VW chose 2012 Chicago Auto Show to unveil the TDI Clean Diesel version of the new Beetle. It does 39 mpg highway and 29 mpg city. Read More… The Beetle TDI is powered by the 2.0-liter turbocharged, direct-injection Clean Diesel engine developing 140 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque. It picks up where the old [...]

Right on schedule German tuner B&B come up with an upgrade package for the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. Read More… Visually, there’s not much to it. You only get a set of 19 or 20-inch wheels and some stripes and graphics. It’s the engine lineup that’s been keeping the tuner busy. Starting with the 1.4TSI engine, [...]

It might be tiny, but Volkswagen up! seems to one tough little car. It passed EruoNCAP crash test with flying colors bagging all five stars. Read More… NCAP tested the up! alongside the new 2012 Beetle and awarded both vehicles with top safety rating. The Beetle is a rather sizable thing and you kinda expect [...]

The hotted-up VW Beetle R concept, revealed in Frankfurt earlier this year, will go into production after putting up a good show in Los Angeles. Read More… Seeing as USA is the primary market for the new gen Beetle, VW officials are looking at the L.A. Autoshow audience for feedback. They say that’s the decider [...]

Volkswagen released pricing details of the new Beetle for the UK market as the order books open. Read More… At launch, there will be two engines to choose from – a 1.2-litre TSI 105 PS mated to a seven-speed DSG transmission and a 1.4-litre 160 PS TSI with a six-speed manual gearbox – ad three [...]

Well, not all Oprah fans! But those 275 who were present at the studio the day she promised them a free 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. Read More… True to their word, Oprah and Volkswagen are now fulfilling the promise as the first batch of the new Beetles are arriving at the dealerships. Jonathan Browning, president and [...]

Volkswagen unveiled the hotted up version of the new Beetle, in concept form, at Frankfurt Motor Show. Read More… The high-performance Beetle R comes with a body kit featuring new bumpers at front and rear, rear diffuser and a tall rear wing, wider fenders, “Serious Grey” pain job, 20-inch “Talladega” alloy wheels, and blue brake [...]