When you hear the name "Turbo S", one brand immediately comes to mind: Porsche. The designation has long been reserved for ...

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 ...

Eighteen months ago, Ferdinand Piech treated a few members of the media to rides around a German test track in a Volkswagen New Beetle prototype: 220-horse-power VR6 engine, all-wheel drive, 18-inch ...

If you visit Volkswagen's Web site, the resounding theme is their commitment to redesigning and reengineering. And while they're not going to be changing the exterior of the Beetle any time soon ...

Building a 400HP New Beetle doesn't happen by accident, instead it takes the right parts and serious know-how. When Volkswagen of America selected us to build a Beetle for the 2012 SEMA Show we had no ...

ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: I don't like Volkswagen Beetles, but this Turbo, and the TDI are hard not to enjoy -- at least a little bit. The VW had a full weekend of fancy dinners, camping and ...

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 ...