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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the famous Gran Turismo video game, creator Kazunori Yamauchi has established the ision Gran Turismo Project, inviting car manufacturers to develop a concept that will eventually end up in Gran Turismo 6. It didn’t take long for nearly thirty brands to join the project …

It has been 10 years since Volkswagen marketed its first SUV, the Touareg. To celebrate this event, Volkswagen of America announced the release of the Touareg X Special Edition. Since the SUV’s release, it has sold over 700,000 Touaregs worldwide including 121,385 units in the United States. The Touareg X …

The Japanese have selected the seventh generation Volkswagen Golf as their "Car of the Year." In addition, it is the first time a non-Japanese car receives the honor. The contest for Japanese Car of the Year was first launched in 1980. The Volkswagen Golf VII won out against the other …

After massive recalls from General Motors in the 2000s and Toyota in 2010, it’s now Volkswagen’s turn to voluntarily recall 2.6 million vehicles worldwide. The majority of them are models sold in China. Among the problems identified the recalls consist of: - 800 000 Volkswagen Tiguans affected by lighting problems; …

Located in Ningbo, the factory creates 5,700 jobs and has an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles. It was built in collaboration with the Chinese manufacturer SAIC. It will manufacture both Skoda and Volkswagen vehicles. Production models use the MQB modular platform. The first vehicle to be assembled is the …

This news comes via a statement made by Martin Winterkorn, the chief executive of Volkswagen in an interview he gave to Reuters, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. If realized, this would be 200,000 units more than in 2012. However in order to achieve this goal, Volks will need to step …

Volkswagen is planning to bring a competitor to the Subaru Outback to North America as early as 2014, sources say. The vehicle will be similar to the Alltrack concept car pictured above. A Passat Alltrack currently exists in Australia but this new vehicle will be based on the Jetta SportWagen …

FRANKFURT, Germany - German automaker Volkswagen AG says net profit fell 50 per cent in the second quarter compared to the previous year, when earnings were boosted by a one-time accounting plus related to its takeover of Porsche. Excluding the Porsche effect, the company's operating earnings rose 1.8 per cent …

Its longevity is greater than than the legendary Volkswagen Golf by one year. This means that the Volkswagen Passat arrived on the European market way back in 1973. Today, the car is still available in more than one hundred countries around the world, and, in its seventh generation. In 40 …

There's a big update in store for the 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, and it involves a number of changes underneath the compact sedan's skin aimed at improving its driving experience. In fact, it's not a stretch to say that these upgrades are worth waiting for, especially for buyers currently considering the …