Volkswagen Brand Achieves 4 Million Sales, Goes Flat in August
9 Sep 2014, 15:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The overall VW Group topped 4.11 million sales at the end of May, but the core Volkswagen car brand only today achieved a similar sales target. During the eight-month period to August, the make...
All-New Volkswagen Passat Sedan and Wagon Design Takes Center Stage in First Videos
4 Jul 2014, 12:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For years, the Passat was the unloved child of the mid-size sedan family, ignored and criticized in equal measure due to its bland styling. No more! An all-new model has just been revealed for the E...
Here's Why the All-New Passat Is a Game-Changer
9 Jun 2014, 20:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Like Chrysler recently put it, nobody grows up dreaming of a Passat (or was it the Jetta?). But normal family sedans are much more important than you might think and now there's an all-new, 8th...
VW Reveals First 2015 Passat Sketches and 240 HP 2.0 TDI Twin-Turbo
21 May 2014, 18:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / German media is positively buzzing with news from Volkswagen, who has released the first sketches and details of its new Passat mid-sized sedan. As expected, their car is a technological show of str...
All-New Volkswagen Passat Fully Revealed by Chinese Spy Photos
29 Apr 2014, 13:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We didn't expect the next generation Volkswagen Passat, a car eagerly anticipated by European fans, would actually be scooped in China. But that's just what happened here. Chinese spy phot...
Owners Reporting Volkswagen Passat TDI Turbo Failures and Problems
3 Apr 2014, 18:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Numerous reports emerged last year of metallic sounds coming from the 2nd or 3rd gears of Volkswagen Group's DSG gearboxes, especially in countries with warm climate and/or band roads. After su...
Spyshots: New VW Passat Headlights and Taillights Revealed
2 Apr 2014, 07:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The seventh generation Volkswagen Passat is not that old, but it's exactly like one of those people who were born old, like a Benjamin Button without the getting younger part. That's becau...
New TDI Clean Diesels for 2015 Golf, Jetta, Passat and Beetle
19 Mar 2014, 14:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Because of the way emissions regulation work in places like California, new engines in general and especially new diesel engines arrive in America a bit later than everywhere else in the world. A...
Passat BlueMotion Concept Brings Cylinder Deactivation to Detroit · Live Photos
15 Jan 2014, 18:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen and Audi sell more TDI clean diesels in America than any other company. But that's still about 10% of their overall figures, if not less. That's because Americans believe hybrid...
Spyshots: Next Generation Volkswagen Passat Shows New Details
4 Dec 2013, 14:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / No, there hasn't been any camouflage stripping on the VW Passat prototype. We're talking about new details that haven't been on the test cars before, like the panoramic roof or the tw...
Spyshots: Next Generation VW Passat Sedan and Estate Spotted Again
27 Nov 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen has not given up on becoming the biggest automotive group in the world. They will invest €84 billion in the coming four years and over two thirds will go towards efficient new models...
Volkswagen Australia Commercials: Meet the Family
19 Nov 2013, 12:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody knows that guy who thinks the world of his boring family sedan. After researching it endlessly on the web, he knows every fact that in his mind makes his car superior to all others in its ...
Spyshots: All-New 2015 Volkswagen Passat Spotted for First Time
18 Nov 2013, 16:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This fully-camouflaged car is perhaps one of the most important Volkswagen Group vehicle right now, the all-new Passat. We've seen it before as a test mule, but never has this full-bodied proto...
Volkswagen of America Getting Rid of All Naturally Aspirated Engines in 3-4 Years
18 Sep 2013, 10:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Volkswagen revealed the Passat Performance concept, a pre-production car which featured a 1.8-liter turbo engine. This previewed an important change for Das Auto, as t...
2013 VW Passat Commercial: The Car You Won't Stop Talking About
28 Aug 2013, 12:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I still remember driving the current generation Passat way back in 2011 when it was brand spanking new. I remember feeling a bit underwhelmed by the design but totally impressed with the stability. ...
Why Volkswagen Doesn’t Need Facelifts
14 Apr 2013, 15:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I’ll be honest with you guys. I really don’t know very much about smartphones. Since I’m in front of the computer for most of the day, I can’t even be bothered to upload song...
2015 B8 Volkswagen Passat Rendering
3 Apr 2013, 12:57 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While Volkswagen continues to roll out more and more variants of the MkVII Golf, the same new MQB platform that underpins it is being put to good use by the engineers working on the new Passat. T...
Australia Will Get New Diesel VW Passat
2 Apr 2013, 14:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Volkswagen’s Passat sedan, wagon, Alltrack and the CC models just got new upgraded engines and are now available for Australian customers to buy from the local dealer network. They all come...
Volkswagen Passat Performance Concept Coming to Detroit
11 Jan 2013, 09:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen once again wants to test if it can translate the success of its Golf GTI into a sportier Passat. At the 2013 Detroit Motor Show, the German carmaker has taken the Chattanooga-built Pas...
2013 Volkswagen Passat Commercial: Baseball Toss
4 Jan 2013, 17:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen of America always has these funny, witty commercials that just get you in the mood. ‘The mood for what?’ you might ask. Why, the mood for buying a brand new Passat sedan. T...