We did it folks. Together, we made DailyTurismo.com the TOP RESULT in thegoogle’s search results for “Loony Labor Day“. It was team effort. Duckduckgo also lists DT as the top dozen or so results for LLD, but I won’t mention Bing because I’m afraid Bill Gates will make me eat crickets in small one-person zero […]
Based on the information available on dubious long abandoned myspace pages, we’ve determined that DeWayne Creighton, the creator of various Beetle-based kit cars in Bremen, Indiana, created the Maxi Taxi way back in the 1970s. The Beetle based kit was developed under his company, Bremen Composites or Bremen Sports Equipment, and not many were produced […]
A few decades ago, this car would have attracted V-Dub fanbois for thousands of miles around, but things change, I guess. However, I still find the idea of a manual transmission equipped VW wagon with a turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive to be some kind of automotive nirvana. Maybe not as much of a Valhalla as […]
The Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle is a polarizing piece of automotive history. There are many who laud its long production run and basic ruggedness…while others decry its lack of features and comical proportions and questionable origins. However, if you rebody that Type 1 with something Beachy…suddenly the critics are decidedly less vociferous. And what if […]
The Meyers Manx was the original dune buggy for the unwashed masses, but the roofless, doorless, and dry-weather-only setup isn’t for everyone (even the unwashed, who probably appreciated an occasional rain shower). A few years later Bruce Meyers designed the SR (short for Street Roadster) which added a small top and scissors doors to the […]
This next car is a seller submission from Randy from Carchaeology who writes: This Brubaker is one of the original 25 Automecca built bodies that has been the most recent and exciting find among fans of the brand. Discovered as a bare, sun-cooked body in the high desert of California, it has undergone a full […]
This next car comes as a tip from Dave in Tampa who writes: This has got to be a mistake, right? A broken odometer maybe? If that’s really the miles this should be on a dealership floor reminding people how cool VW used to be. Or has the Find this 1985 Volkswagen Cabriolet offered for […]
For the most part, cars from the mid-1970s are generally unfun to drive – the fuel crisis and stricter emissions regulations greatly diminished their street-legal enjoyment, and safety regulations ensured they were unattractive and lacking in driving excitement. Nevertheless, it’s impossible to completely extinguish the passion of car enthusiasts, and they always find a way. […]
The TDI GOlf is known for its ruggedness and fuel efficiency, but it isn’t known as a good car for sleeping at night. Sure, you could drop the rear seat backs and maybe sleep occasionally in a stock Golf, but if you plan to living in a MkIV, you are going to need to get […]
Yesterday we celebrated Syncro de Mayo, DT’s May 5th celebration of Volkswagen’s four wheel drive system known as Syncro. Todays late entry into our symphony of synchronicity might not have used the Syncro name in its advertising literature, but the R32 Golf MkIV puts power from its VR6 engine into a haldex controlled center diff […]