German prosecutors yesterday took former Volkswagen Group powertrain development director Wolfgang Hatz into custody in Munich over the Dieselgate fraud scandal. He is the highest-ranking Volkswagen ...

Did you think that the Volkswagen diesel mess was mostly cleared up, at least in the U.S.? Well, think again, because some big hurdles remain and it may get worse before it gets better, according to a ...

When it comes to buying a daily driver, few factors are as important as reliability. Since the engine is the very heart of a motor vehicle, it serves as an invaluable foundation of a car's true value ...

A few months after taking over engine development at Volkswagen in 2007, Wolfgang Hatz faced a potential challenge that he considered insurmountable. It came from the state of California. Regulators ...