Yesterday, we asked for help unraveling the mystery of a W10 engine thought to be a lost VW prototype from the early 2000s. Today, we got a surprising lead that doesn’t just link the engine to VW, but ...

Let me ask you a question: Have you ever heard of a W10 engine? Not a V10 or a W12—a W10. Supposedly, Volkswagen made a few prototypes, but that was decades ago. Now, an experimental W10 has emerged ...

Around two decades ago, Volkswagen was getting quite experimental with its powertrains. In addition to finding a way to solve packaging restraints of front-wheel-drive cars with the VR6, VW dipped its ...

In the previous two issues we highlighted the engine build on our '03 VW GTI 1.8T. Since we'd reached a limit of 195whp with bolt-on parts and the stock turbo, the next step was to go big. So in et 12 ...

When it comes to buying a daily driver, few factors are as important as reliability. Since the engine is the very heart of a motor vehicle, it serves as an invaluable foundation of a car's true value ...

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U.S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background ...

Volkswagen will not develop a new generation Golf with a combustion engine after the current model reaches the end of its lifecycle. The current, eighth-generation Golf will get a comprehensive update ...

The combustion-engine VW Sagitar is one of the automaker's bestsellers in China. Future ICE models from VW will use electronic architecture developed with Xpeng. Volkswagen Group has expanded its ...

Newman was self-admittedly addicted to sleeper cars. He had been upgrading his humble VWs with Porsche engines and brakes since the early 1960s. It probably didn’t take too many Budweisers to convince ...