The air-cooled VW Beetle is a legend for so many reasons. One of the main ones being how many were built and how long they stayed in production with only minor changes to the basic design. It's ...

The original VW Beetle holds a place in automotive history that’s hard to top, with over 21.5 million units rolling off production lines between 1938 and 2003. That staggering figure means there’s no ...

Much has been said about the Volkswagen Beetle and its long and illustrious history. Anyone somewhat knowledgeable about automotive history would know that the Beetle story dates back to the Second ...

The 1978 Volkswagen Beetle in question had been parked for nearly two decades before this YouTuber decided to rebuild the engine. Joy van Haelen rebuilt a 1978 Volkswagen Beetle engine as a learning ...

If you're old enough, the legendary Volkswagen Beetle doesn't even need an introduction – and chances are you've also heard about the iconic Porsche 911. But did you know about the unlikely connection ...

Back in the 1970s, the idea that Volkswagen might stop making the Beetle was unthinkable. The car and the brand that built it had become synonymous, and no one could imagine that VW would give it up ...

[This story originally appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic.] Twenty-one million, five hundred twenty-nine thousand, four hundred and sixty-four. That’s the total number of ...