Somewhere between the rise of the import racer and the fall of the muscle car there exists in the timeline of many a car enthusiast a black hole. What was happening in that period after the last ’Cuda ...

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

A Bug running under 13 seconds appeared implausible at the time, especially when considering that a then-new '65 model could barely achieve 23 seconds in the quarter-mile. Guess what: VWs are still ...

The original VW Beetle holds a place in automotive history that’s hard to top, with over 21.5 million units rolling off production lines between 1938 and 2003. That staggering figure means there’s no ...

Equipped with two small engines producing a combined 260 horsepower, a 1100 pound Volkswagen Beetle could match the power-to-weight ratio of the larger and more powerful cars. The team devised a plan ...

This video of a hyper-modified VW Beetle with two electric motors and 1200 ft-lb of torque racing to an 11.24 second quarter-mile victory over a Tesla Roadster has everything — except engine noise.