Volkswagen Beetle News

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.

A round car made from square bricks.

As close as you can get to a new classic Beetle, it was driven sparingly for only four years.

Volkswagen reportedly intends to axe the Beetle in 2018 to make more room for crossovers, but the move seems premature. The vehicle remains an icon, albeit a slow selling one.

The dune buggy driver that ran wild across San Diego as part of a viral video has been hit with 26 misdemeanors. He calls it a "small bump in the road."

Happy birthday, Beetle! This week marks 70 years since Volkswagen first started producing the Bug at its Wolfsburg plant after the end of World War II.

The 1953 Volkswagen Beetle used in the filming of Herbie Rides Again and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo sold this week for $86,250, setting a new record for Vee-Dub bugs.