Fitted with direct injection and using lightweight aluminum construction, the new 1.4T powertrain makes 150 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque, huge jumps over the 115 hp and 125 lb-ft from the old 2.0-liter ...

The new, direct injection engine is rated at 150 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque. The automaker says all of that torque is available at a low 1,400 rpm. Available transmissions will be a five-speed manual ...

Welcome to a new segment called Feature Focus. In this series, we’ll take a look at one specific part of a car that stands out and we’ll walk you through all the details in a quick two-minute video.

Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a ...

Volkswagen is rolling out a new 1.8-liter turbocharged and direct-injected TSI engine which will debut in the Jetta, Beetle, and Passat later this year. This thrifty new engine will replace the ...

Volkswagen updated the 2025 Jetta GLI with a new grille, LED headlights, and light bars that connect across both the front grille and rear taillights. There's a red accent stripe that runs across the ...

2019 Volkswagen Jetta: New Almost Everything Re-Boot: The 2019 VW Jetta Plays a Little Golf The Best Sedans of 2024 and 2025 The current Jetta looks just as much like a child’s drawing of a three-box ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

People don’t easily give up on their Volkswagen Jetta Mk4’s (or any car that’s running well, for that matter), but if you don’t mind, and you’re brave enough and technically inclined with plenty of ...

Though the electrics are coming, it seems like the engineers aren’t quite done squeezing every bit of fuel efficiency possible out of the gasoline combustion engine, and the incoming 2022 Volkswagen ...