As an avid car enthusiast, Joe enjoys time on the track, going to car meets, or simply taking a long drive in the Colorado mountains. Joe has always had a love for writing and cars, so he decided to ...

The Porsche 911, the sports car the Stuttgart automaker planned to kill off in 1980, is alive and kicking 44 years later, and it’s doing it with the help of hybrid assistance for the first time.

Abstract: This paper presents the design, fabrication and test of a very low loss phase shifter built using the wiSpry RF MEMS switched capacitor. The phase shifter covers > 360° at 1.9–2.1 GHz with ...

Engines range from 1.4 TSI to R36 Estate Readers report Real MPG to be between 20–67 mpg There's not much wind roar, tyre noise or engine noise. And you're not aware of the complex sounding electronic ...

Back when this generation of Passat was launched in 2005, the market for four and five-door family cars of similar size and shape was beginning to contract at an alarming rate, thanks to the rise in ...

This week, in the Highmotor test section, we have as our protagonist one of the most versatile vehicles on the market, the Volkswagen Passat in its Alltrack variant. Equipped with a 190 hp diesel ...

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 ...

Problems with suspension, axles and electrics top the list of faults, but knocking from the front of the car is often just worn bushes, which are quick and fairly cheap to fix. Of more concern are ...

It's not the mpg bragging rights or the 30-cents-per-gallon savings. What really pumps a diesel fan is a fuel gauge that barely budges, thanks to a bladder-splitting 500-mile range. Volkswagen, the ...