WASHINGTON — The Passat is Volkswagen’s midsize sedan that’s American-built, but still carries a European feel and look, unlike the competition in the midsize sedan class. The size of the Passat TDI ...

Volkswagen’s Super Bowl ad—featuring a Darth Vader–costumed kid engaged in the coming-of-age practice of trying to use the Force (the commercial is embedded below)—reveals two important bits of ...

Your Humble Detroit Bureau hasn't had its own full-year, long-term test car since at least as far back as the Clinton administration. Frank Markus and I shared the long-term 2011 Chevrolet Volt for a ...

It's an odd thing about diesels in North America - most are available either in small cars that are already gas-sippers in gasoline form, or in luxury SUVs whose owners you'd think could easily afford ...

The 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI ostensibly consumes diesel. We wouldn't really know, we never had to fill the tank. Not for lack of trying though. Round trips from Los Angeles to Palm Springs and ...

For reasons known only to the company, Volkswagen sells two versions of the Passat. The looker of the two, the CC, has dropped the Passat appellation. Under the skin, it's still much the same vehicle, ...

CARS.COM — Vehicles affected by service bulletin: 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI with 2.0-liter diesel engine 2009 Volkswagen Touareg 2 TDI with 3.0-liter diesel engine 2010 Volkswagen Touareg TDI with ...

Tired of trying to sell German cars to Americans, Volkswagen gave up on that idea with the latest Passat and instead gave us what it thought we'd want: a truly American car. Introduced as a 2012 model ...

Drivers Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger set a new Guinness World Record for lowest fuel consumption by a non-hybrid during their 8,000-mile trek across 48 states in a 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI Clean ...