A 1986 Volkswagen Beetle 50 Year Jubilee Edition, one of 3,150 Germany-market cars in Pewter Grey Metallic.

This1972 VW Beetle features white paint, updated gray interior, and minor practical upgrades. Powered by a 1,585cc air-cooled flat-four, 4-speed manual, and includes a tow bar. The car retains classic ...

There was a time—after peak-hot rod and peak-muscle car but before the rise of The Import Scene—when the humble Volkswagen Beetle was the coolest car anyone had. Maybe you went to high school then.

Almost a century ago, two men set up a huge project for a tiny car. Adolf Hitler and Ferdinand Porsche were envisioning the Volkswagen Beetle. In the summer of 1934, Hitler commissioned Porsche to ...

The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the line in 2003 after more than six decades in production. One of the great game-changing automobiles, the quirky little sedan emerged from a dramatic birth to ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...

Before the beloved Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line in 1938 and became famous the world over, it was another automaker that made the decision to put compact, rear-engined cars on the ...

Terry L. Karges, executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum, who lives in Santa Monica, Calif., on his 1962 Volkswagen Beetle, as told to A.J. Baime. The Petersen museum has a collection of ...

The actor's humble VW ragtop got a Ford V-8 heart, creating one of the wildest Beetles ever built. [This story originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of ...

Scientists developing new materials are studying an unlikely source of strength: a beetle that can withstand being run over by a car. Researchers from Purdue University and the University of ...

Getting run over by a car is not a near-death experience for the diabolical ironclad beetle. How the beetle survives could inspire the development of new materials with the same herculean toughness, ...