As we wave goodbye to the second generation of the "new" Volkswagen Beetle, a car that never quite reached the astronomical sales of the original car, we're already getting indications that VW may ...

VW chairman Herbert Diess says that if the Beetle were to be made it would go back to its roots with rear-wheel drive and be electric. VWs RWD electric platform was previewed by the ID Hatchback ...

Volkswagen is showing the all-wheel-drive version of its Golf SportWagen ahead of the New York Auto Show. And it says that the system is more sophisticated than most four-wheel-drive arrangements.

“If we wanted to do a Beetle, electrically it would be much better than today’s model, much closer to history, because it could be rear-wheel drive,” adds Diess.

Volkswagen's board of directors will consider plans for an electric, rear-wheel-drive version of its current Beetle as a sister model to the production version of its battery-powered ID Buzz ...

The new electric Beetle would be one of many EVs that VW is planning to launch in the future, including production versions of the Bulli, Budd-e, and I.D. Buzz concepts. By 2025, VW is aiming to ...