The 2012 Volkswagen Beetle is fresh off its global unveiling earlier today, and the good-looking hatch appears to be dead serious about appealing to the masses. Volkswagen will offer the Beetle with ...

The VW Beetle was not built for thrills, but with basically the same powertrain as a Scirocco or Golf, it's not a slouch in the straight line either in it's top spec 2.0 TSI "Turbo" form. If the 211 ...

Although offered with an optional turbocharged engine and even the ultra-rare VR6-powered RS model, the previous-generation Volkswagen New Beetle could never quite totally shake its "chick car" image.

It comes from truck conversion specialist Smyth Performance. UPDATE: Smyth Performance has finished its first conversion to show what the final New Beetle truck conversion looks like. A few extra ...

Few cars match the original Volkswagen Beetle's cultural reach. It started as an affordable transportation, but fate dictated its evolution into a global icon. Its distinctive shape, simple mechanics, ...

The original Volkswagen Beetle is a masterpiece of engineering, but there’s one attribute that it sorely lacks: speed. Installing a Porsche engine no longer makes financial sense because the parts ...

If you're one of the people who bemoan how Volkswagen's "new" Beetle has strayed from the original's simple, utilitarian nature ... well, you might want to stop reading now. The German automaker is ...

I just saw a remarkable bit of Volkswagen Beetle history happen tonight: a Beetle sold for the highest price ever recorded, an absolutely staggering $300,000. This beats the previous record of ...

Forge Motorsport’s Hosetechnik division has released a range of ultra-high performance brake hoses for the ‘sporting’ version of the air-cooled VW Beetle; the 1303S. This latest release forms part of ...

To the chagrin of a lot of small-car lovers out there, Volkswagen has decided to kill off the Beetle. It’s a sad decision, as the nameplate is one of the oldest in the automotive industry and the car ...

The Volkswagen Beetle is an economy car no more. German outfit Milivié Design is offering restored and modernized versions of the original VW Bug for $600,000, but there's a reason for the hefty price ...