View post: Amazon Has a ‘Heavy-Duty’ Swivel Trailer Hitch on Sale for Nearly 40% Off Right Now Now long retired from production, the Type 1 Beetle still enjoys a huge fan following, with many versions ...

Although the existence of the Volkswagen Beetle dates back to the early 1930s, it wasn’t until 1949 that the first of what would turn out to be millions would find its way to the US. Sixty-five years ...

The first VWs sold in the U.S. were a pair of Type 1 Beetles imported in January of 1949 by the Dutch car dealer Ben Pon. Mr. Pon couldn't break open the American market, but immediately after his ...

One thing you find out fast while driving a vintage Volkswagen Beetle is that everyone over a certain age has a Volkswagen Beetle story. I had the nicely restored 1964 Beetle you see here—property of ...

Along with the once-ubiquitous VW Type 1, affectionately known as the Beetle, the VW Type 2— microbus, camper, Kombi, or whatever you want to call it—is the other face of the original Volkswagen ...

At a time when a Type 1 cost all of $2,063, an extravagant $35,000 conversion made this Beetle famous. When the Beetle first hit the road after the Second World War, it was known simply as the ...