The name Volkswagen is German for "car for the people", a car for everyone - ironically, the Volkswagen group is now Europe's largest manufacturer of automobiles and is moving the brand upwards and ...

Volkswagen announced a price of $37,900 for the upcoming W8 Passat. The unique W8 makes 271 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque, and VW claims a 0-to-62-mph performance of 6.5 seconds. The new 180-hp Beetle ...

The lore behind the Volkswagen Passat W8 precedes it, but here's a little refresher, just in case. The W8 part of the Passat W8 name describes the number of cylinders hiding under its hood and their ...

Peter earned a Bachelor of Archeology and Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and has since joined his love of driving and riding with storytelling. His voice is full of southern ...

Do you want a station wagon with eight-cylinders and a manual transmission, but find the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon far too common? Then this Volkswagen Passat W8 Wagon is possibly the car for you. As one ...

Not all that long ago, Volkswagen made an attempt to eschew the whole "people's car" schtick and sidle its product line up-market. The result was cars like today's Nice Price or No Dice W8 Passat, ...

VW has stopped W8 production due to sales so slow it oftentimes seemed that customers were sneaking into dealerships at night and putting their Passat W8sback on the lot. The goal was a modest 5,000 ...

In TV sitcom terms, Volkswagen’s been "movin’ on up" for some time in an attempt to keep upscale-minded VW owners from jumping ship. How’s the march to the penthouse going? We’re looking to find out ...