At first glance, Volkswagen's 1.6 TDI seems underpowered compared to its rivals. Sure, the top-output version was recently bumped from 105 PS to 110 PS in some models like the Golf or SEAT Leon, but a ...

Spending enough time on the internet as an American car enthusiast, you tend to find a recurring narrative about European and Japanese cars: the one saying that such carmakers tend to keep the really ...

We now know the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Sportwagen's fuel economy numbers were too good to be true, but people didn't just buy the Jetta TDI for its fuel economy. It also offered a torquey engine and a ...

"You have power, you have energy, you have emissions: You get to choose two of them." That's the conundrum facing diesel-engine engineers, as summarized by Don Hillebrand, the director of energy ...

The minds at ABT Sportsline have turned their tuning guns on the diesel version of the new Volkswagen Beetle that benefits from a power upgrade as well as the usual cosmetic and chassis improvements. ...

Elsewhere in this issue, you've read about our First Drive of the new '09 VW Jetta TDI.But rest assured, it won't be the last time you hear about it. VW has loaned us this Platinum grey metallic, ...

Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...

In our fast-paced world as international men of mystery, the arrival of our VW Jetta TDI was ever-so-slightly underwhelming. The two-liter 140hp engine had plenty of ...

With the introduction of the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf late this year, VW will be the only automaker to offer (in the U.S.) both diesel and all-electric versions of the same model in the U.S. While we ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...