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It is confirmed; the supercharged VW Golf R will come to North America in 2012. "The European Golf R is simply the most powerful Volkswagen sports performance vehicle ever built," according to a statement released by VW.

The Golf R is planned to be sold worldwide, along with another goal of becoming the world's largest car producer. How will Volkswagen achieve this? They hope to have the largest sales volume by 2018, with over 10 million units sold annually. Their US sales target is 800,000 VW vehicles a year by 2018. This is about 3 times the current…

Trying to stretch out the use of fuel is not a new concept. Back in 2002, Volkswagen designed a concept car that could go 100 kilometers on 1 liter of fuel, which is the equivalent of about 235 mpg. In 2010, Volkswagen shows off the second generation of their 1 liter concept, the L1. The German auto maker intends to have it in production by 2013.
By utilizing a light and aerodynamic body design, along with diesel-electric parallel hybrid power train, the new L1 requires a max of 1.38 liters of diesel to cover 100 kilometers, or the equivalent…

At the Los Angeles auto show VW brought their new technology, and some had the chance to drive the German auto maker's upcoming Golf blue-e-motion, their all-electric variant of the Golf, due to launch in 2014.

Golf blue-e-motion's range as 93 miles, but hopes to make that number higher by the time the model goes into production in 2013 says Volkswagen. With electric cars, range varies wildly and depends greatly on driving style and how power-draining devices such as the heater and air-conditioner are used.

Journalists have been reading about Volkswagen's blue-motion tech for months, but now…