The current Volkswagen Passat diesel is being shown the door, with its engine to be replaced later this year by a new diesel that will be widely used in VW's U.S. lineup. Other updates are due next ...

Imagine driving Chicago to Atlanta, or Seattle to Napa Valley, without refueling, in a roomy car. It’s possible if you switch from gasoline to diesel technology and set the cruise control to 65 or 70 ...

Europe is six hours ahead of the United States on the clock, and two years ahead on Volkswagen cars. On this side of the pond, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently in hysterics over diesel ...

Volkswagen says its Passat with a new-generation small-displacement gasoline engine should get diesel-like fuel economy -- 42 mpg on the highway. VW gives no hint of the city and combined city/highway ...

American car buyers are finding more fuel-thrifty vehicles in showrooms. The latest: Volkswagen's diesel-powered, mid-size Passat sedan and station wagon, which went on sale in 45 states in late ...

Volkswagen's most popular vehicles will all receive a new engine in the second half of the year, in the shape of the company's latest 2-liter turbodiesel unit. The new EA288 engine is already powering ...

Volkswagen set a new Guinness World Record last week for lowest fuel consumption during an 8,122-mile tour of the lower 48 states in a Volkswagen Passat TDI Clean Diesel, achieving 77.99 mpg during ...

Truly. This weekend we drove a 2014 VW Passat TDI sedan 771 miles, from the coast of Maine to northern New York and back—through four states, across White Mountains and Green Mountains, and past ...

One of the hot, new midsize sedans in the spotlight when the 2012 Denver Auto Show opens Wednesday evening will be the Volkswagen Passat. The stylish, roomy ’12 Passat, equipped with a TDI diesel ...

Imagine you attend a drag racing event in a Ferrari 458 Italia. Sure, your naturally aspirated 4.5-liter V8 doesn’t make the Prancing Horse around you the fastest supercar in a straight line, but ...