It's been said that to truly understand someone, you must first walk a mile in their shoes. In many ways, this holds true for cars too. Often, to get what they're really about, it's best to visit the land of their birth. When you see the environment the car was...

Volkswagen's last attempt at a luxury car, the Phaeton, was a great car that nobody paid any attention to. Its second stab at the market is more reasonably priced, and much harder to miss. You either get the "coupe-sedan" thing or you don't. On Wheels gets it. It's a Euro-style thang....

Is Volkswagen's compact crossover just a Rabbit on stilts? Sort of. But that's not a bad thing. Volkswagen hasn't been in the SUV business for very long, and when the Touareg was introduced in 2003 it was a departure for the brand in more ways than one.  Contrary to VW's people's-car...