Volkswagen Beetle News

Production ends next year.

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

The average American drives over 13,000 miles per year, but some cars barely ever get those miles put on them. Here are the least-driven vehicles in America.

Prequel wants to restore franchise before Hasbro-toy-universe reboot.

As charming and cute as classic Volkswagen Beetles are, there's no getting around the fact that they're not especially sleek, nor are fast. At all. That is with the exception of this, the Memminger Roadster 2.7. It's a custom Bug built by a German restoration shop called Memminger. It's low, it has extremely wide, pumped up fenders, and has been turned into a two-seat roadster. It almost looks like a Porsche 356, but bigger. And check out those sweet plaid seats.

Far be it from us to compare the Volkswagen Beetle to any old bug, but despite the company's attempts to stomp on it for good, it might still have life left in it. USA Today is reporting that the current, 2011-introduced generation of the Beetle is to remain in production for the foreseeable future, based on a confirmation from a VW USA spokeswoman.

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.

The Beetle tested was outfitted with a defeat device, unbeknownst to the scientists.

VW's board will weigh a plan to update the Beetle alongside the forthcoming ID Buzz microbus.

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

"They never fail you - they take you anywhere and have excellent functionality."

Fifty years after winning in Baja, these Bugs remain at the core of grassroots offroad competition.

Crushing the Beetle? It might happen.

An abandoned Utah shop surrounded by decaying cars.

Air-cooled Volkswagen Beetles once roamed every American road and clogged every American wrecking yard, but now sightings are rare. Here's an oxidized survivor that has been discarded in Colorado.

One step at a time.

Jay Leno's Garage focuses on a '66 Bug with the heart of a 1990 Mazda RX-7.