The upcoming 2012 Volkswagen Beetle is being billed as a substantial departure from the cutesy car it replaces. And if you’ve been waiting for your chance to put your name down for one of the first ...

Volkswagen’s choice of Berlin for the launch of its 2012 Beetle inevitably struck us Yanks as curious – and not just because of the horrible abundance of construction projects in the city that makes ...

Volkswagen's 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine is getting a 10-hp boost; the engine is now rated at 210 hp while torque remains unchanged at 207 lb-ft. The engine will be available on the ...

To mark the launch of the new 2012 Beetle, Volkswagen chose to work with a few companies to build several cars for the SEMA show. You can see some of the examples in our full SEMA report elsewhere in ...

Over the years, the Porsche wheel trend has become particularly popular in the VW and Audi scene, with companies like H&R Springs selling wheel adapters to modify the bolt pattern of cars, ...

SENIOR EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: Growing up with Volkswagen Beetles, squarebacks and vans, I came to love their low cost and relatively easy repair, even as I found myself fixing them more often than I'd ...

From the March 2002 issue of Car and Driver. Here's a question almost all automotive product planners face from time to time: If you can't alter the basic shape, how do you sustain interest in an ...

The two models get a new engine that%27s more powerful Prices have gone up %24250 to %24700 They are made in Mexico If you're about to buy a Volkswagen Beetle turbo or Jetta GLI, you might want to ...

Rolled out in the United States for the 1998 model year, the New Beetle was very well received by people who didn’t know better. After all, the chassis is shared with the Golf IV and the base engine ...

Perhaps not the most profound words ever spoken, but directed at the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle by a burly construction worker on a break from digging a very large hole with an even larger piece of ...

The Volkswagen New Beetle Turbo S is a terrible car for hauling sheets of plywood back from Home Depot or taking a family of five and their gear on a cross-country camping trip. Of course the same ...