Following on from recent articles looking deeper into the mechanics of our beloved Volkswagens – how to get the most out of them with efficient use of our hard earned; here’s a handy guide to improving your classic VW suspension and steering.
With the recent demise of Top Gear on the television, Channel 4’s motoring offering For the Love of Cars has taken up position as our Sunday evening car programme of choice.
For the second time in 2015 we have been blessed with blue skies and reasonable temperatures for our VW Heretics meet, held on the 3rd Thursday each month.
We’ve all got used to seeing modern roadsters and cabriolets with their handy retractable roofs, so why couldn’t the same concept be applied to a classic VW Beetle? Well, this Greece-based specialist asked the same question – then took on the challenge of creating one…
With the closure of Stondon Transport Museum in Henlow, Beds, comes news of two classic Dubs that will soon go under the hammer, including a mint low mileage 1979 Derby LS…
Despite having a day job that involves test driving Ferraris, Porsches and all manner of other automotive exotica, at the end of the day, all top US car journalist Jason Cammisa wants to do is go home and drive his Scirocco…
A movie fan has just bid a staggering £80,000 for a 1963 Beetle that appeared in one of the Herbie films. Is that totally bananas, or has someone just got lucky and driven away in what’s got to be one of the most instantly recognisable and totally iconic Bugs of all time?
It’s incredible to think VW once needed a marketing gimmick to attract younger buyers to get behind the wheel of a Beetle. The Jeans special edition was it, and with news of the latest Jeans up! launch we thought, like VW, we’d go back and visit the original denim clad classic…
With a stunning new Golf boasting 265bhp making its debut on the banks of Lake Worthersee last week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic GTI in 2016, and confirmation that there will be a monster 400bhp four-wheel drive Golf R400 very soon, we thought we’d look at some more down to earth but … Continued
A recent survey suggests that us VW fanatics have created a bit of a trend, with younger motorists being more interested in showing and shining their cars rather than driving around a housing estate in them. So does this mean the ‘boy racer’ era is a thing of the past?
