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

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

The actor's humble VW ragtop got a Ford V-8 heart, creating one of the wildest Beetles ever built. [This story originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of ...

The Volkswagen Beetle seems like a relatively forgotten car, a footnote to the automotive industry. But the shape is so original and iconic that many people still do extreme and expensive mods, like ...

Convertibles have been the most visible—and collectible—of Volkswagen Beetles since 1949. Now here's another one. Launched at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show and already appearing in VW showrooms, the ...

Arriving at our shores in 1949, the Volkswagen Beetle swept America during the Summer of Love and became a symbol of the counterculture movement in the 1960s. Commissioned by Adolf Hitler and designed ...

The Volkswagen Beetle Convertible returns for the 2013 model year, offering 4-passenger seating and a new power-operated soft convertible top that drops and raises in just over 10 seconds, according ...

The Beetle R-Line gets the same engine and transmission choices as the 2014 GTI, but suspension tuning keeps this icon back from being a real hot hatch. Wayne Cunningham Managing Editor / Roadshow ...