If you’d rather lick a bug zapper than drive a beige crossover like everybody and their uncle, VW has your back. As an alternative to a “me too” crossover, the German automaker has just tripled the number of AWD wagon options from which wagon fans shoppers may now choose. Once occupied almost exclusively by the Subaru Outback, the AWD wagon segment

Odometer at pick-up (GTI): 2,711 km Wrapping up our Golf long-term test with the 2015 GTI was a stroke of foresight – it is, quite simply, the car for me. Odometer final (GTI): 4,698 km (1,987 km by autoTRADER) Observed Fuel Consumption GTI:  10.2 L/100 km Fuel costs (GTI): $231.84 (1,987 km – Premium Gas) Fuel costs (TDI):

The 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI is one of the few cars that can offer both outstanding fuel economy and great driving dynamics – unlike most hybrids. Now riding on VW’s larger Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) platform which underpins all the latest VW and Audi small cars, the 2015 Golf TDI offers across-the-board improvements over its predecessor: more

Odometer at pick-up: 6,788 km Odometer current: 9,842 km (3,054 km by autoTRADER) Observed Fuel Consumption: 8.15 L/100 km (8.0 L/100 km displayed on trip computer) Fuel costs: $244.98 As is to be expected, our first few weeks in the Golf have been hectic, it being the holiday season and time to visit family near and far. In this cas

The 2015 Golf TDI Clean Diesel – not only is it an efficiency upgrade, it is also a trim upgrade that gives it a slightly different dynamic character. Odometer at pick-up (TDI): 4,072 km Odometer current: 4,661 km (589 km by autoTRADER) Observed Fuel Consumption: 6.3 L/100 km Fuel costs (TDI): $40.67 Fuel costs (Total): $285.65

Sorry, you can’t have one. Yet. But you know you want one anyway. And maybe, just maybe, you’ll be able to get one a couple years down the road. Get out your chequebook and start underwriting the business case for Volkswagen Canada to have yours delivered posthaste. We drove three Volkswagen models on this little junket to Europe, an

In the auto industry, public relations is jokingly (usually) referred to as the 'dark side:' a cog in a machine designed to dispassionately promote an automaker's products. It's rare enough to meet a PR rep who is also a serious car enthusiast (though they exist), let alone one with a personal connection to the company they represent. We were

The eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf has just debuted with a new design, interior interfaces designed to make driving easier, and more technology than ever. The Golf also gets new, more efficient driveline options and over-the-air updates. Perennially on the list of the 10 best selling vehicles in the world, the Golf is a big deal for Volkswage

Fire up Google Translate. Select from Japanese to German. Type in “Subaru”. Press enter. Bitte schön – it's the new Volkswagen Golf Alltrack.  Outback, Alltrack – what's next, an all-wheel-drive version of the Golf called the VW Timpreza? VW makes no bones about their intended target with this lifted, all-wheel-drive Golf Sportwagon.

Though station wagons are rapidly being replaced by crossovers and SUVs, there’s still one compact wagon on the market that offers almost as much passenger and cargo room as a compact SUV, above-average ride and handling and a very affordable price starting under $23,000: the Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon. With more cargo space than a Golf hatch

In the interest of full disclosure, I should start by confessing that VWs have taken over my garage at home. It started back in 2001, soon after landing this gig as an automotive journalist helped me realize that my brand-new Nissan Sentra wasn’t quite the mini-Maxima I thought it would be. That our first “family car” immediately followed a Nissan

The Volkswagen e-Golf has been available in the US for almost two years, but Volkswagen Canada wisely held off on selling the German-built electric version of its class-defining hatchback until it saw its first refresh, the most important component of which being a new, more powerful 35.8 kWh battery pack that extends range by fifty percent to a co

In my opinion, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who golf, and those who’d rather clean out the cat box than spend time with golfers. So how did such a charming little car come to be named after one of the more pretentious and geekily dressed boomer pastimes? A nearly perfect blend of practicality, affordability, and handling

It’s no secret that Europe has long had access to versions of the popular Volkswagen Golf compact hatchback that Canadians could only dream about. Occasionally, however, those dreams solidify into something a little more substantial, which is how North Americans got a taste of both the e-Golf and the fabled Golf R . The vehicle I’m piloting t

Every now and again, I end up in a vehicle that I like to refer to as “genuinely nice.” Nothing’s shout-it-from-the-rooftops spectacular, and you can find competitors that have more powerful engines, sharper handling, nicer interiors. But on a genuinely-nice vehicle, everything works together so well that it becomes better than the sum of its parts