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A litany of new accolades for the "World Car of the Year"

HERNDON, Va. - Far from resting on its laurels after being named the 2010 "World Car of the Year," the Volkswagen Golf continues to garner accolades from a variety of industry groups. The Golf has recently been named Urban Active Lifestyle Vehicle of the Year. The Golf TDI rounds out the accolades with two awards, the Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle Residual Award from Automotive Lease Guide and the distinction of winning the 2011 Best Resale Value Award for the Hybrid/Alternative Energy Vehicle category by Kelley Blue…

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Volkswagen Leads Industry with Six TOP SAFETY PICK Awards from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

All-new Jetta and all-new Touareg among six 2011 Volkswagen models awarded TOP SAFETY PICK by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

HERNDON, Va. - Six Volkswagen models have earned the prestigious Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK award for 2011, the highest rating possible from the non-profit safety research organization. The annual award recognizes those vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers in the Institute's front, side, and rear crash test evaluations, and the newly required roof-strength test evaluations. The…

Striving for high miles per gallon is in no way a new trend. Volkswagen designed a concept car that could go 100 kilometers on 1 liter of fuel in 2002, which is the equivalent of about 235 mpg. In 2010, Volkswagen is showing the second generation of their 1 liter concept, the L1. The German auto maker intends to have it in production by 2013.

Using a light and aerodynamic body design, along with diesel-electric parallel hybrid power train, the new L1 requires a max of 1.38 liters of diesel to cover 100 kilometers, that equals 170 miles to…

Subaru played host to a 2010 Impreza Design Concept, which the Japanese automaker recently debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show. We've got a few more details on the updated look for the sedan.

The Impreza Design Concept is a preview of what's coming with next-generation's Impreza model. The concept is quite a change from the current Impreza. It has an aggressive, muscular design with "linebacker shoulder" lines, which should appeal to the American market. Critics may not take kindly to the new hexagonal grille. We'll wait to see what Subaru fans have to say.

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We take a look at the Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited after four months on the road and 38,939 miles. The Subaru made a 3000-mile, week-and-a-half hunting trip to North Dakota with Tim Jennings, husband of Automobile Mag editor-in-chief Jean. Jennings left his wife at home but filled the Outback with two of their big Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, decoys, a forty-eight-quart cooler, duck-hunting gear, and upland gear.

"We were packed to the gills," Tim stated upon returning home to Michigan. "My daily driver is a Chevy Suburban, and I wanted to see how a smaller, more fuel efficient vehicle…

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Stress-free driving through the winter - Volkswagen Group researches ice-free windscreens together with the Fraunhofer Institute

Innovation: Conductive, wafer-thin layer of indium tin oxide on the glass

Wolfsburg - Ice-free windows: Despite frosty temperatures, many car drivers will soon be spared the unpleasant job of ice scraping. That is because Volkswagen and Audi researchers are introducing the first anti-fogging and anti-icing car windscreen, which they developed together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Technology (IST) in Braunschweig. Unlike heated windows, the new windows are based on a physical principle that does not allow an ice layer to form in the…