Even by the dire standards of the current market, the new VW Routan minivan appears to be nailed to the showroom floor. A warmed-over version of the Chrysler Town & Country/Dodge Caravan, the Routan ...

I didn’t understand this car when I first heard about it, and now that I’ve seen it I still don’t understand it. Espousing the brand’s newfound access to a “high-volume market segment” — perhaps the ...

It's easy enough to lambaste the Routan for what it's not -- a "true" Volkswagen -- but let's instead focus on what it is: a competent minivan. Although some competitors pack their vans with ...

The problem with the 2009 Volkswagen Routan isn't so much what it is as what it's not. What it is is VW's restyled version of the newest-generation Chrysler minivan, introduced last year. What it's ...

The badges on the front and back say “Volkswagen,” but the minivan I tested this past week drove and felt quite like a Chrysler Town & Country or Dodge Grand Caravan. Oh, wait a minute — that's ...

*For the naysayers who think there couldn't possibly be any true Volkswagen DNA in the new Routan, well, you're mistaken. Granted, it's not the Microbus Concept we'd been dreaming of since 2001, but ...

The Routan, Volkswagen’s version of the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans, will hit dealerships in summer 2008. The Routan is more upscale than both its siblings, but it forgoes ...

It was the early 2000s, and as Americans increasingly embraced large crossovers and SUVs, Volkswagen's U.S. dealers clamored for an affordable seven-passenger vehicle to keep Jetta, Golf and Beetle ...