30th June 2018
THE SPORTS CAR STRIKES BACK
From its golden age in the 1960s, the traditional sports car seemed to be killed off by the rise of the hot hatchback in the 1970s. Then the breed rose from the ashes in the…
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17th April 2018
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… VW TYPE 181?
Often erroneously referred to as a Kübelwagen, VW’s Type 181 went by many different names around the world including VW Thing in the USA, VW Safari in Mexico and VW Trekker in the UK.
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12th March 2018
VW BEETLE – WORLD RECORD BREAKER
The most-produced car model ever ended production in its homeland 40 years ago. Classics World's Paul Wager considers where the other 10 million VW Beetles came from...
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14th February 2018
VOLKSWORLD BEETLE COLLECTORS EDITION BOOKAZINE
There’s been an on-going debate amongst classic car enthusiasts relating to the official birth date of the Volkswagen Beetle, however most agree on May 26 1938...
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7th December 2017
CHARITY VW RESTORATION – PART ONE – WITH VW HERITAGE
In the first of a three part series, we follow Herbie Hospital’s restoration of a 1966 VW Beetle that was their main raffle prize at one of last year’s major VW festivals...
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23rd November 2017
VOLKSWAGEN ENDS THE SCIROCCO AGAIN
VW has ended production of its historic Scirocco nameplate – for the second time.
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17th November 2017
RETRO ADS – MK1 VW POLO
In late 1978, Volkswagen found itself asking this rather strange question: ‘How long before the law catches up with the Polo?’
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9th October 2017
VOLKSWAGEN 1302/1303 BUYER’S GUIDE
Values of VW’s charismatic Split Window camper have gone stratospheric in recent years, and it looks like early Beetle prices are beginning to go the same way...
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17th February 2017
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE A… MK1 VW POLO/DERBY?
With the former NSU factory at Neckarsulm being folded into the ever-increasing VW/Audi conglomerate, the skills and engineering flair of that company were assimilated into the parent company. The NSU K70 was quickly adopted and…
