If you’re looking for an easy way to save on fuel without compromising performance or changing your driving habits, choose diesel. Today’s turbodiesel engines provide plenty of low-end torque and ...

Some of us have noticed the Passat is a bit sluggish to start in cold ambient temperatures - but that's less a fault of the car, and more a product of us learning to live with a diesel engine again.

Another small portion of Volkswagen's diesel scandal has been put to rest: the EPA announced its approval of modifications for 2012 through 2014 Passat TDI sedans. In total, 84,391 Volkswagen Passat ...

From the November 2014 issue of Car and Driver. Family sedans from Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, and Toyota have all earned their places in our culture, but Volkswagen’s Passat has always struggled to ...

The completely redesigned Volkswagen Passat is bigger, a better value and has lost some of its German accent since coming to America. Now built in a new plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., it seems to have ...

Tired of trying to sell German cars to Americans, Volkswagen gave up on that idea with the latest Passat and instead gave us what it thought we'd want: a truly American car. Introduced as a 2012 model ...

My 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL Premium in St. Augustine, FL. Over the last few weeks as I came to the realization that my move to Florida from New Jersey was imminent, I began to look into the ...

Volkswagen of America, Inc. today delivered the first, customer-purchased 2012 Passat TDI Clean Diesel to Matt Duchesne of San Jose, Calif. The Chattanooga-made 2012 Passat "met its first owner after ...

If you’re looking for an easy way to save on fuel without compromising performance or changing your driving habits, choose diesel. Today’s turbodiesel engines provide plenty of low-end torque and ...

Oh, the conflict that bubbled up when I first got behind the wheel of the new Volkswagen Passat. The very first thought upon walking up to it — and confirmed after sitting in it — was “the fools have ...