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

[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 ...

Rotary engines will eventually make a comeback - we trust Mazda enough to tell you that. But for now, there aren't any production cars that have one installed. And that kind of makes a 1966 VW Beetle ...

In 1968, Volkswagen launched a spiritual successor to the iconic Kubelwagen, the light military vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche for Germany's World War II efforts. It's officially known as the ...

Steve Nestel pulls his 1967 Volkswagen Bug into his garage on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Nestel restored and converted the vehicle to run entirely on Tesla batteries and plans to show it at the Ogden Car ...

When the 1973 Volkswagen Beetle first came out, it was powered by a 1.3L air-cooled engine with a mere 44-hp. Considering there are over 70 cars that make 500-hp or more, the stock Beetle powerplant ...