Drew with VW Last Friday I flew into Seattle, hopped into a shiny new 2012 Reflex Silver Passat 2.5 SE and trekked 150 miles east to Quincy, WA. After a beautiful drive through a quiet stretch of Washington State, I pulled into The Gorge campgrounds. In the three days that followed, the area was filled … Read more
Photo Credit: Adrian Scarbrough We love cross-country drives. There’s no better way to really see the U.S. than from ground level. But we have to admit that Alex Flynn’s Trans America Challenge is a bit more impressive than your average road trip. Flynn’s plan is to travel more than 3,500 miles across the U.S., raising … Read more
We’d like to direct your attention to our latest commercial, starring yet another lovable pup. It also stars the lovable 2013 Jetta, which has a very cool feature: keyless access. If you have your Volkswagen key fob in your pocket—or, as you’ll see in the commercial, in a reasonable facsimile of a pocket—you can just … Read more
At Volkswagen, we take pride in everything we build—from fun, safe, fuel-efficient cars to a massive 22-person foosball table. That’s why we are especially proud that Strategic Vision, a research-based consultancy that studies how and why consumers make buying decisions, has named Volkswagen their Total Quality Index leader. Strategic Vision identifies consumers’ motivations to purchase … Read more
Drew with VW On Monday, I attended the grand opening of the Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Test Center California (TCC) in Oxnard, CA. This 64,000-square-foot facility is one of the primary product development and emissions test laboratories globally and is the only center of its kind for Volkswagen Group in North America, replacing the … Read more
Drew with VW After attending the Waterfest German Car Show in July, I stayed on the east coast to catch the Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star Game, where the best soccer players from North America faced off against Chelsea F.C. from England. The match was held at PPL Park in Philadelphia and it ended with … Read more
When you think “hybrid,” you probably don’t think “land speed record.” It’s a good thing no one ever told us that, because a 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid recorded the fastest speed ever achieved by a hybrid car on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats, reaching 185.394 mph (298.363 kph). Since 1914, the Bonneville Salt Flats have … Read more
Drew with VW I grew up watching and attending races but constantly found myself growing bored between the racing action. This past weekend I traveled to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, OH, for the Pirelli World Challenge races, but here, spectators never had a chance to be bored. The series usually travels alongside … Read more
At Volkswagen, we’re big fans of turbocharging, but we realize that some of you may only understand the term as it relates to espresso drinks. So what does it really mean? We’ll let AOL Auto editor David Kiley explain. Watch this episode of Techsplanations, co-starring a turbocharged Volkswagen Beetle.
Poor diesel. It gets a bad rap, mostly due to a smelly, belching phase it went through in the ‘70s, but as AOL Auto editor David Kiley explains, those days are long gone. Watch this episode of Techsplanations, co-starring a Volkswagen Passat TDI, to learn more.