As the turn of the new millennium approached, Volkswagen CEO Ferdinand Piëch wanted to show the world that the brand wasn't just about the 'people's car', and that it was capable of so much more.

The magnificent VW-designed W12 engine will be gone by April 2024, so I got a Bentley Continental GT Speed to celebrate the end of a W-shaped era. The Continental GT Speed tops out at 208 mph and gets ...

VW will forge an attempt at the superfast SUV market that is currently dominated by the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, BMW X5 4.8is and Mercedes ML55 by dropping their 6.0 liter W12 engine into the Touareg.

If you don't remember Volkswagen's crazy Bentley-powered, W12 GTI, I certainly do. I was young. I'd get home from school and check the DVR for Top Gear. BBC America reruns, or the cream of the crop, a ...

Although Volkswagen has its fair share of reliable models, it's not an auto manufacturer that's necessarily famed for overall reliability. That mixed record extends to its engines; some of these are ...

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Britain-based luxury carmaker Bentley Motors will make all of parent Volkswagen's powerful W12 engines from the end of this year, creating about 100 jobs for its central ...

Even though Audi was the first to use the Volkswagen Group's long-running W12 engine in the D2-series A8 back in 2001 , said powerplant is obviously associated with Bentley. First used by the British ...