Besides staying true to their legacies, the two cars we're looking at today had another hard task to achieve: win over undecided customers. The Beetle and the Cooper seem to have had the same ...

Volkswagen can tease U.S. customers with the Europe-only Scirocco and Phaeton, but the automaker's new Beetle R-Line packages actually stand a chance of eventually making it to our shores. Based on ...

There are vast swaths of the internet dedicated to weird car builds, but Smyth has been making it easy for people to construct wacky vehicles for years. The company's "ute" truck conversion kits guide ...

New Beetle customers in Europe now have the option to fit their cars with two R-Line packages that are based on the top “Sport” version, including one for the outside and the other for the interior of ...

The two rows of orange cones created what looked like to me a third-gear chicane. I'm not a race-car driver. What did I know? I was guessing. I was in the middle of a short straight after the second ...

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The current Volkswagen Beetle will be the last of its kind for a while. VW revived The People's Car in 1997, then introduced a second generation in 2011, but VW's head of R&D, Frank Welsch, told ...

An ordinary VW Beetle underneath, the Karmann Ghia blends practicality with Italian styling. It also has an interesting backstory, having been designed by an Allied secret agent. This one is in ...

The red 1963 Volkswagen convertible in the “For Sale” ad appears to be a cherry version of the automaker’s popular Beetle. It has chrome bumpers, a black cloth top and a bright finish to its paint.