Brazil's automotive history is rich with curiosities and rare gems. This Beetle-based sports car is one of them ...

One carmaker that has a strong connection with Brazil and Brazilian cars is Volkswagen: the company provided powertrains, chassis ... sports cars to urban runabouts, used a powertrain borrowed from ...

So what did Volkswagen do? It combined a Karmann Ghia chassis with Beetle drivetrain, a Type 2 Microbus rear panels, and the headlights as well as the hood from the classic Type 3 Fastback to ...

The GTI tends to get the lion's share of the love from VW hot hatch enthusiasts, but its meatier sibling also represents an ...

With World War II just ended, and the Volkswagen factory rebuilding to start producing the basic little Type 1 we'd come to know as the Beetle ... a repurposed VW chassis with a flat platform ...

This was also the recipe used ... Beetle. Due to its success, it stayed in production through three generations – X-10, X-11, and X-12. The Xavante X-12 was developed in cooperation with ...

Of course, this isn't Volkswagen's first attempt to mine its ample nostalgic reserves. The New Beetle—a front-engine ... if not thrilling, chassis moves. Grip maxed out at 0.80 g on the skidpad ...

The trick is to get an Acty that's over 25 years old so you can register it in (some) US states. Oiwa Garage had two of the ...

Volkswagen Golf Mk1 and Mk2 The classic ’70s origami hatchback, significant in that it marked the point at which Volkswagen finally got its act together and fully moved on from the Beetle with ...

Not so long ago, Fiat was a leading car maker, famed as much for its small cars’ cutesy looks and packaging as it was for the ...

Porsche's hardcore, track-focused GT3 has been returning for several generations to set the bar for speed, and agility - here ...