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The 2012 Volkswagen Beetle

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:01:00 EDT

After more than a decade of production, the New Beetle's grown mighty stale and, more importantly — effeminate. The all-new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle ditches the flowers for more power, bringing design and engineering back into this century with a masculine look decidedly planted in the last one. More »

2012 Volkswagen Beetle debuts April 18th

Ray Wert — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:15:00 EDT

The 2012 Volkswagen Beetle will be unveiled in a three-continent marketing blitz with MTV on April 18th in Shanghai, Berlin and New York City. More »

New Volkswagen U.S. Chief Says New Beetle To Be U.S. Focused

Justin Hyde — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:20:00 EDT

New VW Beetle will be designed for Americans, since only Americans buy it. More »

Woman Hits 400,000 Miles In New Beetle, Hell Freezes Over

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:00:00 EDT

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Alice Mannion's 1998 Volkswagen Beetle just turned over an astonishing 400,000 miles. Impossible! Everyone knows VWs fall apart after 100,000 miles. Right? More »

Googly-Eyed Drunken VW Beetle Pushes Anti-Drunk Driving Message

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:30:00 EST

According to Copyranter, this VW Beetle is part of a German goverment agency initiative to reduce drunk driving around the many booze-fueled events in Deutschland. Why is the message in English? No clue. More »

2010 VW Beetle

The Auto Insider — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST

When Volkswagen released the New Beetle in 1998 it was a huge retro hit, but as all things do; it got stale. We're told VW is currently working on a replacement model due to be released in 2010 as either a 2010 or 2011 model year product. But what should we expect from this new New Beetle? More »

2010 VW Beetle More "Manly" In Speculative Rendering

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:40:00 EDT

It seems that people at Volkswagen are planning to bring back the Beetle, again, and not just for commercials. AutoExpress has learned that the new new Beetle is planned for 2010 and, unlike the previous generation, this one isn't going to be quite so feminine. Volkswagen is going to do things slightly differently in order to compete with the likes of the new Mini and the new Fiat 500. More »

VW Beetle Nailed For 115 MPH Ticket, Year Not Given

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:40:00 EDT

How can the news outlets trumpeting this as a story not include the year of this VW Beetle ticketed for 115 MPH on Colorado's I-25 freeway? This is central to the story here because a '49 split window has a much lower chance hitting triple digits than a 2006 sporting a fake daisy in the vase and an 'I heart Puppies' bumper sticker. If a vintage Bug is hitting 115 MPH on even a downhill stretch of highway, that's HUGE news, ticket be damned. If it's a new one though, who cares? Is it too much to ask for precision from the mainstream media? [Channel 7 News] More »

VW to Recall 790,000 Cars. Oof.

Davey G. Johnson — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:15:00 EST

The Car Company of the People will be sending out recall notices in April to 790,000 American purchasers of their product. The reason? A brake-light switch that may either leave the lights on or never illuminate them in the first place upon depression of the wide pedal. Affected? Glad you asked. Follow along and see if you won the lottery: 1999-2005 Golf and GTI; 1999-2005 Jettas and '02-05 Jetta wagons on the Mark IV platform; 1998-2007 New Beetles and '03-07 New Beetle convertibles, plus the '04 R32. Dang ol' dang, that sure is a mess o' switches. – Davey G. Johnson More »

Podcasts About UFOs: Farago Podcasts About Roswell Vee Dub Convention

Davey G. Johnson — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:15:00 EDT

"Sometimes I see her sitting on the rooftop/Perched in a lawnchair and staring into the sky/I know that somewhere in some faraway galaxy/That some gray men with telescopes are gazing right into her eyes." -Grant Hart