VW
2016 VW Beetle Dune and Beetle Dune Cabriolet – Video
June 1, 2016 | Ed M.
PRICE AS TESTED: $25,065 (base price: $24,815)
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, iron block and aluminum head, direct fuel injection
DISPLACEMENT: 110 cu in, 1798 cc Power: 170 hp @ 4800 rpm Torque: 184 lb-ft … Read More
VW Golf GTI Clubsport vs Honda Civic Type R – Video
May 27, 2016 | Ed M.
Volkswagen has given its GTI brand a 40th birthday present, in the shape of the new Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport Edition 40.
Can the GTI-on-steroids keep up with a Honda Civic Type R? Road test editor, James Disdale … Read More
2016 Volkswagen Golf R Review – Video
May 27, 2016 | Ed M.This is the first year the 2016 Volkswagen Golf R is available with an automatic transmission. How does the R do with this new DSG? Is the hot hatch just as hot without three pedals?
DISPLACEMENT:121 cu in, 1984 … Read More
Top Gear Drag Race – VW Golf R vs VW Golf GTI PP vs VW Golf GTD – Video
May 19, 2016 | Ed M.
Top Gear Drag Race featuring VW Golf R vs VW Golf GTI PP vs VW Golf GTD.
Which one is quicker in a 1/4 mile drag race, watch and find out.
Autocar – Volkswagen Tiguan Review – Video
May 10, 2016 | Ed M.
This is the all-new Volkswagen Tiguan, the second-generation of VW’s compact SUV. Volkswagen says it “redefines the segment”. That’s one bold claim, so let’s test it on-road and off-road, to see whether it really could beat the likes … Read More
VW Golf GTI Clubsport S Nurburgring Run – Video
May 4, 2016 | Ed M.This exclusive new vehicle, based on the Golf GTI Clubsport, makes its world premiere at the GTI event at Lake Wörthersee (4-7 May). The hard performance numbers of this new GTI are truly impressive: a power output of 228 … Read More
Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S – Official – Video
May 4, 2016 | Ed M.Wolfsburg/Reifnitz, May 2016. The Golf GTI Clubsport S is the most powerful ever version of the Golf GTI and was built to celebrate 40 years of the iconic hot hatchback. With German racing driver Benny Leuchter (28) at the wheel, … Read More
Which is the best VW Golf GTI ever made – Video
May 4, 2016 | Ed M.Carfection tries to find out Which Generation of Golf GTI was best?
40 years of the Golf GTI – a retrospective
Golf GTI / 1976. In 1974, six men forged the secret plan to develop a ‘Sports Golf’. They … Read More
VW Polo R WRC 2017 Testing – Video
April 29, 2016 | Ed M.
The monster has been developed to comply with the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship regulations. It’s 50mm wider than the current version and has also undergone a significant diet plan which sees it lose 25 kg. The development … Read More
Top Gear – VW California vs Atom 3.5R vs Smart – Video
April 28, 2016 | Ed M.
Top Gear drag race featuring VW California vs Atom 3.5R vs SmartAn unlikely trio line up as the slow Cali and Smart take on, um, a really fast Atom.
740HP HPA Volkswagen Golf R – Video
April 23, 2016 | Ed M.
Matt Farah tests out HPA’s insane, 740-hp, Hellcat-defaming, Godzilla-crushing Golf R.
HPA managed to reach this ridiculous amount of horsepower by fitting under the bonnet VW’s 3.6-litre V6 engine from a Passat R36, which in turn gained … Read More
420HP VW Polo R WRC Street by Wimmer
April 18, 2016 | Ed M.
Wimmer wanted to prove there is room for improvement and actually managed to almost double the engine’s output, now standing at a fantastic 420 hp (309 kW). This makes it 20 hp stronger than the VW Golf … Read More
Top Gear Drag Race – McLaren 675 vs Porsche 911 Carrera GTS vs VW Golf R – Video
April 7, 2016 | Ed M.
Top Gear Drag Race featuring McLaren 675 vs Porsche 911 Carrera GTS vs VW Golf R.
2016 McLaren 675LT Specs:
BASE PRICE: $353,600
ENGINE TYPE: twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: … Read More
Crash – VW Golf MK2 rear ends Porsche 991 GT3 At Nurburgring – Video
April 4, 2016 | Ed M.
VW Golf MK2 rear ends Porsche 991 GT3 At Nurburgring, looked like a minor hit but the VwW took most of the damage.
Porsche 991 GT3 Specs:
PRICE AS TESTED:$142,265 (base price: $131,350)
ENGINE TYPE:DOHC 24-valve flat-6, aluminum … Read More
Rockstar Energy VW Passat – Video
March 22, 2016 | Ed M.
Tanner Foust takes his drift spec VW Passat to Rod Millen’s Leadfoot Festival in New Zealand.
Rockstar Energy VW Passat Specs:
Because front-wheel drive and less than 300 horsepower can’t crack a pro drift ride’s spec sheet, Foust’s Passat … Read More
Donkey Tec Volkswagen Golf 2 vs Audi RS7, Corvette C7, BMW M5 – Video
March 22, 2016 | Ed M.
Check out this extensively modified Donkey Tec VW Golf 2 Turbo (650 horsepower) blow away the brand new Corvette C7, 650 horsepower BMW M5 F10, 700 horsepower Audi RS7 Sportback , 600 horsepower Nissan GT-R R35 and the 588 horsepower Camaro ZL1 … Read More
520hp VW Rally Golf – Video
March 10, 2016 | Ed M.
520hp VW Rally Golf, this car and hill climb boils our blood. This is one awesome car.
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Music – Vincenzo Salvia – Dieselgate – A horror story about Volkswagen – Video
March 9, 2016 | Ed M.
The most polluting album of the synthwave scene. A horror story about Volkswagen’s emissions.
About Dieselgate:
On 18 September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act … Read More
330HP VW Golf GTI TCR
March 8, 2016 | Ed M.- 40 years of GTI: TCR version for the racetrack, Golf GTI Clubsport for the road
- Production-based touring car to be delivered to teams mid-March
- All 20 Golf GTI TCRs developed by Volkswagen Motorsport already taken
Wolfsburg … Read More
Top Gear – Honda Civic Type R vs VW Golf R – Video
March 3, 2016 | Ed M.
Drag Races! It’s time for two very different takes on the hot-hatch formula to face off but who will win…?
2015 Honda Civic Type R Specs:
ENGINE TYPE:turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 16-valve inline-4, aluminum block and head, direct … Read More