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Multi-link is the quintessential suspension system; torsion beam is light and competent

The multi-link rear suspension set-up of the Volkswagen Golf.

Volkswagen suffers more than rivals from auto industry woes

Globally, Volkswagen is second only to Toyota Motor in the number of cars it sells. But it’s a niche brand in the United States, selling 330,000 vehicles in 2025,

Car review: Petrol-powered Volkswagen Golf and electric Mini Aceman have more in common than expected

The Volkswagen Golf R Line (left) and the Mini Aceman E pictured on July 22, 2025.

Doing business in China is getting harder, but its exports are hard to resist

epa12121198 A laborer works on an assembly line during the organized press tour in the AVATR EV factory, in Chongqing, China, 20 May 2025 (issued 21 May 2025). AVATR Technology is a premium EV (electric vehicle) brand created through a joint venture led by Changan Automobile. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI

Four Ex-VW managers convicted in Germany over diesel scandal

Nearly a decade after the “dieselgate” scandal broke, the verdicts are the tribunal’s first in the criminal probe targeting senior staff at VW’s main brand.

Volkswagen floats making Audis in US to swerve Trump tariffs

FILE PHOTO: Employees work at an Audi Q5 2.0 production line of the German car manufacturer's plant during a media tour in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

VW promised continuity as Lower Saxony set for new leader

German Minister President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil speaks during the opening of Canada's booth at the Hannover Messe, which has Canada as this year's partner country for one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs, as both Canada and the European Union face new U.S. tariffs, in Hanover, Germany, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

VW unveils budget EV to win over Europe’s squeezed consumers

German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) presents the new electric vehicle "ID. EVERY1" in Duesseldorf, western Germany on March 5, 2025. (Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP)

Volkswagen sues India to quash ‘enormous’ $1.9 billion tax demand, legal filing shows

The German carmaker finds itself at the receiving end of India's largest ever import tax demand.

Chinese buyers said to be interested in unwanted German Volkswagen factories

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of a plant of German carmaker Volkswagen in Osnabrueck, Germany October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Erol Dogrudogan/File Photo

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