Modded VW bus sells for £42,750

Sympathetic upgrades to make an early Split more suited to modern day motoring is something lots of owners contemplate doing, and to an extent this recently auctioned 1959 bus provides an ideal blueprint…

Ultimate Dubs 2016

We went back to Telford last weekend for the ‘watercooled season opener’ that was Ultimate Dubs 2016. Previously we reported on the increase in non-VWs in attendance, and how something didn’t quite feel right. Read on to see what 2016 had in store, and what, if anything had changed.

How to haggle

According to a recent study we’ve lost the skill of negotiation when buying a car. Yet if you go about it the right way there’s no reason why you shouldn’t become a successful haggler and shave a useful wedge of cash off your next purchase…

Guía de compra de Golf Mk3

Con la subida de precios de los Golf Mk2, la atención ha pasado ahora a su no tan querido sucesor, el Mk3, que se ha convertido en la manera más asequible de conducir uno de los iconos de Wolfsburg. La tercera generación de Golf ofrece precios asequibles, pero también mucho más. Esto es lo que tienes que … Continued

DKW Kastenwagen – The VW’s bus’s biggest rival?

We recently touched on the early sales success of Volkswagen’s Transporter here when a dedicated factory at Hanover had to be built to cope the explosion in demand for the handy holdall. Well, its popularity didn’t go unnoticed by other manufacturers keen to develop a rival in order to take a slice of the lucrative … Continued

VW Golf 3 Kauftipps

Mit steigendem Marktwert des Golf 2 rückt der bisher weniger beachtete Golf 3 zunehmend ins Blickfeld. Dieses Modell ist nun der erschwinglichste Klassiker der Wolfsburger Ikone. Bei der Käuferschicht mit schmalerem Budget wird die dritte Generation des Golf inzwischen immer interessanter. Es gibt gute Fahrzeuge am Markt, die in der Regel für kleines Geld zu … Continued

What is a Dacon 828?

We’ve always had a penchant for oddball VW-powered specials and this miniature rear engined Brazilian creation certainly ticks all the right ‘what the hell is it?’ boxes…