We've seen diesel-powered race cars in LeMans and Dakar but rarely in the U.S. That is, until Chili Pepper Racing hits the track in its Volkswagen Jetty TDI. The team thinks its the first ...

To sports-car buffs with pinched pockets and Mittyesque visions of checkered flags, Volkswagen racing is serious business ... Anybody who has a spare Beetle lying around the garage can turn ...

At the 1994 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volkswagen unveiled a Concept One show car that was a postmodern reimagining of the original Beetle ... and a turbo-diesel 1.9 ...

Over the course of its long history, Volkswagen has created plenty of interesting concept cars (such as this Beetle hot hatch ... by an 800-cc two-cylinder turbo-diesel engine (essentially ...

Volkswagen has ... that the increase in performance extends to the pump – VW claims increases of four to eight percent in city and combined fuel economy. The Beetle Turbo is fitted with new ...

While initially introduced with a couple of modestly-powered engine offerings, including a low-powered diesel, Volkswagen itself did offer a little more performance as the New Beetle aged.