There’re only a couple more months to go until Volkswagen officially unveils the 2014 Beetle Convertible at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and while it doesn’t take much imagination to figure out what the ...

Click above to view high-res gallery of the VW New Beetle Blush Driving a New Beetle convertible alone is enough to make this 30-something, male blogger blush from embarrassment. Now there’s a new, ...

SENIOR EDITOR MARK VAUGHN: Growing up with Volkswagen Beetles, squarebacks and vans, I came to love their low cost and relatively easy repair, even as I found myself fixing them more often than I'd ...

The old New Beetle was a charmer, but its Hello Kitty cuteness, standard bud vase, and Malibu Barbie editions meant that the female/male ownership ratio approached that of the Lifetime and OWN cable ...

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The retro-icon Volkswagen Beetle recently got a makeover, so it was inevitable that the Beetle convertible would follow suit. Like the hardtop, the new 2013 Beetle Convertible is no longer “New,” but ...

Alison Lakin has been reporting on all things automotive since 2008. She has covered the auto industry for numerous online publications including PopSci.com and the Los Angeles Times and is currently ...

Convertibles have been the most visible—and collectible—of Volkswagen Beetles since 1949. Now here's another one. Launched at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show and already appearing in VW showrooms, the ...

Gizmag was on hand when Volkswagen unveiled the convertible variant of its new second-generation Beetle at the LA Auto Show ... second generation of the modern front-engined modern version, that is.

Forget what the TV commercials say about the inherent strength of the arch. The radically curvilinear roofline of Volkswagen's New Beetle didn't make any particular sense when it was introduced in ...

The Volkswagen Beetle Convertible returns for the 2013 model year, offering 4-passenger seating and a new power-operated soft convertible top that drops and raises in just over 10 seconds, according ...

Though it was early out of the gate in the great fin de siecle wave of retro cars with the New Beetle of 1997, VW took more time than most to confront the head-scratching conundrum that all purveyors ...