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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...