Have you ever heard of the Speedhunters VW Beetle? Yeah, this is it, the coolest combination between classic VW looks and modern racing technology. Adonis, the owner, builder and VW enthusiast tells ...

Equipped with two small engines producing a combined 260 horsepower, a 1100 pound Volkswagen Beetle could match the power-to-weight ratio of the larger and more powerful cars. The team devised a plan ...

The original Volkswagen Beetle is a masterpiece of engineering, but there’s one attribute that it sorely lacks: speed. Installing a Porsche engine no longer makes financial sense because the parts ...

In 1969 Emerson Fittipaldi was already racing in Europe, but he often returned to Brazil during the off-season to avoid the cold northern hemisphere winter. His older brother, Wilson, stayed in Brazil ...

[This story originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic.] Nobody knows exactly when and where iconic actor/director/soon-to-be-racer Paul ...

The VW Beetle was not built for thrills, but with basically the same powertrain as a Scirocco or Golf, it's not a slouch in the straight line either in it's top spec 2.0 TSI "Turbo" form. If the 211 ...

Back in the 1960s, The Love Bug kicked off a film franchise featuring Herbie the VW Beetle, a “Volksie” with a mind of its own that becomes an unlikely racing champion. On Saturday, more than 50 ...