“version of an internal combustion engine vehicle to electric power by Salida High School students will continue with the recent donation of a Volkswagen”

EDITOR's NOTE: This is the latest in a periodic series featuring pioneers of the automotive industry. The founder of Porsche motor cars, Ferdinand Porsche, was born in 1875 in Bohemia-Austria.

As part of Barneys New York's 1960s Peace & Love "Hippie Holiday" theme, cooked up by creative director Simon Doonan, the store is offering a special set of Volkswagen Beetle cufflinks.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler met Richard Whittle and Ferdinand Porsche and stressed the need for a "Volks-Wagen" (People's Car) which citizens of the Third Reich, as Hitler's Germany was officially known, could buy for the price of a small motorcycle through a saving...

“James Bruggers • jbruggers@courier-journal.com • November 21, 2008 The steering wheel from a Volkswagen Beetle that's been stuck in the muck of Beargrass”

MARSHALL - Teenager Whitney Cooper was driving a 2002 VW Beetle in Tyler when she lost control and the vehicle swerved to the right, leaving the roadway. As she struggled to regain control, the VW began to swerve as it reentered the roadway, and the vehicle ro...

John Raftery, owner of Centra, Claremorris, was delighted to present Ms Ruth Kilgallon with the keys of a brand new Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet that she won in the store as part of Centras Set for Summer campaign which ran during July and August this year.

The need for speed isn't the same for everybody. So, when Tom Bruch of Cedar Rapids says he drove more than 100 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats, where other cars have surpassed 700 mph, you might not be impressed.

Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. As I keep saying, the air-cooled VW Beetle is the most common type of old vehicle I see on the streets of the island.

Volkswagen Beetle fans are invited to an exhibition held in Istanbul displaying old and new photographs of “bugs,” as they are more often called. The exhibition offers a journey through the 70-year history of these plucky bugs, more significant now that th...

Volkswagen AG became the world's biggest company by market value after Porsche SE announced plans to raise its stake in the German carmaker to 75%, triggering demand from short-sellers.

"Long ago when I was young, my mom's best friend buzzed around in a beige 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. "My mom never drove so her friend would come over and pick us all up. "My mom would sit in the front passenger seat and my brother and her two kids would bicker a...

The world's most winsome car accessory. No arguments about this, I would suggest. It's the circular metal stencil of a flower that you can get to fit over the brake lights of a VW Beetle.

Since I was a kid, I wanted a Beetle. When I finally reached the age where it was time for me to think about getting a car, I started saving up by mowing lawns and doing outdoor chores for the older folks in my neighborhood.

Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. One thing I've tried to do is keep Volkswagen Old Beetles from overwhelming the series; that's because there we've got...

Seen by many as Volkswagen's halo vehicle, the automaker says that noticeable changes are coming to the Beetle. "The future New Beetle should look less toyish and become a much more mature product," said Walter de' Silva, VW's design director.

Although few details have emerged regarding an all-new Volkswagen Beetle , word coming from Wolfsburg has indicated the little Bug will be a bit more grown up when the next-generation version hits dealerships in 2010.

“After one Texas teen was killed and another paralyzed in a rollover accident, their parents are suing the manufacturer of their 2006 Volkswagen Beetle.”

“oblog reports, "According to Automotive News, Volkswagen is considering a pickup truck for the US based off the second generation Beetle,”

“n it was first unveiled, the Volkswagen New Beetle's only mission in life was to emulate and modernize the look of the classic air-cooled Bug that was so”

Kyrsten Mate and her husband Jon Sarriugarte's snail car is seen here Thursday, September 25, 2008, in Oakland, Calif. Sarriugarte, a fire and metal artist, transformed the 1966 VW beetle into the gastropod his wife Mate dreamed up, in about 3 months at his wo...

/ br / br 2:41 p.m.: A 59-year-old Fresno woman was killed today when the scooter she was riding was stuck by a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle at Sierra Avenue and First Street shortly before 8:30 a.

In Mexico, the iconic Volkswagen Beetle is known as el vocho , and 1.7 million of them have been sold in the country. In the capital of Mexico City, los vochos have been turned into taxicabs by the thousands.

"It is a time machine," he joked Wednesday. "You sit in it and you are transported to Haight-Ashbury. "I want to paint it black and gold, but my kids won't let me." The hippie reference aside, the VW "Bug" was ideal for Kane, who displayed the car in front of ...

MEXICO CITY -- In Cuba, the Volkswagen Beetle is called the "little egg." In France, it's known as the "ladybird." In Mexico City, the vehicle is called el vocho, converted into tens of thousands of green-and-white taxis that have filled the capital's congeste...

In Cuba, the Volkswagen Beetle is called the "little egg." In France, it's known as the "ladybird." Here, the vehicle is called el vocho , converted into tens of thousands of green-and-white taxis that have filled the capital's congested streets for at least h...

“far as Mexico City's bureaucrats are concerned the boxy Nissan Sentra is far more sensible: it meets modern pollution and fuel consumption standards,”

Volkswagen India has officially confirmed that they shall definitely be launching their world famous car, Beetle, in India in 2009. “Beetle will come here. After strengthening our dealership network, it will come next year,” confirmed VW India President an...

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 feminin...

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A 27-year-old man is being held on $10,000 bond in the Arapahoe County Jail after allegedly speeding up Interstate 25 in a Volkswagen Beetle. An Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputy arrested Nathan Hurlbirt on Monday after the deputy sa...