I've written about hundreds of old cars over the years but I've never used the word cute to describe any one of them. But c'mon, look at this thing for crying out loud. it's the Creamsicle. Not only ...

There was no Volkswagen company or manufacturing plant when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. In 1937 Hitler formed a new government-owned automobile company to be managed by a Nazi organization ...

They endured heat waves, driving rain and bugs — big bugs — as they drove more than 3,000 miles along iconic Route 66 from Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier and still they loved every minute of it.

It’s not often that one sees a classic car owned and driven by someone with the controversial red sticker on the rear license tag, but Thorofare’s Julian Washburne, 17, is happy to join the classic ...

VW is ending the long run of the Beetle. The car was in production, in various forms, for 80 years. A few years back, I tested an offbeat trim level — the Dune Beetle — and I was impressed. You have ...

Mike Allen grew up in San Francisco and graduated from Galileo High School and UC Berkeley. He worked as an electrical engineer for 40 years. I got my 1966 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII in 1973, when I was ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Central & North Burnett. Followed categories will be added to My News. Typically the reserve of hippies, students and little old ladies in its original form, the ...

Bill Jaeck, a retired health-care professional, and Jody Jaeck, a retired commercial artist, both 66 and living in Franksville, Wis., on their Volkswagen Beetle convertibles, as told to A.J. Baime.

Seeing a VW Beetle down on the street won't surprise too many people these days. But seeing one in this nice of a condition is slightly less common. But we'll fast-forward to the part where a big, ...