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Popular Mechanics
September 24, 2008
Ben Stewart |
New VW Jetta Diesel Tops Prius in Fuel-Economy Marathon Test As oil prices spiked over the summer, consumers had exactly one choice if they wanted to buy themselves a supercar in terms of fuel economy: the Toyota Prius.   |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009 |
PM's Ultimate 5 Car MPG Comparison Test Forget about horsepower, dragstrip time slips or torque curves. The most important automotive performance yardstick of the next decade will be miles per gallon. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Diesel Cars: 6 To Choose From Diesels used to be notorious for poor performance and smoky black emissions, but that's all changed. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Ferrari F430 Spider... Ford's EcoBoost... Mercedes-Benz Bluetec system... Chevrolet Corvette ZR1... Saturn Vue Two-Mode Hybrid... Audi hybrid with it's own mobile phone... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
September 17, 2009
James Tate |
Top 8 Next-Gen, Alt Fuel Cars at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show What consumers can expect in the next few years as alternative energy cars are developed. |
Fast Company
Jul/Aug 2013
Andrew Del-Colle |
The Eco-Friendly Car Americans Aren't Buying For eco-conscious drivers not ready to take a Tesla-style electric leap, the big news this August is Volkswagen's Golf TDI BlueMotion. |
Car and Driver
March 2004
Frank Markus |
Tech Stuff: Diesel's Last Stand? Diesels now offer superior performance, fuel economy, and longevity, but have CARB and the EPA made outlaws of them? |
Car and Driver
June 2006
Tony Quiroga |
Short Take Review: 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Think fuel-efficient car. Forget hybrid space capsule. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
Lawrence Ulrich |
Top 10 Tech Cars 2012 The internal combustion engine strikes back |
Car and Driver
February 2004
Frank Markus |
Toyota Prius: Fuel economists wanted. Space-age styling with enough gadgetry and processing power to turn HAL 9000 green, at the down-to-earth price of a Camry. |
Car and Driver
December 2004
Dave Vanderwerp |
Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD After a million man-hours, Ford cranks out the first hybrid SUV. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
Popular Mechanics
October 23, 2008
Jy Murphy |
5 Top Retro Eco-Supercars: Best Fuel Sippers of the Past 34 Years Since the 1970s automobile companies have been producing energy efficient cars. Here are five outdated cars that get better gas mileage than modern cars. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Hybrids square off against diesels for the economy laurels |
Car and Driver
May 2005
Tony Swan |
Volkswagen Jetta Expanded cargo volume is only part of the story. The new Jetta is bigger all over, a lot bigger. |
Outside
January 2010
Grant Davis |
The 10 Best Adventure Vehicles The best thing about the auto-industry shake-up? A sudden glut of well-priced, fuel-efficient, and adventure-ready cars and trucks. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs |
Popular Mechanics
October 19, 2009
James Tate |
2010 Volkswagen Golf Test Drive: Clean Diesel Hits 41 MPG Volkswagen has once again shown the world exactly how to do a small car -- plenty of interior space, efficient motoring and buckets of fun. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2006
Ben Stewart |
Why Not One Hundred MPG? Where's the magic carburetor? Where's the car that runs on water? Those are just fantasies but listen up: A four-person car that gets 100 mpg really is possible with current technology. Here's how. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013 |
Top Tech Cars 2013: Volkswagen XL1 Voila: The world's first production 1-liter car |
Car and Driver
December 2005
Swan et al. |
Volkswagen Passat 3.6 Price becomes a problem for the people's car. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
John Voelcker |
Alt Fuels Rule at British International Motor Show Returning to London after 30 years, the auto show touts technology to raise fuel economy and lower carbon emissions. |
Popular Mechanics
June 9, 2009
Mike Allen |
How 35.5 MPG Will Change Our Vehicles and the Way We Drive: Analysis The EPA's role in fuel economy |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
John Voelcker |
LA Auto Show: Attack of the 3-Ton Hybrids Automakers show off hybrids, hydrogen fuel-cell concepts, and their thriftiest vehicles at the "green auto show." |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
David Schneider |
Volkswagen's Up Lite Marries Electricity to Diesel The VW Up Lite hybrid concept car is small, light, and diesel |
Popular Mechanics
March 4, 2009
James Tate |
Top 5 Fun, Fuel-Efficient European Cars (You Can't Get in America) Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA... Ford Focus RS... Grande Punto Abarth "SuperSport"... Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Concept... Megane Renault Sport... |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Gail Edmondson |
Will Yankee Drivers Buy VW Luxury? Its upscale move is meeting resistance in Europe, so the U.S. push is crucial. |
Popular Mechanics
December 3, 2009
David Kiley |
With Plug-Ins and Hybrids Dominant, Is Diesel Dead in the U.S.? This year's LA Auto Show is buzzing with real-life and concept hybrid and all-electric cars. But in the clean diesel corner, the crickets were chirping. Will Americans ever be ready for clean diesels? |
Popular Mechanics
July 19, 2007
Paul Weissler |
6 New Car Technologies in Your Not-So-Distant Future From navigational systems for the kids to cruise control for drowsy driving to cleaner fuel conversions, here's what's on the horizon for Volkswagen vehicles. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2008
Matt Vella |
Will These Cars Save the Auto Industry? Peppier diesels, hybrids, even electric motors in wheels are among new fuel-savers |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
David Welch |
The Transformer: Why VW Is the Car Giant to Watch Volkswagen is bent on displacing Toyota as the world's biggest car company - and it just may succeed. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Gail Edmondson |
Volkswagen Slips Into Reverse In three years, the carmaker has gone from showcase turnaround to laggard. Looks like it's time for a radical shift of gears. |
Chemistry World
September 28, 2015
Anthony King |
Chemistry at heart of VW emissions cheating With the company set to recall millions of cars in the US and Europe, it is uncertain if the engines affected by the 'defeat device' can be fixed. Certain components may fail when proper emission controls are switched on, say some experts. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Roberts et al. |
GM And VW: How Not To Succeed In China The two auto-industry giants, who not long ago dominated the Chinese markets, are losing sales to rivals offering cheaper cars with features Chinese buyers love. The reason for the shift is simple: China used to be an easy game. Not anymore. |
Fast Company
January 2010
Ellen McGirt |
The Germans Are Coming: Volkswagen's Drive to Succeed in America Volkswagen wants to be the world's No. 1 carmaker, but first the company has to win over America. |
BusinessWeek
May 19, 2011
Cremer & Higgins |
Volkswagen Rediscovers America VW is spending $1 billion on a Tennessee factory to boost market share in the U.S. and eventually become the No. 1 global carmaker. |
BusinessWeek
May 22, 2006
David Kiley |
The Craziest Ad Guys In America Inside Crispin Porter + Bogusky's wacky, ambitious plan to rekindle our love affair with Volkswagen |
Popular Mechanics
July 10, 2008
Jim McCraw |
7 Robot Cars and Driverless Tech Rigs Coming Soon From VW Volkswagen is tantalizingly close to meeting DARPA's robotic car challenge and to starting volume production of the driverless car technology. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
David Kiley |
Can VW Find Its Beetle Juice? It is betting on new models -- and an ad blitz -- to rescue sagging sales. |
