Appearances can be deceiving. The rolling embodiments of that principal we call “sleeper cars”: ordinary-looking vehicles that pack a much bigger punch than you’d get by just looking at them. Take this classic VW...
VW Beetle Woody Wagon Story Once upon a time this radical custom Woody was just another 1956 Volkswagen Beetle rolling out of the Wolfsburg Germany VW plant. However, he modern history began in 1999...
Bosch Classic Collection Classics are a passion embodied by steel and chrome. Bosch Classic maintains a fleet of classics in honor of this passion. In this fleet, you can find the Goliath GD 750,...
Casalini, an Italian manufacturer of mopeds, scooters, trikes and small cars produced the amusingly-named Casalini Sulky 3-wheeler, a very small vehicle powered initially by a 50cc Minarelli engine. It has all-steel bodywork of very...
In the 1970s, some inventors from the Californian Irvine had the idea to modify a VW Beetle into a camper. It was not enough to accommodate two beds, one table, a wall unit and...
VW Buses History The first VW Buses were assembled in a large building near São Paulo in 1953. Hardly any other vehicle in the world has been manufactured for so long. In Brazil, the...
During a recent auction, a 1955 Volkswagen Microbus sold for $235,000, making it the most expensive model to be sold in modern times. By comparison, another model was snapped up for its $218,000 ceiling...
The story begins: 1946 James D. Mooney, president and board chairman of Willys-Overland Motors, announces the “introduction of a new jeep station wagon” describing it as a “people’s car.” Indeed, the new 2WD, all-steel...
The ‘Magic Bus’ is a 1965 Type 2 T1 left-hand drive panel van with US spec. and the classic 1,600cc ‘single port’ engine, which was retsored by VW specialists in the famous ‘VW Old...
KdF/Volkswagen Factory Wolfsburg, known as the “City of the KdF/Volkswagen-Car.” Was founded in in 1938 for Kdf/Volkswagen factory workers. The idea was to produce a car (Volkswagen/People’s Car) that would be affordable to a...
