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To have your name associated with Stingray or Shelby is an automatic entry history books. To have your name associated with both makes you Peter Brock. And now you can own his bay-window bus. Bought as a support vehicle for Brock’s successful hang gliding team, the bus doesn’t content itself...

Tired of standard Westfalia campers and Vanagon conversions? Want the simplicity of an aircooled VW, but with quite a bit more space? Then today's Find Of The Day could be perfect for you. This 1974 PaCoMobil caravana es hecho en Mexico and it's begging to hit the open road. If you haven't...

Germany’s favorite toy brand, Playmobil, has announced that it will release a pair of new toy cars, a ragtop Beetle and a Bulli. In photos, both appear to come with quite a selection of little extras. Along with roof racks, both appear to come with luggage, and the Beetle even comes with a...

When the Volkswagen Type 2 came out, it was a functional piece of equipment. As such, early models were often run into the ground in the line of the duty. Today, though, marks the 70th anniversary of the oldest-know Type 2 in the world. Known as Sofie, the Dove Blue panel van spent 23 years...

Are you looking for some outdoor fun? Something to get down and dirty with? This week we have two really crazy options to get you out in the mud just like when you were a kid. But do you build your own toy Bus, or do you buy it built? Option: Build It Yourself Article: 1959 Volkswagen Bus...

Volkswagen's media team has treated us with another great throwback Thursday post. This week, they're helping us out some great trivia, even though you can't impress your friends with it at the bar right now. What do Ben & Jerry's, Nike, and Domino's all have in common? They all started from the...

Volkswagen is turning up the voltage on another classic van, and this time you'll actually be able to buy them. It's a 1966 T1 Samba that's been restored with a modern electric powertrain and VW Commercial Vehicle partner eClassics is planning to build them for sale. The big, air-cooled engine...

The original microbus gained a reputation for ferrying hippies from their communes to their festivals and it’s kind of nice to think that even now there’s still a place for that. This macrobus in Phoenix, Arizona is helping the start-up-funded hipsters at Burning Man party. Its name is Walter...

Every automotive outlet has been posting as many Ford and Shelby stories as possible lately to try and cash in on the "Ford V Ferrari" craze. Reading a VW site, though, you probably thought you were safe from all of this, but it turns out even we find a connection. That connection comes thanks...

You may know about the National Register of Historic Places ; locations that are key to the history of the United States of America that deserve to be protected and restored. But did you know there's also the National Historic Vehicle Register ? Just like historic homes and buildings, the...

Earlier this year, VW and a team of restorers revealed that they had restored the famous “Light Bus" that brought the band Light to Woodstock 50 years ago. And now you can watch the full, glorious restoration, on CuriosityStream. The bus, unfortunately, isn’ the original—that one is lost to...

Volkswagen is rebranding its Electronics Research Lab, and it's doing it with a cool concept that's a mix of old and new. The ERL was VW's Silicon Valley innovation hub for more than 20 years. They've worked on tasks like robotic cars, predictive navigation, and online speech. Now, they're...

In the market for a unique cargo van? Don't want to wait for Volkswagen to crunch all the feasibility numbers for the I.D. Buzz Cargo ? Then take a peek at our Find of the Day: a 1964 Type 2 Panel Van with a very special motor out back. No, it's not electric. While we inch ever closer to the...

It only makes sense that Volkswagen microbuses were used as Porsche transporters, sharing much in common, but the story here goes a little deeper. Now owned by Scooter Gabel (definitely a pseudonym), the Type 2 was first bought by Vasek Polak Porsche in 1969. The dealership needed a way to get...

How can we defend having a Ratty Rescue feature cost more than our Find of the Day ? Well, first this is a rat rod. Rat is literally in the name . Second, it’s a Type 2, which we’ve seen can cost over $100,000 (contingent on the correct number of windows and Jerry Seinfeld having owned it). By...

The Forza team has finally released the full car list for its latest open-world arcade racer, Forza Horizon 4, and suffice it to say, it looks pretty solid. Not only is it 450-cars long, it features no fewer than 16 VWs, among them the 2003 Golf R32, '95 Corrado VR6, and the '63 Type De Luxe...

If you're interested in today's Find Of The Day, gather your loonies and your toonies quick; bidding ends Tuesday evening. What is it you're bidding on? Why it's the cutest little Subaru Microbus you've ever seen. Subaru!? Yes, Subaru. Now before you get all excited Ms./Mrs./Mr. Car Nerd...

Way back in 1970 two Kansans with bolshy tendencies struck out into the great unknown to visit the old world and document their travels. Along the way, they drove three VWs, met a Dutch sadist, crossed the Sahara, and nearly lost their marbles. Now, their story has been immortalized in...

Ever since Jerry Seinfeld sold a portion of his collection, and his Microbus outsold some of his Porsches, we’ve known that prices for these hippie-mobiles were preparing to get ridiculous. That's good news because it means that we normal people get to gawk at perfect Sambas, as owners look to...

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