View post: Amazon Has a ‘Heavy-Duty’ Swivel Trailer Hitch on Sale for Nearly 40% Off Right Now Now long retired from production, the Type 1 Beetle still enjoys a huge fan following, with many versions ...

Although the existence of the Volkswagen Beetle dates back to the early 1930s, it wasn’t until 1949 that the first of what would turn out to be millions would find its way to the US. Sixty-five years ...

It was December 27th, 1945, when series production for the VW Type 1 (a.k.a. the Käfer or Beetle, Bug, Coccinelle, etc.) kickstarted at the Volkswagen home plant in Wolfsburg. Originally envisioned as ...

One thing you find out fast while driving a vintage Volkswagen Beetle is that everyone over a certain age has a Volkswagen Beetle story. I had the nicely restored 1964 Beetle you see here—property of ...

The first VWs sold in the U.S. were a pair of Type 1 Beetles imported in January of 1949 by the Dutch car dealer Ben Pon. Mr. Pon couldn't break open the American market, but immediately after his ...

At a time when a Type 1 cost all of $2,063, an extravagant $35,000 conversion made this Beetle famous. When the Beetle first hit the road after the Second World War, it was known simply as the ...

During that time, 21,529,464 examples were produced, more than any other automotive nameplate except the Toyota Corolla, which was built on many unrelated platforms as a Corolla in name only. The VW ...

Volkswagen Beetle fans are sure to enjoy building this wooden puzzle of the 1949 VW Beetle Type 1 which is now available to back via Kickstarter. With still 27 days remaining the project has blasted ...