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 ...

While luxury carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar are marching down-market by peddling cars with prices that start at under $30,000, other marques are marching up-market. Case in point: ...

Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles ...

Having a seldom-seen engine under the hood of your car can be a great talking point; depending on what you have, it can offer impressive credentials, and it can be a bit of a boast. But, throughout ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Porsche 917, Audi’s defining Quattro all-wheel drive, TDI diesels—Ferdinand Piëch had a hand in them all. But as brilliant an engineer as he was, even Piëch had ideas whose potential proved a hair ...

Volkswagen makes its preliminary move toward providing us with more luxurious and powerful automobiles with the introduction of the Passat W8. The Passat has become a successful midsize model for ...

The Volkswagen group’s W engines have come to prominence in a number of high-powered Bugatti and Bentley models. Along with the W16 used in the Bugatti Veyron and the W12 in the Bentley, versions of ...

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 ...

This used luxury German sedan offers a powerful W-8 engine, AWD, and manual transmission for a low price. With an average price of under $4,000, it provides a unique mix of power, comfort, and value ...