The classic Mark IV Austin-Healey Sprite was built from 1966 through 1971 on a chassis shared with the MG Midget and evolved from previous generations of Sprites. It seems logical, therefore, that someone would have chosen the Sprite body to put on top of a New Beetle from the early 2000s. Whut? Find this 2000 […]
The re-imagined “New” Beetle was released for the 1998 model year on the Mark IV Golf platform to an adoring motor press and a decent sales history. The magic faded, and the New Beetle was gone by the 2010 model year, only to be revived with a slightly more macho design in 2012 that survived […]
The New Beetle El Camino featured yesterday was not met with universal applause, much to my surprise, bemusement, and chagrin. Why would people not love a custom El Camino’d Beetle? Was it because of the diesel powerplant? Maybe. What if your silver/grey El Camino’d Beetle has a 1.8T gas engine mated to a manual box instead of […]
To follow that expensive behemouth of a GMC Futurething, we need something simple. Something diesel. Something El Caminoed. Yes. Something like an El Caminoed Diesel New Beetle with an appropriately rad looking squarebed. Find this 2001 Volkswagen BeetEl Camino offered for $16,500 in Citrus Heights, CA via craigslist. From the seller: 2001 Volkswagen pickup tdi […]
Volkswagen released their “New” Beetle for the 1998 model year with lots of fanfare and flowery marketing from the biggest European auto manufacturer. Ironically, the New Beetle was built on the chassis that killed the old Beetle — the front-wheel-drive Golf. Today’s example started as a simple 1.8T powered 5-speed, but now it has a […]