substitute for having a reporter right at a press event--with a smartphone. David Shepardson, D.C. bureau chief for The Detroit News, attended a press conference held by the U.S.

Having a seldom-seen engine under the hood of your car can be a great talking point; depending on what you have, it can offer impressive credentials, and it can be a bit of a boast. But, throughout ...

The Golf 6 is the poster child of the Dieselgate scandal. However, if you're willing to look past that, you might have a decent second-hand hatchback on your hands. In 2008, Volkswagen surprised ...

It’s been about a month and a half since news broke that certain Volkswagen four-cylinder diesel cars contain software designed to bypass emissions control devices, and earlier this week the EPA ...

Volkswagen uses TSI and TFSI to denote many of its engines. But just how much of a difference comes from those alternate ...

Although Volkswagen has its fair share of reliable models, it's not an auto manufacturer that's necessarily famed for overall reliability. That mixed record extends to its engines; some of these are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. sideview shows the Better Half with the full VW case. [Credit: Legal Eagle Airplane] The Milholland V-twin engine, properly called ...

John Voelcker January 16, 2013 Comment Now! A modern global auto plant has no discernible nationality. Aside from language and perhaps the ethnicities of its workers, the inside of the latest engine ...

First revealed at the Paris Auto Show in 2008, the sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf was the much-anticipated follow-up to the Rabbit. Called the Mark 6 or MK6, it built on the performance and quality ...