The controversial use of flaccid Vauxhall Corsa police panda cars minus the necessary sirens for fast response duties has hit the headlines recently, but just imagine the press scrum that would have ensued back in 1970 when Volkswagen tried to convince various UK forces to buy Beetles…
Mark and Lauren Ashley had the dream of touring France in their VW T4 camper and wisely entered our competition to bag a wad of cash to fund it. They didn’t win, but decided to go anyway, setting off for a three-week adventure around France in their beloved bright yellow bus ‘Bumblebee’. Needless to say … Continued
When ordering parts or restoring a car back to its original spec, it’s useful to know as much about your Bug as possible. Here’s how to unravel the dark art of engine and chassis codes…
There’s always been a tiny bit of leeway as to the speed that you can travel above the actual speed limit. It wasn’t much, but it acted as a buffer, allowing a small amount of discretion to be applied by the boys in blue to account for inaccuracies in the measuring equipment and sketchy speedos. … Continued
We love open air VWs, but the rugged, go anywhere Trekker surely has to be one of the coolest topless VWs out there at the moment. Here’s a quick insight into how it came about…
Yorkshire born Ivan Hirst was for many the man that saved the Beetle, which in turn allowed Volkswagen to prosper in the immediate post-war period. While British manufacturers dismissed the Bug, Hirst rightly saw its potential and persuaded its resurrection from the Wolfsburg factory ashes. The rest, as they say, is history…
In what is seemingly an unending discussion on how to register older cars, the DVLA is now questioning whether cars that are in any way modified from their original specification can still be classified as an historic vehicle…
While there were numerous demands for VW to produce a factory high performance version of its iconic Mk1 Golf GTi, such requests fell on deaf ears and it was left to VAG France to do the honours and produce something really special. We’re talking, of course, about the ultra rare Mk1 16S…
Back in 2011, at an auction in Orange County two bidders bid up a 1963 23-window bus to an astonishing $198,000. Well, that makes this totally restored Stateside example a bit of a bargain by comparison…
As far VW Beetle rivals go, obvious candidates include the Mini, Morris Minor, 2CV and at a stretch the Fiat 500. Yet, given its head, there was another rear engined, air-cooled German contender that could have proved a far bigger potential threat to the lovable Bug…
