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 ...

VW has acknowledged the Baja Bug scene by building its own takes on the idea, such as the Rallycross Beetle, a turbocharged ...

In today’s world of autonomous cars, keyless ignitions and charging ports, it’s hard to imagine just how big the tiny, two-door Volkswagen Beetle once was. But in Mexico, where the last Beetle rolled ...

Not many cars can lay the same claim to fame as the Volkswagen Type 1, more affectionately referred to as a "Bug." Technically, the Type 1 didn't officially become the Beetle until 1968. If your ...

When the Beetle first hit the road after the Second World War, it was known simply as the Volkswagen — a German word for “the people’s car.” Ferdinand Porsche and his team had designed the model to be ...

Blair Neller, 69, a former president of a corporate-housing and furniture-rental company, on his 1971 Volkswagen Beetle convertible, as told to A.J. Baime I grew up in Chicago and got a tennis ...

Michael Pampena of Murrysville still uses the Volkswagen “bug on a pole” on Route 66 in Salem to navigate and give directions. Now, it marks the new entrance to his business. Pampena and his wife, Tia ...