Book review: The Germans This fourth book in a series of tributes explores a curated selection of 50 cars that defined one of the automotive industry's strongest cornerstones Freddie Holmes
VW design on books, cars and special sauce Many brands had new cars to show at IAA, but to our knowledge, it was only Volkswagen that had a new book to launch. CDN sat down with key team members to learn more Freddie Holmes
Volkswagen names new interior chief Volkswagen has named a long-time staffer as the new head of interior design Freddie Holmes
Car Design round-up: Volkswagen, Cupra and Mulliner Car Design News takes a look at news that may have gone under the radar, including the latest special editions and new launches Lucy Abbott
VW electric dune buggy – a pre-Geneva teaser Retro beach cruiser shows off the flexibility of VW’s EV platform Chris Maillard
Concept Car of the Week: ItalDesign/Volkswagen Project Orbit (1986) Following the success of the Golf, Italdesign proposed a radical duo – Machimoto and Orbit – to evolve Volkswagen’s small car concept Karl Smith
Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen W12 series (1997-2001) A rare engine layout deserved a rare attention to aesthetics for these Volkswagen prototypes Karl Smith
Frankfurt 2017: VW I.D. Crozz Showcases new EV language Marco Pavone and Tomasz Bachorski talk us through VW’s new design language for EVs Farah Alkhalisi
Tobias Sühlmann from VW to Bugatti Long-term Volkswagen man moves across to leave Wolfsburg rôles interestingly open Car Design News
VW I.D. Buzz gets OK for production Modernised Type 2 is set to hit the streets in the near future Michael Gooderham
Design detail: Volkswagen Phaeton Tailgate Hinges Hinges? A design highlight? Even the Volkswagen Phaeton’s dullest components were on another level JJ Katsianis
Design Development: Volkswagen Arteon Volkswagen’s luxury sport coupé takes 2014’s Sport Coupé Concept GTE and pushes it to production (the exterior at least) Farah Alkhalisi
Driven: Volkswagen Golf VII (facelift) More screens and gesture control available, but is more necessarily better? We test the VW Golf VII HMI options Joe Simpson
Geneva 2017: Inside the Volkswagen I.D. Buzz A look inside the Volkswagen ID Buzz with its interior designer Farah Alkhalisi
Detroit 2017: Volkswagen I.D. Buzz Volkswagen creates a diversionary Buzz with another ‘Microbus’ concept – and a levitating gnome Guy Bird
LA 2016: Volkswagen Atlas - putting VW back on the map Genuine space for seven and some sharply-resolved sheet metal Joe Simpson
LA 2016: Trend - fake plastic trees Did we just slip back 15 years to obviously plastic deco materials? Joe Simpson
Who’s Where: José Carlos Pavone becomes head of design, Volkswagen Brazil Head of exterior design at Volkswagen’s Design Center California moves back to his home country Car Design News
Beijing 2016: VW T-Prime GTE Concept plays Tetris Retro video-game-inspired lamps could be an emerging new trend, as seen at Beijing Motor Show 2016 Joe Simpson
Beijing 2016: Volkswagen’s Phideon is the rational Phaeton-lite Smaller, cheaper to make yet we wonder if anyone will notice Owen Ready
Geneva 2016: Volkswagen T-Cross Breeze blows in like a Landwind VW’s Evoque convertible is remarkably familiar Owen Ready
LA 2015: VW Beetle Dune joins Evoque Convertible at the new crossover soft-top party Just when you thought every market niche was (un)covered… Owen Ready
What is the likely effect of the emissions testing scandal on car designers? Peter Stevens covers everything a car designer needs to know about defeat devices, testing regulations and more Peter Stevens
Concept Car of the Week: Volkswagen NILS (2011) Looking back at the Volkswagen NILS one of the many highlights Frankfurt Motor Show has given us over the years Tom Phillips
Design Development: Volkswagen Sport Coupé Concept GTE The Volkswagen CC’s upmarket, grown-up, powerful and quick sibling Farah Alkhalisi
Details: Geneva 2016 Show stands It’s easy to be completely engrossed by the cars at the motorshow. Clearly, they should be the number one priority but, increasingly, stand design is important too Joe Simpson
