Volkswagen will begin phasing out its 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine with the 2014 model year, the company announced today. The engine will gradually take the place of the larger five-mill in VW’s ...

Though it carries the same 170-hp rating as the outgoing engine, the new turbo 1.8-liter makes an additional 7 lb-ft of torque, for a total of 184 lb-ft. The new engine also features direct injection ...

For a company that prides itself for bringing turbocharged gasoline engines to the masses and mainstream family cars before the end of the previous century, it has taken Volkswagen a very long time to ...

The big news for the 2014 VW Passat lineup is the addition of a new 1.8-liter, turbocharged, direct-injection four-cylinder engine that will be phased in to gradually replace the 2.5-liter ...