Restored 1956 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Note: for those who don’t like the engine tin color I have a set of them in black my mechanic can install for ...
Once upon a time, when you sold a car, that was the end of it. You said goodbye, it was traded in, you exchanged cash for a title from a newspaper ad, and you never saw it again. Or so I thought. Isn...
Hot on the heels of ending modern Beetle production in Mexico, Volkswagen will be offering a sentimental surprise at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show: the introduction of the a near-production-ready...
The folks at TravelEatWOD this week completed a Route 66 road trip in a wrought-iron Beetle. Their sunscreen expense must’ve matched their gas expense… * Esquire this week profiled Joe Ford, a car de...
From the seller’s description: 1960 Volkswagen Beetle Deluxe Sedan Ragtop. Total frame off restoration completed in 2000. Original rebuilt 1.2 litre numbers matching engine. Chassis no. 2 844 247, en...
Photo by Brian Bennett. Following up on a prior post about VW Beetles as art cars, John Heitmann at The Automobile and American Life spent some time this week discussing the one art car that made Vol...
Unrestored 1959 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Up for sale is my incredibly original time capsule 1959 Volkswagen Beetle. This car was original purchased a...
Images courtesy of Volkswagen AG Volkswagen, Germany’s ever-sentimental automaker, has decided to commemorate the end of production of its current Beetle model by once again entering two of its origi...
Photos courtesy Randy Carlson. As a young salesman at the local Volkswagen dealership, Norman Gonzalez started socking away used Beetles as early as 1958, cherrypicking among the trade-ins that came ...
From the seller’s description: GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this 2005 Meyers Manx SR-2 for your consideration. Styling for the SR-2 was conceived by Bruce Meyers and Stewart Reed. He did not...
All photos by the author. The Transformers toys, animated TV show, and live action/CGI movie franchise has been around a while, since the early 1980s. Heck, original Transformers toys are now legitim...
From the seller’s description: Restored split window 1952 Volkswagen Deluxe Beetle for sale. The Deluxe Zwitter Beetle was produced for approximately 6 months and is one of the rarest most sought aft...
Most stories of electric conversions on older cars stop right after the test and tune phase. Corbin Dunn, however, has kept us current (geddit?) on his Beetle EV conversion through the years. ( via )...
Photo courtesy Studebaker National Museum. They range in status from iconic to mundane and in age from ancient to fairly modern. Some seem relatively straightforward while others appear almost out of...
From the seller’s description: Time to Sell! 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle Convertible 4 Speed. A great and fun leisure vehicle. Same owner since the late 1980’s. Vehicle has been restored and kept in...
Established in 2000, the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera recently got treated to a full renovation. It’s now, according to Piaggio, the largest Italian museum dedicated to two-wheeled transportation. Tha...
Stretched 1972 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Champagne gold with black mask around windows.Starts fine, runs fine, steers fine, stops fine. Stock 1600cc e...
1955 VW Beetle. Image scanned from Volkswagen of America press photo. At Reed College in Portland, Oregon, there was this girl, Carol Cunningham, who owned not one but two cars—an old Maxwell touring...
The Gentleman Racer this week pulled together a bunch of photos telling the story of an American road trip circa 1954 from the collection of road tripper Jack Canary. * An Indonesian sculptor, Ichwan...
All photos by the author. In Mexico, the people consider the venerable Beetle a Mexican car. Oh, sure, they know it’s a German car. They get that. But the VW Type 1 sedan, or Vocho, as its affectiona...
Original and lightly refurbished 1957 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Original 1957 Volkswagen Beetle. 2nd owner rust free California black plate car. Origi...
1972 Volkswagen Beetle Baja Champion Special Edition for sale. From the seller’s description: For sale is a very low mileage (33K original miles) Special Edition Beetle. Just Google “VW 1972 BAHA Cha...
It’s said that a journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step, and applying that same logic, a restoration of 1,000 parts begins with the removal of the first rusted fastener (or, perhaps, the s...
An unmolested 1960 Volkswagen Convertible made the best restoration candidate. Photos by Jeff Koch, except restoration photos courtesy Michael Etchepare and West Coast Classic Restorations. It’s the ...
Like Enzo Ferrari, Ettore Bugatti is one of the most revered European auto builders whose cars only barely eclipsed the story of his life, as told in this short video biography that Mac’s Motor City ...