Shortly after Christmas 1945, an icon was born. World War II had at last come to an end, and out of its destructive wake rolled a round, cartoonish-looking compact known as the Volkswagen Beetle. Also ...

The more things change, the more frequently Volkswagen launches a new Beetle. The original Type 1 stayed in production for 65 years. The New Beetle, introduced in 1998, soldiered on for 11 years. Now, ...

Much has been said about Volkswagen’s Type 1 (aka the Bug, among many other nicknames). And while the original’s story officially ended in the real world almost two decades ago, there’s still a lot to ...

Old enough to remember that AMC, not Subaru, built the "world's first Sport Utility Wagon" and young enough to prefer fuel injection to carburetion, Christopher "Emmy" Jackson entered the auto ...

Music fans may be gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania, but today Volkswagen is celebrating 65 years ofBeetlemania. It was 65 years ago this month that thefirst Volkswagen ...