Archive for the 'Volkswagon' Category
2007 Volkswagen Eos Review
Saturday, August 11th, 2007More than any car to have motored through the CNET garage this year, the 2007 Volkswagen Eos elicited enthusiastic interest from fellow motorists. Whether this attention is down to Volkswagen fans being more effusive than someone lusting after, say, a BMW M6, our car’s cheery Eismeer Blue paint, or the simple fact that with the [...]
2007 Volkswagen Touareg Review
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Volkswagen’s Touareg proved its off-road chops last year in the DARPA Grand Challenge, where it won first place by negotiating a 132-mile desert course without the aid of a driver. Our review car, a 2007 Volkswagen Touareg with a V-6 engine, didn’t have a robotic driving system; its high-tech accoutrements included mediocre navigation and stereo [...]
2007 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T
Saturday, August 12th, 2006Volkswagen definitely has a hit on its hands with the 2007 Passat Wagon. We really liked the updated styling, which was redone for 2006 (remember the boxy cars VW used to make?). The front grille and headlights both have a particularly modern appearance, and things look just as good from the inside, with a fairly [...]
2006 Volkswagen GTI
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006The Volkswagen GTI has been a performance icon since its debut on American shores in 1983, when it offered a high degree of fun and performance nearly matching those of much more expensive German sports sedans for a very reasonable price. The original American-market hot hatchback persevered through three increasingly upscale generations but perhaps lost [...]
2006 Volkswagen Passat
Saturday, June 24th, 2006The 2006 Volkswagen Passat is a substantial update on the previous year’s model. It is slightly larger and shares a platform with the Jetta, as opposed to the Audi A4 and its 2005 model. The new platform allows for transverse engine mounting, which the Passat takes advantage of. Our test car came with Volkswagen’s newest [...]
