But once in a while, you see a rickshaw that does not make one iota of sense. Something completely off the wall and ...

Point is, people don’t really understand just how incredibly diverse VW Brazil’s air-cooled offering was in the 1960s and ...

Despite the lengthened front end, the boxer engine remains at the back. This one-of-a-kind Super Beetle has spent 40 years in the same family. The original VW Beetle holds a place in automotive ...

Adonis, the owner, builder and VW enthusiast tells us its story. Because the classic Beetle has a rear-mounted flat-4 engine, the natural candidate for an engine transplant is Subaru. So this is ...

Franz Xavier Reimspiess refined the design work, and, just like that, the iconic "prototype 1" (the basis for what would become the VW Beetle) flat-four engine was born. Though it came with some ...

For the first time, Volkswagen increases the Beetle engine's displacement from 1131 cc to 1192 cc. Power rises from 30 horsepower to 36. In 1955, with production humming along, Volkswagen builds ...

(Clutch in, neutral, clutch out, rev engine, clutch in, select gear.) It's hard work, enjoyable but exhausting. Having some inkling of how different the first air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle would be ...

The 2019 Volkswagen Beetle gets blind-spot monitoring and rear ... we liked that the car offers plenty of power on tap from the turbo engine. Regardless of whether the roof is up or down, there's ...

Official sources from Volkswagen are reluctant to acknowledge use of the engine or even the existence of the Beetle prior to the end of World War II. In its mid-1960s configuration, the air-cooled ...

The car’s curvy, colorful exterior and air-cooled, rear engine propelled it to a level ... where a lone Volkswagen Beetle was parked amongst the rubble. It took a spark of brilliance from ...