Proving size doesn't matter, VW won overall "Best Engine of the Year" for its 1.4-liter TSI Twincharger engine. Again. So why isn't it available in the U.S.?

The new engine, dubbed the EA211 TSI evo, is a turbocharged 1.5-liter unit equipped with variable turbine geometry (VTG) like that found on high-performance engines from Porsche.

What about the 1.2-litre 3-cyl diesel that’s also affected? Measures for that engine will be presented to the KBA for ratification by the end of November 2015.

It’s the end of the line for Volkswagen’s venerable 2.5-liter five-cylinder gasoline engine in the States as the German carmaker announced today that it will gradually replace it with a new 1. ...