On this weeks Rides with Jay Thomas, we follow a custom truck build from start to finish with our friends from the Hot Rod Shop of Fargo. We'll look at Jayson Ackerson's 1970 Volkswagen, he's had it ...
Putting a load of batteries and powerful motors in a classic Volkswagen Beetle for the purposes of drag racing is actually more common than you might think. There are lots of them out there already ...
While other automakers ponder a retro revival project or niche car once in a while, Volkswagen went ahead and did it... over and over. Cars like the Beetle, Scirocco or Eos may not be the best in the ...
VW-based Austin-Healey 3000 replica captures classic motorsport looks with modern flair, offered without reserve. A striking Austin-Healey 3000 race car replica, built on a 1974 Volkswagen Beetle ...
I first got my hands on the Super Beetle at the annual Fastivus event in Southern California sponsored by Volkswagen of America. Among other activities at Fastivus is a full day of track driving ...
The original Volkswagen Beetle is a masterpiece of engineering, but there’s one attribute that it sorely lacks: speed. Installing a Porsche engine no longer makes financial sense because the parts ...
We dropped a V8 engine into a beaten-up Volkswagen Beetle—and now it’s time to hit the drag strip. Will this wild build surprise everyone or fall apart at the line? This is the ultimate underdog race ...
Herbie the VW Beetle vanquished Ferraris and Corvettes he raced in the 1968 film “The Love Bug.” So it’s Gabriel Nathan’s lot in life to face drag-racing challenges from the likes of the Mercedes AMG ...