Tests and Features

When a company decides that being one of the biggest - if not THE biggest - car companies in the world is its most important goal, a number of changes must be made to how it approaches the market. When Volkswagen elected to pursue volume above all else a few …

For a team of automobile designers, redesigning an immensely popular car is an incredibly difficult exercise. One misstep, whether you’re too bold or not bold enough, and it could be the beginning of the end for the model. In the case of the New Beetle, although it wasn’t as popular …

The Volkswagen Beetle was remodeled in 2012 and since then it has proudly sported a stockier, more virile and more athletic physique. There’s no question that Volkswagen is pursuing male buyers with these changes. Seen from the side, the roofline is distinctly less curved than it was in the past.

What are you looking for in a sporty hatchback? The ability to win drag races from stoplight to stoplight? Handling that can make short work of the back roads on the way home from the office? Look-at-me styling that will shame the neighbour’s more sedate daily driver? A practical body …

Volkswagen has made successful inroads in the near-luxury game by building automobiles that look and feel like their legitimate premium cousins, but don’t necessarily feature the same high price tag one would expect. The 2012 Volkswagen Eos is a perfect example of this particular product strategy, a small convertible that …

If I asked you what car represents the epitome of pleasure, what would your answer be? Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Lotus? All good choices. But there are other, much more accessible cars that bring practically immediate euphoria. There’s the Mazda MX-5, of course, the Golf GTI and for a little while …

The premise of the He said, she said chronicle is simple: we lend a press vehicle to a couple to test drive extensively for two weeks and give the two participants one simple instruction: to take note of all of their impressions, both good and bad. Each of the test …

Of all the compact SUVs currently on the market, the Volkswagen Tiguan does the best job living up to the “sport utility” name. Ok, so maybe it doesn’t have the same pick-up and handling as an Audi Q5, but it’s a lot nicer to drive than the Chevrolet Equinox, Honda …

The Golf R is a rare vintage, and Volkswagen thinks it’s best served chilled. Or better yet, on ice. And not just any ice. The manufacturer even chose the rarest of dates on the calendar, February 29, to let us drive this new Golf R on the plotted, watered and …

In its quest to become the world’s number one automaker, Volkswagen has decided to broaden its target clientele. To do this, VW has to make its products more accessible. With this in mind, last year, this manufacturer offered a new generation Jetta more suited to American tastes. While purists didn’t …