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Volkswagen Resets Its Sedan Design With Bold New EV

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show hasn’t even started yet, but the Volkswagen Group is already jumping the gun by unveiling some of its newest models. We’ve seen the Jetta reinvented as a boxy electric SUV, and now it’s time to check out what may be the most interesting sedan since…

Motor1 · Apr 21

This Volkswagen Jetta Electric SUV Is Real And Interesting

The Jetta has been around since 1979 as a sensible compact model, serving as the sedan sibling to the Golf hatchback. Nearly half a century and seven generations later, it retains the original's formula. However, Jetta stands for something different in China. The Volkswagen Group and local partner FAW spun…

Motor1 · Apr 21

Volkswagen Denies It's Abandoning Three-Cylinder Engines

The Volkswagen Group is preparing to pull the plug on Audi’s inline-five engine in Europe due to stricter emissions regulations. Still, rumors of another engine’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. While some reports claim the smallest powertrain offered by the automotive conglomerate is living on borrowed time, the three-cylinder engine…

Motor1 · Apr 8

Volkswagen Revives The W12 Golf And It Sounds Incredible

Happy birthday to the Golf GTI! The Grand Tourer Injection turns 50 this year, and Volkswagen wants you to believe the limited-run Edition 50 is the ultimate GTI. Well, it is, provided you’re only considering street-legal models. Back in 2007, Wolfsburg built a crazy one-off that a production Golf will…

Motor1 · Feb 19

Volkswagen Group Eyes 'Massive' Cost Cuts: Report

Here we go again. The Volkswagen Group may have already implemented a cost-cutting strategy, but it’s apparently not enough. Despite saving an unspecified amount in the double-digit billion-euro range, according to a company spokesperson, it now needs to trim even more. A new report from Germany claims the automotive conglomerate…

Motor1 · Feb 16

Bugatti's Forgotten Sedan Resurfaces With A Supercharged W16 Engine

The Autostadt museum next to Volkswagen’s factory in Wolfsburg is the gift that keeps on giving. With so many wild experiments secretly developed during the Ferdinand Piëch era, this VW Group–owned destination is well worth a visit. We recently talked about a Lamborghini Diablo SV with a W16, but there’s…

Motor1 · Feb 10

Bugatti Veyron Test Driver Describes Braking From 249 MPH: 'Incredibly Stressful'

We’re fortunate to be contemporaries of the Bugatti Veyron, a record-breaking car that boldly leapt into the unknown in the 2000s. Nothing quite like it had existed before, and it’s hard to imagine another supercar having such a profound impact, at least in our lifetimes. Even though most of us…

Motor1 · Jan 20

Toyota Reigns Supreme: World’s Best-Selling Carmaker For The Sixth Straight Year

UPDATE: The final numbers are in. Toyota and its Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino subsidiaries sold a combined 11,322,575 units in 2025, a year-over-year increase of 4.6 percent.

Motor1 · Jan 14

Audi Is Bringing Back the A4. Here's What We Know

This is the last year for the Audi A4 in North America. Audi essentially killed its longstanding sedan when the company announced it would start using even numbers to designate electric vehicles, consolidating the gas-powered A4 into the new A5. Despite the model’s demise, Audi says the A4 will return—we…

Motor1 · Dec 17, 2025

Rivian's EV Tech Could Go Way Beyond Just Rivians And Volkswagens

The Rivian-VW joint venture could make the

InsideEVs · Nov 13, 2025