The Volkswagen New Beetle was once a trend leader. It was one of the poster cars of the neo-retro era and grabbed attention with its cute, colorful, and happy vibes. That’s great, but you know what’s ...

The Volkswagen Group has recently closed a 33-going-on-34-year-old chapter in the German automaker's long history. According to Volkswagen Passenger Cars communication manager Andreas Schleith, the ...

Back in the early-to-mid 1940s, the German Messerschmitt Bf-109G fighter plane's 35.7-L Daimler V12 made the neighborhood of 1,500 horsepower. In its day, the German Luftwaffe, its corpulent, ...

In the lates 80s, VW's engineers faced a conundrum. The product planning department expressed the need for a compact six-cylinder engine that could be squeezed into a front-wheel-drive car.

The world of engine development is a complicated one. The number of variables that need to be considered when shoving a power plant into any given chassis is so high that it'd make even a seasoned ...

Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a ...

Is it too early to define an automobile sold between 1992 and 1999 as a classic? In hindsight, Apple has created its own classic in the portable music player industry with the iPod, originally ...