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For those who missed dropping out in the 1960s in a cool VW bus, you can now ride back to the past in style. Volkswagen plans to start selling a reproduction model of the famed microbus, complete ...
It was officially known as the Volkswagen T1 or Transporter but best known as the Microbus or, simply, the Bus. In America, it became associated with the Hippie movement, but the Bus also provided ...
The ID Buzz concept van was unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in January. The name Buzz plays off the word "Bus," VW said. ID stands for any number of things including "Idea," "Identity" or ...
It’s been more than 20 years since Volkswagen first promised a reincarnation of the “OG” #vanlife vehicle – that iconic flower-power VW hippie bus. Now, the new, all-electric North ...
“You see? You see? You see?” Enrique Aragon shouts over the loud purr of his 1966 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Bus as he gestures toward gawkers yet again. For the last hour, the 42-year-old ...
We'll see even more electric cars on the road over the next few years, but it'll be hard to top the VW Buzz in terms of looks and classic hippie vibes. Have a chill time counting down the days ...
The bus was a favorite of the hippie counterculture in the 1960s and surfers still today. In the 1950s, the Volkswagen arrived in the U.S., and the initial reception was not very good but after a ...
Not only did he direct two documentaries about them—The Bug: Life and Times of the People’s Car (2016) and The Bus (2012), but he’s also had a lifetime personal passion for the VW Microbus ...
The VW bus, painted with flowers, peace signs, and psychedelic images, became inextricably linked to the hippie culture of the time, particularly to followers of the Grateful Dead rock band.
It’s been more than 20 years since Volkswagen first promised a reincarnation of the “OG” #vanlife vehicle – that iconic flower-power VW hippie bus. Now, the new, all-electric North American VW ID.
According to “Bug” by Phil Patton, when Grateful Dead musician Jerry Garcia died in 1995, Volkswagen ran an ad featuring a drawing of the front of a bus with a tear streaming down it. The bus was a ...