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Demand exploded in the 1960s as VW’s Beetle and Microbus became symbols of the anti-war counterculture, with sales of the little coupe climbing to 400,000 annually at one point, making ...

Believe it or not, Rowan Atkinson, Mister Bean himself, is a die-hard gearhead, too, with rare Aston Martins and BMWs at his beck and call. But the award for coolest car collection most likely goes to ...

By the mid-70s, the Beetle was no longer competitive with Japanese compacts, prompting VW to introduce the front-drive Golf in 1974. U.S. sales ceased in 1979. But, it wasn’t over.

"Once you have a bug, you'll always want a bug." It's the end of the road for Volkswagen's famous "Beetle-Bug. "My first car was an old '72 blue bug, and I just love them. I have always driven a ...

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At one time, the Volkswagen Beetle was so ubiquitous that its sighting is often punctuated by a swift punch in the arm and a shout of "Punch Buggy!" (Or "Slug Bug!" depending on your regional take ...

Neither fast nor stylish, it nevertheless became a hippie totem. Beetles were cheap, reliable, counter-culture alternatives to the hulking V8-powered Detroit iron their parents drove.

Since the Beetle's inception in 1938, more than 23 million bugs have crawled out of VW factories the world over, from Germany to Nigeria, Indonesia to Ireland and presently, Mexico.