I return to you people from air-cooled Volkswagen Project Car Hell, only to find Hagerty's video of a Beetle engine getting re-built. It looks so simple! It's such a tiny engine! Everything fits ...
My old Beetle's sure been through a lot this year, but this past weekend, for the first time since it was recovered, I drove it again. And while it still looks a bit battered, it's going to be better ...
A cast iron engine black and relative lack of complicated electronics means that if properly serviced, this engine can last a ...
The largest sin the original VW Beetle ever committed was sporting a drivetrain seemingly made of wet paper bags. So to say, it could have been better in the power department. Well, we're not sure ...
The air-cooled VW Beetle is a legend for so many reasons. One of the main ones being how many were built and how long they stayed in production with only minor changes to the basic design. It's ...
The 1978 Volkswagen Beetle in question had been parked for nearly two decades before this YouTuber decided to rebuild the engine. Joy van Haelen rebuilt a 1978 Volkswagen Beetle engine as a learning ...
For decades, the VW Beetle ubiquitously roamed the interior of Baja California. The short-wheelbase “bug” with the air-cooled engine was the perfect vehicle for negotiating the dusty, rocky and rutted ...
Have you ever heard of the Speedhunters VW Beetle? Yeah, this is it, the coolest combination between classic VW looks and modern racing technology. Adonis, the owner, builder and VW enthusiast tells ...
This weekend's Pod Rods has some wild news about a retro-Beetle with some serious mid-engine attitude; some new GM and BMW action; the offer to see a real movie star car up close; and the usual round ...
Both will give you good fuel savings in the sort of driving you're doing. The hybrid would likely be better in stop-start driving, the diesel better for open-road motoring. The diesel would be cheaper ...