Unlike the original Beetle, the Fun Cup car’s engine rides ahead of the rear axle. It’s a 2.0-liter, SOHC eight-valve VW four, rated at 150 horsepower and mated to a five-speed manual ...

The 2013 VW Beetle convertible ... more than its shared chassis-mate the Golf because of the larger antiroll bars on the suspension. The firmer ride doesn’t diminish the fun factor at all ...

There’s plenty of flex in the chassis ... figures here, Volkswagen. No one is buying these things. They were really cute when J Mays and Freeman Thomas drew the original New Beetle in 1994.

Yikes. For those light of wallet but still possessed with by need for speed, a new race car called the Fun Cup recently landed on our shores. The car looks like a vintage VW Beetle. But it's ...

Buzz to put a retro-smile on your dial, and the new ID.Every1 Concept car looks like a fun runabout ... which used a classic VW Beetle's chassis and engine. Designed by Californian Bruce Meyers ...

Available in S and SE trim levels, the Beetle is based on the successful Golf chassis ... nimble, fun, quiet and refined. The iconic VW features an independent four-wheel suspension with coil ...

It's called the TBug, and it's more than a retromodded Volkswagen Beetle. Each is a one-off, ground-up custom build emphasizing old-school Beetle fun ... There's a strengthened chassis and ...

The Fun Cup. It’s a one-make series for spaceframe single-seater chassis with Volkswagen Beetle bodywork and 1.6-litre Golf engines. Races are four to six hours long so each car has three or ...

Volkswagen certainly could spend a few Euros to build an über-Beetle. The production RSi was essentially a road-going version of the racecars used in the New Beetle Cup one-marque series.