The Volkswagen Group is a colossal, car-building behemoth. Whether it's the biggest such behemoth depends on the year and how General Motors and Toyota are doing at the time, but there's no denying ...

Although Volkswagen has its fair share of reliable models, it's not an auto manufacturer that's necessarily famed for overall reliability. That mixed record extends to its engines; some of these are ...

We’ve seen many Volkswagen Vanagon camper vans with a Subaru engine at the back, but this Type 2 from the second generation is quite unusual. For a DIY job, it looks impressive and sports some good ...

Fueled by the massive success of the iconic Beetle, Volkswagen wanted a roomier car based on the same platform and they came up with the Type 4. Also known as the 411, it entered production in 1968 as ...

Second acts are a bitch. American Graffiti? Great. More American Graffiti? Sucked. Volkswagen made its bones with the Beetle, but coming up with a sequel? Egad, that was wicked tough. It was the Type ...

While there have been loads of famous cars that have cropped up over the years, there's nearly an equal number of iconic engines that have seen the light of day, too. You don't have to scratch your ...

I know there are lots of car engines that got stuffed into pretty much everything: the Iron Duke was shoved into everything from Camaros to mail trucks, and the original Volkswagen air-cooled ...

The EG33 Subie engine was only ever used in one car: the SVX. This engine was never turbocharged from the factory and in the SVX it made 231 horsepower and 228 pound-feet of torque. Budde estimates ...

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 ...

Volkswagen recently unveiled a new type of combustion cycle for its turbocharged gasoline engines that promises to increase efficiency while improving performance. The process is called the "Budack" ...