Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short. TDS summarizes all the morning’s biggest auto industry headlines into one quick read, so you can get up to speed and on with your day. Each ...

Prestige car maker says softening of government regulatory rules on the transition to electric and continued demand for big petrol engines from super-rich customers has driven the decision.

Volkswagen’s electric SUV will adopt the Tiguan name and a familiar style as part of its overhauled lineup. The ...

Europe’s new Tiguan R brings more power, sharper styling, and a keener chassis, turning the familiar SUV into something genuinely quick and engaging ...

Years ago, our own Joel Feder sat down with former Volkswagen North America CEO Scott Keogh for a small roundtable discussion ...

The Volkswagen ID. Cross was previewed on the streets of Amsterdam in camouflage ahead of its late 2026 launch.

With the Chinese car maker already having a strong footprint of undercutting European competition, its new A05 looks set to follow in these tyre tracks.

In this video we take a quick preview of the 2023 Volkswagen Touareg R PHEV facelift, the most powerful and sporty SUV in ...

This Lamborghini Urus rocks a cool purple paint finish and is searching for a new home in Miami. Is it worth the asking price ...

In February 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, the demand for cars with diesel engines decreased by 12% to 4,300 ...

The ID.3 hasn’t exactly had a good time of it since it was revealed just before the COVID-19 pandemic. Software issues ...

Global EV sales reached 1.1 million in February 2026, but the market is splitting fast as Europe grows and North America declines.