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The VW Beetle story

As production of the latest 'new' Beetle ends, join us as we explore the Beetle’s multifaceted, long-running history ...
A sodium-metal battery reached a four-minute laboratory rate, but its strongest lifespan figures came from slower and smaller ...
What should I look for in a used Volkswagen ID.7? When viewing a used car, always follow our used car buying checklist. The Volkswagen ID 7 is often used as a taxi, company car and long-distance ...
Automotive giants like Volkswagen view the whole world as a market; they have to account for each region as a potential market. Since their business model focuses on a global scale, their model lineup ...
Paul Kennedy is taking his iconic soccer-ball-adorned Volkswagen Beetle across the country to celebrate the World Cup with fans from around the globe. Key Takeaways Paul Kennedy had his 1974 VW Beetle ...
When Paul Kennedy, a 55-year-old resident of Fort Myers, Florida, takes his 1974 Volkswagen Beetle for a spin, people get quite a kick out of it (pun intended). Even more than the nostalgia for the ...
This 2000 Volkswagen Jetta GLX is an exceptionally well-documented, highly efficient commuter sedan showing 272,398 original miles. Powered by a famously reliable 2.0L inline-4 engine paired with a ...
Volkswagen could have replaced the Beetle with a mid-engined, water-cooled hatchback, but it ended up being one of the foundations for the Golf. The Type 1 would eventually be named Käfer, the German ...
The Volkswagen Beetle, also known as the Type 1, Käfer, or Bug, is a rear-engine economy car manufactured by Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. Initially conceived as a "people's car" by Adolf Hitler for ...
Volkswagen hasn’t made a Beetle for nearly seven years now, as the final one rolled off the line down in Mexico, at the Puebla facility, back in mid-2019, thus putting an end to a long era and a very ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The oldest VW is back on the road and it is "driving in its purest form, back to basics, so to speak," says says owner Traugott ...