Among them was the first VW Beetle built outside of Germany, at the Shelbourne Road factory in Dublin in 1950. Mercedes and Mazda vehicles were also assembled in the Irish capital.

The VW Tera is built on the MQB A0 platform and gets a 1-litre turbo-petrol engine similar to the Taigun, and has a similar footprint as the upcoming Skoda Kylaq That said, the German carmaker has ...

In the spring of 1982, Karl Widmayer was in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and was in need of a small commuter car.

It's a Volkswagen, and each succeeding model is judged not with respect to the current state of automotive art, but by how much better it is than past VWs. On that basis, the new Super Beetle is ...

Volkswagen expects 5.5-6.5% operating profit margin in 2025 Outlook does not factor in impact of possible US tariffs Expanding EV, battery production to weigh on costs Operating margin of 5.9% in ...

BERLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - Volkswagen plans to lay off 1,600 staff at its Cariad software unit by the end of the year, the Handelsblatt business daily reported on Tuesday, citing company sources.

Among all those changes, however, came new safety regulations mandating rollover protections, which ended the classic convertible – or so the thinking goes. While it's true that the government ...

Despite our climate being mostly poorly suited to open-top motoring, UK car buyers have an enduring love affair with convertible cars. And sure enough, for those few days a year when the sun ...

to recapture the mass-market glory days of the VW Beetle. The new people’s car, VW hopes, will be the ID.Every1, unveiled this week with looks that recall the original Golf and a price point of ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Volkswagen Beetle is about three feet longer than your standard Type I. That's because its engine has been replaced by a Ford 302 that's hanging out the back like a ...

He explains what has gone wrong and how the Goliath beetle could be saved. What is the Goliath beetle and why is it so important? The Goliath beetles (genus Goliathus) are among the world’s ...