The 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI ostensibly consumes diesel. We wouldn't really know, we never had to fill the tank. Not for lack of trying though. Round trips from Los Angeles to Palm Springs and ...

Good performance, Good looking car Very bad electronic systems. ** Touch screen Navigation is useless since it is very slow responding. ** Rear camera comes on after you have already taken off. One ...

The seller of today's Nice Price or No Dice Passat TDI calls it a "needle in a haystack" owing to its manual transmission and being a survivor of VW's Dieselgate debacle. Let's see if that makes its ...

It has taken more than 30 years for mainstream consumers to forget the gutless, unreliable, smoke-belching, oil-burning cars of the ’70s and ’80s, but diesel is finally a viable option in light-duty ...

ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: After just getting out of our long-term Volkswagen Passat TDI SE a few days ago, I was interested to see what the extra L adds to the SE equation. Looking on the ...

Ever since the first issue of Diesel Power magazine hit newsstands in 2005, we’ve had a plan to eventually include long-term tests as part of the magazine package. Our goal is to deliver real-world ...

Volkswagen of America is setting out to challenge the existing Guinness World Records achievement for the lowest fuel consumption around the lower 48 U.S. states for a non-hybrid car. Two drivers will ...

My 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI SEL Premium in St. Augustine, FL. Over the last few weeks as I came to the realization that my move to Florida from New Jersey was imminent, I began to look into the ...

Volkswagen's 2013 Passat TDI is the most efficient diesel vehicle currently on sale. Its EPA-rated figures of 31 mpg city, 43 highway and 35 combined put it above a throng of other Volkswagen-Audi ...

Drivers Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger set a new Guinness World Record for lowest fuel consumption by a non-hybrid during their 8,000-mile trek across 48 states in a 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI Clean ...