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The good old Beetle receives a number of updates for the new year, hoping it can regain some of it past glory with more features and a reasonable-ish price tag. The2018 Volkswagen Beetle costs in America from$20,220, excluding an$850 dest...

Move aside, Cayee Turbo. There is a new fastest production SUV around and it’s in no mood to be messed with! The newAlfa Romeo Stelvio QV (Quadrifoglio) has just set a super quick Nurburgring lap time to claim that title for the Italian brand. The big 4×4 went around the Green Hell in7 minutes 51.7 second. The lap time ofAlfa Romeo Stelvio QV is a full eight second quicker than the previo...

The market for beautifully created cars is hardly underrated, but for the last 12 years one car has made many heads tu like no other: Bugatti Veyron. Since it has been aounced in 2005, the Bugatti Veyron, manufactured by Volkswagen, has amazed more than one.But it’s successor, Bugatti Chiron, is...

Not long after setting a world record for thefastest electric car in the world at the Nurburgring,NIO EP9 is back at it, this time setting a record for the fastest autonomous lap ever. The venue for this stunt wasCircuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, and the time2 minutes 40.33 second...

In one of the coolest and yet most pointless publicity stunts Volkswagen has ever conducted, the American branch of the company tuned a VW Beetle and sent it to the Boeville Salt Flats in Utah for a speed record. The number this Beetle LSR managed to score was 205.122 mph over a flying mile. OK, so this exercise has not been as pointless as said above because, for one thing, Volkswagen runs a Beetle in the Rallycross series and this record could boost that car’s track cred. What’s more, this stunt puts in perspective the potential of VW’s 2.0 liter turbocharged engine for tuning. The unit they used in the VW Beetle LSR, modified by THR Manufacturing, develops a colossal – for a 2.0 lite...

Volkswagen has launched a new version of the iconic Beetle in the UK featuring new styling details and upgraded specs. Don’t expect a whole new car though, as 2017 VW Beetle comes only with a revised bumper and some new fog lamps. That’s about it really, except for the new R-Line trim, which is the highlight of 2017 VW Beetle range. The R-Line gets a sporty front apron with extra air intake openings along the upper edge of the bumper. Brighter instrument panel lighting and new dials and dash styling for the Design and R-Line models as well as refreshed upholstery design are among the other notable upgrades. The R-Line version of the 2017 VW Beetle, which is what you want, replaces the ...

In one of the most ridiculous things they’ve ever done – and they’ve done a fair few – Volkswagen has launched a new version of the Beetle, the first car to be named as its own hashtag. They call it the PinkBeetle and insist we use the hashtag (i.e. #PinkBeetle) which we refuse to do. The car is silly enough being a Beetle and pink, it really doesn’t need that hashtag. The reason Volkswagen has done these awful things to the poor Herbie is because, they say, they want to be a “social media influencer,” by which we reckon they mean they want to go viral. Now, as you know, in order to go viral on the social media you don’t necessarily have to be amazing. Most of the things that do go vira...

GT-R fans the world over are rejoicing at the accomplishment of a feat that’s put their favorite car in the world in the Guiess bool of world record. The feat in question is the fastest drift ever conducted, and it’s been done by a specially prepared version of the Nissan GT-R Nismo. The 1,380 horsepower Godzilla, converted to be rear-wheel-drive only, managed to execute a 30 degree slide at a mind-bending 304.96 km/h, which you’ll agree is pretty impressive. It’s mindless, but really rather exciting. The location for this stunt was the Fujairah Inteational Airport in UAE and the superhuman who did the job was Masato Kawabata, the Japanese drift champion and title holder for the Japanes...