The origin story of the hot hatch is cloudy, but VW cut through the murk back in 1975. Has any car ever defined its class ...

Volkswagen's restructuring of its Wolfsburg plant from 2027 to make way for EV-only production could result in a temporary ...

Top investors in Germany's Volkswagen are demanding that chief executive Oliver Blume step down from his second position as the boss of luxury carmaker Porsche.

Volkswagen Ireland is throwing a massive hooley to celebrate its 75th birthday – and one very special guest has been flown over from Germany especially.

To mark the 75th anniversary of the vehicle, VW is lining up a slew of events, which include converting its Autostadt museum in Wolfsburg into VW Bus City on May 24 and 25.

"Wolfsburg and Volkswagen - it's kind of a synonym," explains Dieter Landenberger, the VW Group's in-house historian, as he looks lovingly at an early model Beetle.

Almost everybody in Wolfsburg in northern Germany works for VW or their business depends on the company. Now, as the car giant considers cuts, an entire city is afraid of its downfall.

Wolfsburg The VW main plant on the Mittelland Canal is considered the largest contiguous car factory in the world. The facilities cover an area of 6.5 square kilometers and around 62,000 employees ...

There’s even a Volkswagen-themed park called the Autostadt. Tourists can test drive new car models on all train tracks or visit a museum dedicated to the company’s history.

At the VW-sponsored automotive theme park Die Autostadt, which sits adjacent to the carmaker’s headquarters, the pervading sense of gloom was strangely absent.