http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/microbus http://jalopnik.com/tag/microbus Needing models to meet its Toyota-beating targets, Volkswagen will reportedly put the Bulli concept from Geneva into production, aiming for the Scion xB in the United States. Looking forward to the optional rear wing. More »
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Volkswagen successfully transitioned from a car for '70s hippies to an entry-level status car for '90s yuppies. With the re-imagined VW Bulli Concept the company's making a stab at both markets. Hipyups? Yuphips? More »
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As previously reported, the VW Microbus Concept is returning, though this time called the VW Bulli. The new concept rolled out in Geneva, looking sorta similar to the original Microbus Concept from 2001, but far smaller. More »
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Volkswagen's Microbus could be making a comeback according to comments made by Volkswagen's design chief Klaus Bischoff this week at the LA Auto Show. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5694769&view=rss&microfeed=true And with this Airstream-like first sketch, the VW bus was born. [TTAC] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5516210&view=rss&microfeed=true "So we had this idea." The idea was to trot out the most nauseating display of youth baiting this side of a Scion ad in Second Life. The year was 2001, and Volkswagen had just rolled out its Microbus concept. Clinging to the last strand of dot-com optimism like a vine over quicksand, VW produced this video, which it screened at the Microbus's unveiling at the Detroit auto show. It featured requisite design-geek narration under flashes of hipster families as they romped through all sorts of recreational self gratification. The van project was called a go in 2003, but subsequently recast as a joint project with Chrysler. But for a minute, there were tears of joy cried from Santa Cruz to Shasta. Truly, you can never go back. Well, maybe you sort of can. More »
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It's a match made somewhere on the Hamburg circuit, circa 1963. The Who's beak-schnozed, windmilling wonder Pete Townsend and Volkswagen, says the UK's AutoExpress, will team up on marketing V-dub's new bus, the long-awaited production successor to the 2001 Microbus concept. Expect to be regaled with The Who's "Magic Bus" as VW launches a media blitz for the new minivan, due in 2008, reportedly co-developed with Chrysler. But don't expect it to mimic the concept; word is the new bus has been reconsidered, though still decidedly retro looking. Insert hash-smogging, Portland-area hippie joke here. [AutoExpress via German Car Blog] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=313385&view=rss&microfeed=true We can't tell who's really pulling at the end of this video, but it looks like the Transporter. But with the stylish hood scoop and generally hooptyesque, quite-possibly-meth-addled demeanor, the Euro-spec Ford Granada takes the style trophy for sure. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=280533&view=rss&microfeed=true We could've made a joke about Bruce and a Maxwell House can full of bathtub speed, but we won't, as we prefer our beans freshly ground and our meth of a slightly higher grade. In essence, we want our coffee, illicit substances, and vintage VWs crafted to a higher, more precise standard. We think this Swiss turbo-Porsche powered Microbus makes the grade. [Thanks to wohho for the tip.] – Davey G. Johnson More »
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From the outside, the Chameleon concept looks like a pristine, classic 1964 Volkswagen bus. On the inside, it's a complete technology showcase created by Volkswagen of America's Electronics Research Lab in Palo Alto. The drivetrain is all electric, powered by lithium polymer batteries — those surfboards on the roof are lined with flexible solar panels for extra juice. The interior is a museum of tech: an interactive digital instrument cluster with embedded touch pads, digital audio and video, a wide-angle back-up camera display and speech-activated controls. An optional titanium-lined hookah with touch and vacuum sensors and thermoelectric cooling is not included. Click through for more. More »
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This isn't even a conversion, the Volkswagen Type 2 — known as the Microbus to you, me, and thousands of dirty li'l hippies — came in this truck variant straight from Wolfsburg. See, even the Germans love the Camino style, even if a truck bed on a rear-engined vehicle isn't the most well-planned idea. More trivia? You got it. This is the first-generation, featuring the distinctive split window. Uh, that's all we got. Enjoy! (Hat tip to Adam L.) More »
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Giving new meaning to the term "Riding the short bus," this cut-down VW makes do with a mere 48" wheelbase. The powertrain is stock, but think about what this thing would do with either a Porsche or an STi mill stuffed in its ass. The seller suggests that the wee Microbus might be good for advertising, but to our jaundiced eye, it's a prime candidate for one of the most unlikely hoonmobile conversions the world's yet seen. [Thanks to Michael for the tip.] More »
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Reader Scriv (Bators?) just flipped us his photochopped rendition of what a 2008 VW Microbus might look like, given the People's Company's penchant for incorporating Toyota-esque cues into its recent designs, including the new Jetta and the to-arrive-in-'08 Passat four-door coupe. Could it be, children? Could it? More »
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