The Volkswagen New Beetle was an immediate success following its 1997 launch. By clothing humble Golf underpinnings in a cute ...

[This story originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic.] Nobody knows exactly when and where iconic actor/director/soon-to-be-racer Paul ...

Actor and racer Paul Newman turned a humble 1963 VW Beetle into a wild V-8-powered sleeper. Here’s the story behind the ...

Most enthusiast discussions about engines sometimes tend to boil down to V6 and V8 engines. They are the engines often associated with power and the flashier automobiles made throughout history.

A unique long-nose Super Beetle with a two-seater cabin is up for sale. Despite the lengthened front end, the boxer engine remains at the back. This one-of-a-kind Super Beetle has spent 40 years in ...

1938 to 2003—that is the production period for the Volkswagen Type 1, or what we affectionately call the Beetle. That’s the ...

From the June 1999 issue of Car and Driver. If cheap gas has a downside—Yeah, this approach is like looking for the bad news in a pay raise, but play along, okay?—it's that small cars get nudged off ...

The original VW Beetle holds a place in automotive history that’s hard to top, with over 21.5 million units rolling off production lines between 1938 and 2003. That staggering figure means there’s no ...