From airbags to collapsing steering wheel columns the fed mandates safety regulations on a year-by-year basis. Each year new regulations are put in place that automakers must comply with. But a new car safety regulation taking effect has seen numerous automakers and/or certain models built that don’t have the safety feature. So, what’s going on? …
The 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan wasn’t exactly critics’ favorite choice. This VW wasn’t the most popular with buyers either. But if you’re a certain type of driver, the 2019 Tiguan could be the ideal SUV for you. Driving the 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan VW sold over 100,00 Tiguans in 2019, according to GoodCarBadCar. That makes this compact SUV one of the better selling …
Like the Island of Misfit Toys in the 1964 Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the automotive industry has its own island of unwanted cars. Well, there isn’t an actual island, but the idea is the same. Most consumers avoided these vehicles while car shopping in 2020. They include the Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Veloster, Mazda3, …
There are some great active safety features in today’s vehicles. Up until recently, some affordable vehicles didn’t offer features like automatic emergency braking at all. But recently, U.S. News put together a list of affordable vehicles that offer auto emergency braking. One car on that list is the 2021 Volkswagen Jetta. Can you get automatic …
With the loss of Ford’s ST and RS models, the hot hatch selection in the US has gotten fairly thin. Fortunately, in addition to relative newcomers like the Hyundai Veloster N, the archetypal hot hatch, the Volkswagen GTI, is still sticking around. And as we await the next-gen 2022 model, older examples will start getting …
If you’re in the market for a three-row family hauler, then you may have both the 2021 Volkswagen Atlas and the 2021 Ford Explorer on your list of SUVs to check out. But of these two three-row SUVs, which is better? Unfortunately for the Ford Explorer, the Volkswagen Atlas is the clear winner here. The …
If you’re shopping for an electric crossover, you don’t have many options in the U.S. market. For the time being, the most popular model is the Tesla Model Y. Aside from offering great performance, the Model Y has a substantial amount of electric range. Next up to enter the pool of electric crossovers is Volkswagen …
Our friends at Hagerty have come out with their 2021 Bull Market list of collectible vehicles that have already hit rock bottom and are now spiking. Some are obvious and others might have slipped under your radar. It warns that making a quick buck or flipping isn’t what these are about. They’re about buying something …
We really do! We need this because it will jolt you into a reality we couldn’t otherwise have ever imagined. We’ve all seen jet cars-especially at the drag races. But strapping your butt into one of these has got to be insane. And it’s for sale on Craigslist. We all need this jet-powered Beetle. There …
Whether you have an inboard or an outboard motor on your boat, typically it runs on fossil fuels. But just as with cars, boats can be EVs, too. And that even applies to high-end luxury yachts. The newest project from Austrian company Silent-Yachts, though, approaches electric boating slightly differently. That’s because it runs with the …
The intermingling of different manufacturing companies to share platforms to beat the high costs of developing new vehicles keeps increasing. Volkswagen and Ford have tied up on a number of future products. One that Ford has dominated and Volkswagen has never had much luck with is the pickup truck segment. The 2022 VW Amarok will …
Just like that Volkswagen has quit all racing activities. We already knew that VW had stopped supporting all of its racing programs using an internal combustion engine. It said at the time it wanted to put a “clear emphasis on fully-electric racing cars.” But today Volkswagen has gone even further by killing all of its …
Land Rover’s problems with the Volkswagen Group began in 2016 with the Bentley Bentayga and its drive mode selector. Since then, the British carmaker has attempted to negotiate with VW. Following those failed negotiations, the British carmaker decided to file four lawsuits in the U.S. aiming to ban SUVs from the Volkswagen Group equipped with …