The Volkswagen Jetta El Camino was never an actual thing from VW. But given the number of “El Camino” specials I’ve seen around recently, it should have been. VW did build a Caddy pickup truck ute style thing on the Polo chassis for some European and Latin American markets, but over here in the land […]
Volkswagen phased out their long running Beetle for the US Market after the 1979 model year, and somewhat replaced it with the Rabbit/Golf. However, the Beetle was sized and priced more like a subcompact, which VW ignored for a few years until they remembered that they had something built down in Brazil called the Gol. […]
Words and cars for this next feature comes from Erik202: While i liked that Accord Touring posted recently and am willing to go along with the suggestion that its the best way to go fast while powering only the front wheels, having 4doors and staying in the DT price range, I’m curious which of these […]
Let’s imagine a world where you need a daily driver. Something that is modern enough to have airbags and be safe enough that your family won’t think you are insane…but it still needs to be fun. Oh, and practical. And seat 5 people. What if I told you that you could have all of this […]
The original Volkswagen Beetle wasn’t a fast or good looking car, but that shouldn’t stop you from adding one to your collection. You could just deal with the dumpy looks and wheezy powerplant and offer it up as a “hey, its cool to drive slow” badge of pride. Or you could modify the Bug with […]
The second generation Volkswagen Golf was a significant upgrade to the original Mk 1 Golf in the safety, comfort, and refinement categories, but it is still slow compared to anything built in the last 20 years. However, today’s Mk 2 Golf has been given an injection of speed with a 2.7 V6 BiTurbo swap from […]
The re-imagined “New” Beetle was released for the 1998 model year on the Mark IV Golf platform. Unfortunately, it wasn’t much more than a less useable Golf, although it did sell well due to the goofy styling. Performance was meh at best and the rear-engine handing of the old Beetle was gone, but today’s New […]
The baja/safari thing has gotten so big that even OEMs are picking up on the thread — Porsche had some brand new Baja styled 911 Dakar, which had some impressive and meaty 19/20inch wheels/tire combo sitting under raised wheel arches. With only 2500 examples being planned and a monstrous price tag, don’t expect one in […]
This next kit car was the design handiwork of former Shelby American employee John Chun when he was employed by Bradley Automotive. The GTII debuted in 1976 was a upmarket move for Bradley as the second gen cars featured true gull wing doors with frames, lower door sills, steel reinforced roof, improved bumpers, 67 Corvette […]
The Volkswagen Jetta is the perfect car to customize into a Ute or El Camino. Firstly, from a mechanical perspective, it has front wheel drive, which means all of the important stuff happens in the front half of the car, so the back is just there hanging around like half of a giant skateboard. Next, […]