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Oct 19, 2020 Featured
Junkyard Gem: 1969 Volkswagen Beetle Sedan

Yes, air-cooled Beetles still show up in the big U-Wrench car graveyards

Murilee Martin
Oct 11, 2020 ETC
Selling flowers out of her VW Beetle helps Rio woman survive COVID-19

'I had no money at all to pay the rent, so I began to think what I could do to survive'

You can't miss the green 1969 Volkswagen Beetle parked at the corner, orchids and ferns crowding its open bonnet, sunflowers sticking out of windows, potted plants on the roof. Turning her car into a flower shop was Valcineia Machado's survival plan after her business collapsed in the COVID-19 pandemic, and she is has become a hit in Rio's Copacabana beach district. At 51, she has reinvented herself, moving from real estate to selling roses and other flower on a busy corner.

Reuters
Jul 16, 2020 Comparo
Meet the Beetles: We drive VW Bugs from 1964 and 2013

What a difference 50 years makes

Joel Stocksdale
Jun 5, 2020 Featured
Junkyard Gem: 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Coupe

A crashed example of the final generation of the Volkswagen Beetle, photographed in a Colorado U-Wrench-It yard.

Murilee Martin
Dec 31, 2019 Video
VW sends off the Beetle with 'The Last Mile' short film tribute

The animated short is set to 'Let it Be' by The Beatles and features a few celebrity cameos

Byron Hurd
Sep 5, 2019 Official
VW is providing electric powertrains to convert classic Beetles

It's just the beginning of what Volkswagen may offer the EV aftermarket

Joel Stocksdale
Jul 13, 2019 Featured
Saying goodbye to a childhood friend — the VW Beetle

It may be time for it to go, but that doesn't make it less sad

Joel Stocksdale
Jul 10, 2019 Featured
As VW New Beetle production ends, the original endures in Mexican hills

'The old ones can climb any incline without problem'

Associated Press
Jun 21, 2019 Official
Volkswagen wins lawsuit over who designed the Beetle

VW won't have to pay royalties on Beetle sales

VW won't have to pay royalties on Beetle sales

Joel Stocksdale
May 17, 2019 Official
Volkswagen Beetle says final goodbye at Mille Miglia

The end is finally nigh for the 'maggiolino'

The end is finally nigh for the 'maggiolino.'

Jonathon Ramsey
Dec 21, 2018 Report
VW Christmas card could preview I.D. beach buggy EV

Another retro-futuristic VW EV appears to be in the works

Another retro-futuristic VW EV appears to be in the works.

John Beltz Snyder
Dec 11, 2018 Featured
Live, love, bug: VW factory-restored woman's 51-year-old daily-driver Beetle

Kathleen Brooks has put more than 350,000 miles on the 1967 model

Kathleen Brooks has put more than 350,000 miles on the 1967 model.

Tony Markovich
Nov 30, 2018 Review
2019 VW Beetle Final Edition Review | A car out of time in more ways than one

We see why it's time to say goodbye, but it's still sad

We see why it's time to say goodbye, but it's still sad.

Joel Stocksdale
Sep 13, 2018 Official
2019 VW Beetle Final Edition marks the end of the road for the Bug

Production ends next year

Production ends next year.

Joel Stocksdale
Sep 12, 2018 Rumormill
VW Beetle could get a Final Edition for 2019

2019 model year VIN information reportedly reveals that the end is near

There could be a Final Edition for the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle, according to VIN code information submitted to NHTSA.

Antti Kautonen
Mar 7, 2018 Report
VW Beetle will not get another encore

Electric Beetle plans rejected; I.D. Buzz will be the nostalgia model

Volkswagen's head of R&D says the New Beetle dies with this current generation. The I.D. Buzz EV will become the brand's heritage-inspired model.

Jonathon Ramsey
Nov 6, 2017 Official
VW sponsors a 1970 Beetle in Baja 1000

The Beetle in question is a 1970 model.

It'll run with a stock air-cooled 1600 engine.

Jeremy Korzeniewski
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