America has a rich history of performance cars. But in the supercar world, it's not as populus as you might think. While we know America for cars like the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Corvette, and Dodge ...

Around the time of the new millennium, the Volkswagen Automotive Group (VAG) was putting its fingers in every pie it could find under the direction of the legendary Ferdinand Piëch. He wanted to make ...

The Volkswagen Passat W8 has an infamously unreliable eight-cylinder engine that even seasoned mechanics won't touch. One Volkswagen expert and YouTuber is tearing down one of these scary engines and ...

MUNICH, Germany --The W-8 engine configuration may be dead. Volkswagen AG has stopped producing the Passat W8 model because of slow sales, says CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder. It was the only vehicle to use ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The Volkswagen Passat was not designed to accommodate a V-8. So when former VW AG Chairman Ferdinand Piech decided to expand the Passat model range with an eight-cylinder ...

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

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 ...

In case you haven’t noticed, VW is a very, very special brand when it comes to its fans - while the automaker’s creations never stray too far from the clinical attitude they’ve always exhibited, ...