<![CDATA[Jalopnik: volkswagen bug]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: volkswagen bug]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/volkswagenbug http://jalopnik.com/tag/volkswagenbug <![CDATA[The Tri-Magnum Looks Strange, Gets 50 MPG]]> This Tri-Magnum built around a Kawasaki KZ900 engine and rear suspension (go big green!), a VW Beetle front suspension, and more fiberglass than you can shake a stick at. Strange looking, yes, but 50 MPG ain't bad on a car with a fold-forward canopy top. This baby's one of the real gems you'll find at the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise. Sure, there's tens of thousands of muscle cars and classics but it's the plain ol' bizarre and fascinating crap that makes this event the greatest automotive spectacle in the world.

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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037843&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1969 Volkswagen Beetle, Before And After Mishap]]> Sometimes months can go by between my photographing of a DOTS car and posting those photographs. Today's car is a good example; I shot the original photos last August, but the island is overflowing with air-cooled Beetles and I have a glut of photos of such cars (yes, Beetle fans, I know I should be posting more of them... and I will, promise). But this particular exposed-engine Beetle, which I'm arbitrarily calling a '69 (though it could be from any year during the 68-72 span), got in some sort of messy collision in the meantime and then moved across town. At first, I thought I was looking at a different car, but checking plate numbers told the whole story.


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So what we have here is your standard mildly hot-rodded late-60s/early-70s Beetle, with exposed engine but retaining the factory wheels and hubcaps.

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This could easily be the original engine, or the 15th, and the displacement could be anything from 1200cc all the way up to a stroked "How much money you got?" mill. My guess is that it's a 1500 or 1600 with a few mild performance upgrades.

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Ouch! Looks like a mishap involving the right front corner, maybe a Bug-versus-tree or Bug-versus-parked-car episode. But hey, it's still driving!



First 200 DOTS

]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=376476&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ And now, for todays moment of Zen... ]]> And now, for todays moment of Zen...

...The driver drove 32 miles at 50 mph like that. (Thanks, Brian)

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