Tag: VW
Under The Hood: 2016 Volkswagen Golf 1.8 TSI
The 1.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder EA888 in the Volkswagen Golf is the newest engine in the brand's family of cars. It's now the base engine for the Golf, the SportWagen, Beetle, and Passat here in North America...
Under The Hood: 2017 Volkswagen GTI
The 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder EA888 in the Volkswagen GTI is the newest generation of the engine found under the hood of several of the brand’s vehicles across the board. In the base S model we have he...
Under The Hood: 2022 Volkswagen Taos 1.5T
The 2022 Volkswagen Taos features the brand's latest generation EA211 1.5-liter turbocharged four cylinder gasoline engine, here with 158 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. In our FWD Taos test vehicle it ha...
Volkswagen TDI Scandal: Week One Update
A week ago the equivalent of a nuclear bomb landed on Volkswagen with the EPA's announcement they've been cheating smog laws with their TDI engines. Now a week into this breaking news, a lot has happened. And here is ...
WTF: Fake Exhaust Pipes
Styled exhaust tips have been around for decades but in the past decade or so have becoming increasingly bolder, pronounced and artistic parts of new car design. They are a great accent to a car's presentation that sp...
