It comes from truck conversion specialist Smyth Performance. UPDATE: Smyth Performance has finished its first conversion to show what the final New Beetle truck conversion looks like. A few extra ...

Just when you thought the Volkswagen Beetle had gone for good, it's made a comeback - and it's not like we've ever seen it before. Production of the original Bug came to an end in July, when the final ...

The Volkswagen New Beetle launched with incredible fanfare in 1998, and now it's run its course. However, one company is recapturing some of the excitement a pickup truck conversion. Smyth Performance ...

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 ...

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I've been getting lots of questions about the state of my Beetle since its recovery, and I'm finally happy to say insurance companies have been dealt with, checks have been cut, and work is about to ...

We do love a good pickup conversion here at The Drive, especially ones that are attractive and well-executed. I mean sure, they’re weird, but look at all of that newfound utility! As far as we’re ...

The conversion uses the electric motor and single-speed transmission from the Volkswagen e-Up!, an electric version of VW’s Up! city car which isn’t sold in the United States. The motor produces 81 ...