Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I offer thoughtful coverage of the auto industry. Volkswagen has big plans for the Beetle. Next February, a new version called the ...

Grab your snowboard or sandboard and go. That’s the idea behind a dune buggy concept car version of Volkswagen’s Beetle unveiled Monday at the Detroit auto show. VW envisions the Beetle Dune appealing ...

Embattled Volkswagen isn't letting the massive investigations into it and employees over the Dieselgate saga keep it from rolling out new models and special editions. The latest special edition is the ...

Volkswagen will be bringing the Beetle Dune, which it first unveiled at the 2014 North American International Auto Show, into production. Inspired by classic Baja Bugs, the Dune, which was shown off ...

Believe it or not, but the Volkswagen Beetle has achieved more Baja 1000 victories than any other vehicle in the grueling desert race's history. That's extremely impressive for a little rear-engined ...

The modern-day crossover boom has given birth to a whole bunch of models, creating new niches and tapping into new segments at the same time. Nearly every major player out there has at least one such ...

Normally, when you think about a VW Beetle turned into a Baja Bug two things can spring to mind - a fiberglass shelled beach vehicle or a battered Mad Max-like dune jumper. Still, this one we found ...

Paying tribute to the many custom off-road versions of the classic Beetle, known as the baja bug, Volkswagen has unveiled the Dune Concept at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. The original baja bug was ...

If you’ve ever wanted a crossover based on a retrospectively-styled, Golf-based hatchback, then Volkswagen has created just the car for you with its new Beetle Dune. It is, in essence, a Volkswagen ...

After a lot of teasing, Volkswagen has finally rolled the Beetle Dune into showrooms. We spent a week with one the vehicles that harkens back to the Baja Bugs of the 1960s and 1970s, and although this ...

Volkswagen is known for dominating Red Bull Global Rallycross, with the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Team’s highly modified Beetles winning both the driver and manufacturer championships for the ...