Beetle

In the first of a new series to track down a brand's oldest car in South Africa, we get to grips with a rather special 1949 Volkswagen Beetle...For four decades, the car you see here sat in a Volkswagen SA storage facility, but unfortunately not the hermetically cocooned type. The elements – and being ...

Late last month, we published a local video of a modified Volkswagen Beetle taking on a BMW M4 in a drag race.And now we've stumbled across more footage of the otherwise unassuming blue Beetle engaged in another straight-line battle (on what looks to be a public road, no less).Its opponent this time? ...

In 1938 Adolf Hitler commissioned the Volkswagen factory in Fallersleben to begin production on the KdF (Kraft-durch-Freude-Wagen; translating to strength through joy car) Beetle. This was essentially a piece of automotive propaganda as it appealed to the lifestyle that Nazi Germany was successfully ...

It is a question that we have been asking for ages; does the BMW M4 really have what it takes to annihilate the legendary Volkswagen Beetle? That question has finally been answered:At first it looks as if the BMW gets the upper hand but the obviously not standard and lightweight Volkswagen Beetle pulls ...

Not too long ago, there were rumours of Volkswagen dropping its most iconic badge, but now the German manufacturer has facelifted the Beetle in preparation for 2017.So, it seems the Volkswagen Beetle won't be killed off just yet (although said rumours suggested it would be axed only in 2018), with ...

A 1974 Volkswagen Beetle with just 90 kilometres on the clock from new is set to go under the hammer in Denmark.The 42-year-old Beetle will be sold at Silverstone Auctions' Classic Race Aarhus Auction at the end of May.With just one owner from new and only 90 km under its belt, this Beetle is still ...

The LA Auto Show is in full swing at the moment and as expected there are several new models that are important for the US market. One of the models that is of more interest to South Africans is the debut of the Beetle Dune. Volkswagen launched production-ready versions of the hard-top and convertible ...

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Volkswagen’s board apparently approved and gave the go-ahead for the Beetle Dune to be put to production, only it will not feature all-wheel drive.Based on the current Beetle, the Dune is set to launch in early 2016 in both hatchback and cabriolet configurations. All Dune-models will be raised by 50 ...