In an unusual combination of design and engineering, Jo, the owner of Jo's Fab Lab, has created a modern VW Beetle pickup based on a BMW E46 chassis. What started out as a need - to find something new out of two crashed cars...
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Evil VW Beetle with widebody optics and airride chassis!
Recently updated on May 8, 2023 at 08:12 a.m. When you think of a last-generation VW Beetle, you usually don't have a tuned car in mind. Although it has a much more masculine and dynamic shape than its rounded and...
Continue reading "Video: 6.500 electric horsepower in the Drag Race VW Beetle
We have to show you this crazy VW Beetle EV drag race vehicle. It has four high-performance permanent magnet axial flux AC three-phase motors, each with a continuous output of 565 hp, i.e. a total of over 2.000 permanent hp under the sheet metal. The motors …
Continue reading "Smyth Performance VW Beetle with camping trailer!
It's been almost three years since we reported on the spectacular VW New Beetle pickup conversions by Smyth Performance. And the company, which also converts other vehicles such as a Dodge Charger into a pickup, now has a ...
Continue reading "VW Beetle TSI with Airride chassis and on Rotiforms!
Recently updated on February 23, 2022 at 11:05 a.m. It was the legitimate successor to the legendary Beetle, but never managed to even begin to match the successes of its predecessor. Its entry price was probably too high, and it was too impractical...
Continue reading "Done: VW Beetle GT from JP Performance & Prior Design!
Recently updated on March 7, 2023 at 06:12 a.m. Do you remember the VW Beetle GT from the GranTurismo video game series, which was supposed to go into series production? JP Performance and Prior Design have taken on this daring project. Now...
Continue reading "Video: 1968 VW Beetle will be a Herbie homage in 60 days!
Millions of Volkswagen Type 1 (VW Beetles) were built. No matter whether in Germany, Australia, Brazil or Malaysia, the classic was screwed together everywhere and there is hardly a region in which there was no Beetle factory. This ultimately led to ...
Continue reading "Almost finished: VW Beetle GT from Gran Turismo by JP & Prior!
Photos by JP Performance Screenshots The announced VW Beetle with wide body optics from the racing game "Gran Turismo Sport" is now not only on the Playstation. Prior Design and JP Performance are (almost) finished with the body kit and have ...
Continue reading "Reality soon? JP VW Beetle Group 3 from Gran Turismo!
Recently updated on March 3, 2021 at 01:59 a.m. If you have a love for video games and cars, you definitely won't be able to ignore titles like Gran Turismo, Need for Speed or Forza. In the latest title from the Gran...
Continue reading "Camping with a difference - with the VW Beetle Pickup Truck!
We already know conversions of a VW Beetle into a practical pickup from Smyth Performance, for example. But we think this idea is even more successful. The vehicle comes from MCRides (Modern Classic Rides Inc.) and is a cool camper. And also …
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