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 ...

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Because Shawn Davis, the host of the AutotopiaLA YouTube channel, confesses to not sitting in a Beetle for years, it was probably high time he made amends with the Bug fans. No worries, because this ...

The comparison to that hot hatch might seem a bit unfair for what looks like a sun-loving, droptop cruiser meant for the boulevards of Southern California, but it wasn't as much of a stretch as you ...

EXECUTIVE EDITOR BOB GRITZINGER: To my eye, this slammed "new new" Beetle Turbo is the car Volkswagen should have created back when the company introduced the New Beetle. The lowered roofline and the ...

Having announced pricing for the new Beetle last week, the North American division of Volkswagen today launched the Vehicle Pre-Order (VPO) program for the model. To mark the launch of the respective ...

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 ...

VW has introduced its new, Mexico-made EA888 Gen 4 2.0-liter turbocharged TSI engine to the Beetle Turbo, Beetle Turbo Convertible and Jetta GLI. The new unit is slightly more powerful while also ...

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 ...