Back in the 1970s, the idea that Volkswagen might stop making the Beetle was unthinkable. The car and the brand that built it had become synonymous, and no one could imagine that VW would give it up ...

Janette Navarro’s 1996 Volkswagen Beetle roars as it barrels up a steep hill overlooking concrete houses stacked like boxes on the outskirts of Mexico City. She presses her foot on the pedal, passes a ...

[This story originally appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic.] Twenty-one million, five hundred twenty-nine thousand, four hundred and sixty-four. That’s the total number of ...