Beetling around Mexico

If you’re looking for the perfect winter getaway – check out these guided road trips around Mexico. You get to go in a Beetle of your choice, or if you really fancy living it up a little there’s even the option of being chauffeured!

Wet and Windy Brighton Breezy!

Brighton Breeze isn’t just about the show, but also the run from the start point in Epsom, Surrey, cruising down the A23 until the horizon is visible on the descent into the city of Brighton itself, culminating in a classic VW congregation on the seafront.

Bug Movie is go!

You might remember us mentioning a new film about the Beetle. The feature length documentary by Damon Ristau needed funding and appeared on fundraising website Kickstarter back in June. With a mission to find $40,000 it looked like a tall order, but we’re pleased to announce the target has been reached and ‘The Bug Movie’ has got the … Continued

500,000 miles and counting!

We’re all eager to eek out a as many miles as possible from our cars but VW Heritage customers, Stephen Metcalf, has taken things to the extreme with his mint-looking Mk2 Scirocco. With a cool half a million miles clocked up and counting, this is certainly one seriously leggy VW – and one that bears testament … Continued

5 essential spares to take on your next trip

We had a customer tell us about a friend who had to walk five miles because his clutch cable had snapped. Okay, we suspect he could have done some jiggery-pokery with engine revs and skillfully slipped the car through the gears to get home, but it highlighted a genuine issue. One that could easily be … Continued

How to build a VW parts warehouse!

After a lot of planning, and even more hard work, we are now moved in to our new warehouse in Shoreham-by-Sea. Moving 16,000 different part lines, and hundreds of thousands of individual components is no small task, but we thought we’d talk you through how we did it. 

LIVE, LOVE & WORK IN A BUSHeader

As you rock up to work and reach for the Tetley’s, spare a quick thought for a couple who have chosen a very different work/life regime. One that involves a T25 called Boscha, lots of travel – and a host of new and exciting challenges that will no doubt shape and enrich their lives forever…

VW T4 – MUST HAVEST4 MUST HAVES

Interest in the versatile and ultra cool T4 has been on an upward trajectory in the last few years and the upsurge shows no sign of abating… Practical, affordable and great looking – it seems everyone wants one of these strong, handy holdalls these days. And when Dub scene aficiondos finally do get hold of … Continued

Fancy a winter project?

As the night’s draw in, a lot of us will be looking for a suitable project to while away the worst of the winter weather. But it would have to be a brave person, indeed, to take on this trio of somewhat worse for wear Karmann Ghias spotted for sale recently in the classifieds…