"Manual Transmission Foils Car Theft" is a headline we write all too often, and now Volkswagen has taken advantage of America's stick shift incompetence to advertise its Jetta GLI's manual ...

A VW dealership can carry out a test that will reveal whether there’s wear in the transmission’s clutch packs. Based on the result of this test, the question of whether the transmission is within ...

If it’s a dual-mass flywheel, then $2000 doesn’t sound excessive, but to be sure phone around a few VW dealers and get their process. Approach the dealer and ask to see the parts they removed from ...

For many years, people believed the manual transmission was on its way out, although it stubbornly resisted. Now, its time might have finally come, as shown by a recent decision by SAIC-Volkswagen in ...

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is among the original hot hatchbacks, an icon of front-wheel-drive fun that traces its history back to 1976. Over the ensuing decades, it's always offered a manual transmission ...

We hope you weren't planning to #GiveAShift in a shiny new 2018 Volkswagen Jetta GLI. Because you can't. VW has largely carried over its sportiest Jetta into the 2018 model year, albeit with one ...

Here's some Jalopnik sacrilege: I was given a 2015 Volkswagen Beetle with a diesel engine, and a manual transmission. And I have no idea if I like it. But that's mainly because I don't understand ...

With the announcement of the 2025 Jetta GLI and its continuation of the manual transmission on Tuesday, Volkswagen continues to pull some serious weight in the enthusiast circle. But, while the ...

It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation days, Sean was drawn to anything with four wheels. Prior to joining the Roadshow team, he was a freelance contributor for Motor Authority ...