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Hey, at the beginning I would like to apologize if I write in the wrong section - if it's a bad section, please move topic on to the good section What's up guys My name is Vlad and I'm sick of Stance. I'm from Kiev, which is in Ukraine. Recently when I decided to put an air suspension, I...

...and we barely understand it either. Looking for a VW that doesn't look like a VW? Want a Jeep, but with a lot less horsepower? Or offroad ability? Well, this week's bizarro Find Of The Day is for you. When the original Volkswagen Type 1 was created, one of its many unique engineering...

“The funnest thing for this is being on the freeway,” says Scott Tupper, the owner of a Beetle convertible that 40% bigger than a standard Beetle. “People just chase you to try to get next to it.” And no wonder. Actually seeing this thing on the road with no context must be an oddly unsettling...

Find Of The Day is back! While we wanted to find something really mind-blowing for the triumphant return of this popular series, well, sometimes you stumble upon something and it just seems to work. Like today's 2013 Volkswagen Beetle R-Line. "A Beetle? Really!?" you might be saying. Well, this...

Ahoy, mateys! Looking for something completely different to cruise the neighborhood? How about a boat-slash-car...thing? But if you're looking to merge your love with the land with your love for the sea, you have to make a choice: do you build your land yacht, or do you bu(o)y it built? Option...

Update July 23, 2020: Another name, e-Safari, has been uncovered. The Safari was one of the names given to the Type 181 or "Thing" as it came to be known in the US. This was the civilian version of the Kübelwagen. VW Vortex uncovered trademark applications today that suggest that VW will...

Cast your mind back to the simpler days of the late 2000s, when the world only had to contend with one existential threat at a time and VW could still boast about its MPG records… Anyway, VW was getting ready to launch a new series of ads featuring a black 1964 Beetle as its spokesperson. Named...

The world of kit cars based on Beetle chassis is wide and runs deep, but not all were created equal. The Devin, though, was among the coolest. Produced by Devin Industries, the body was (allegedly) based on a mold taken from an Ermini 375 Sport 1100 . That car had bodywork done by Scaglietti...

Volkswagen fan Lynn Pfenning wanted his dad's Type 3 Fastback. It only took him 38 years to find it and four more to get it back on the road. We remember far too well the cars our parents had when we were growing up, but few of them were as cool as the 1967 Volkswagen Type 3, and Pfenning's car...

Minibikes are always cool, but there are no tiny motorcycles cooler than these ones. They're built from a Volkswagen Beetle fender, which has been transformed into something amazing. You can follow the build on Brent Walter's Instagram account, and watch how he turned some genuine VW Beetle...

After sneaking into the Amelia Island Concours in the frunk of the wedding Beetle, we finally got to see the Custom Coachwork category that the organizers set up for the Type 1. We were surprised to find out, though, that three of the four awards handed out in the class were handed to...

VW Vortex is going on the road. We’re taking our life in our hands and going to Florida for the 24th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. Okay, so it's more like we’re taking fancy drinks into our hands, but hey, not everything has to suck all the time, The World! The reason for our trip...

In 1979 the German city of Wurzburg needed a police car and naturally they chose a car that made double-digit power. The most stereotypical car in Germany. Why the Polizei chose this car is hard to fathom (the Golf was out at this point) but hey, it’s fun. This particular car has some great...

A few months ago Hagerty’s Redlin Rebuilds rebuilt the flat four from a 1973 Beetle. As per usual, the video was a silent timelapse affair, which is great if less than educational. So, as Redline does from time to time, they’ve released a supplement in which Ben Woodworth (the mechanic) takes...

I don't know if it's just an American-thing, but we love a great underdog story. Ask your friends what their favorite movies or books are and I bet most center on plucky characters that triumph over all the odds. Rudy, Friday Night Lights, Herbie The Love Bug, A League of Their Own, and even...

Well, we all knew this day was coming but it may finally be here: according to a report from Autocar , the Beetle will not return after the current generation fades away. The publication spoke to Volkswagen’s R&D boss, Frank Welsch, at the Geneva Motor Show this week, who said that the new...

By now the story of how the Beetle came to be is well known. But that doesn’t mean there’s no enjoyment to be had out of hearing it told well. Donut media’s Up to Speed series previously covered the Golf, and now it’s back at Volkswagen, to tell the story of how the Beetle, and by extension the...

Racing in Baja requires an unbelievable amount of planning, a stunningly large crew, and, in Project Baja’s case, nearly a dozen support vehicles all told. And yet, every year people head to the Baja Peninsula in cars that were built nearly half a century ago. So what’s it like to drive one of...

Hagerty’s excellent “Redline Rebuild” series has been shooting timelapses of engine rebuilds and posting the result to YouTube for a while now and the weirdly calming process of seeing a dirty engine become clean is as hypnotizing as it is engaging. After six episodes covering everything from...