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 ...

Volkswagen's New Beetle wasn't a terrible car, but it also wasn't exactly built with enthusiasts in mind. VW basically drew up a retro-inspired design and then told its engineers to figure out how to ...

While Volkswagen is now known for crossovers like the Tiguan and Atlas – two of its best-selling models in the U.S. last year – the brand was once defined by a small, quirky vehicle that many people ...

Built for the car for the people, this flat-four engine was all about motorizing the masses ...

The original Volkswagen Beetle is a masterpiece of engineering, but there’s one attribute that it sorely lacks: speed. Installing a Porsche engine no longer makes financial sense because the parts ...

If you are rich and slightly mad, you can always put a Porsche engine where an air-cooled VW unit used to be. The budget alternative to that has always been a Subaru flat-four, because when it comes ...

The idea of a V-8 engine stuffed into a classic Volkswagen Beetle is the sort of thing sand-dune-chasing dreams are made of. A bug's butt is the perfect place for that big of an engine if you're ...