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It’s hard to imagine that there was once a time before the VW Beetle, as these iconic vehicles seem to have always been around! Their quirky curves conjure up images of the sixties and it’s just an all-r...

Europe's biggest Volkswagen fest returned to Santa Pod on the weekend of 21-23 July, and as usual, we have the best images from this year's Bugjam festival.  The annual Bugjam festival celebrates everything...

20 years on from the original release of Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, the director has bravely set about revisiting the film with T2 Trainspotting – and setting all Scottish diet jokes aside, the cast have ...

If you’re into Volkswagens, particularly the iconic Beetle, then you really can’t afford to miss Bug Jam. The self-proclaimed ‘original and best VW festival’ hit its 30th anniversary this year, s...

You may be forgiven for not having heard of Bradley Automotive, the company set up by David Bradley Fuller and Gary Courneya, based out of Plymouth Minnesota in the USA.  The company concept was to design and ...

Most car enthusiasts will understand the draw of a classic, or old, vintage car, whatever label you give it, there's something special about these motors. Often, they're small, free from tax and are built from...

When coming up with the definitive list of iconic German cars it is easy to be spoilt for choice, after all the majority of the world’s top car makers hail from there! So what makes the list? What cars have ...

The first trike I ever saw was chugging slowly through traffic on the coastal road down at Southend, as it drew level I recognised the Flat-4 VW engine by sight and by sound, idling steadily. A common use of th...

A colleague of mine once said that cars are for driving, not wrapping in cotton wool only to be discovered decades later in a barn with just 100 miles on the clock. I agree; a moving car takes on a whole new pe...

It was while watching the twenty-year edition of TFI Friday that I considered just how far ahead of most other live TV presenters Chris Evans is and how much evening TV had missed him. He has an innate ability ...

By far one of the largest modified/tuned car shows of the year, Modified Nationals caters for all cars in every corner of the scene. From the stanced VAG cars to the performance based JDM models and everything ...

Cold? Check. Santa Pod? Check. A field filled with VW Camper Vans & Beetles with their daring owners and families? Check. (more…)...

Every so often a rumour springs up about the iconic VW Campervan being reinvigorated for a new generation to enjoy. It should come as no surprise really, as the classic Camper is enjoying a bit of a boom, if my...

The VW Type 147 Fridolin is a bit of a curiosity; not cool enough for most classic car and van restorers, who tend to stick to the Type 1 beetle and Type 2 Camper, and so largely unheard of by many. But Ruud...

It’s probably the time of year when everyone starts to dream of summer; the seasonal decorations are down and the slight change in light shows us that spring is just round the corner. And what better way of c...

If you listen to your grey average whiskered gent who has supplied performance parts for classic cars all his life you might start to think that the sixties and seventies were far more exciting than today as fa...

Progress on the new VW Microbus appears to be running along as smoothly as it ever has, that is shrouded in rumour and secrecy. The VW Microbus concept first saw the light of day as far back as 2001 at the Nort...

Last year I reported that Run to the Sun was sadly no more as Cranstar Holidays announced that Run to the Sun 2013 would be the last and that the company were to be heading in ‘a new direction’. Well guess...

It is said that the most significant large purchase anyone is likely to make in their lifetime is either going to be a house or a car, or both. And I would add to that and suggest that one of the saddest feeli...

Do you like VW’s? Have a love of Campervans? Enjoy drag racing and high speed action? Well keep reading on as this year’s Big Bang show was packed full of family fun and live action entertainment – music ...

If you’re one of those people that likes the security of knowing your chosen mode of transport can handle almost anything our British climate can chuck at it, then you would no doubt have looked at Land Rover...

It was a concept first unveiled in January 2000 at the Los Angeles Motor Show, but it never really took off. However, the Volkswagen Dune now looks closer to full production than ever before. (more…)...

I’ve always had an appreciation for the Volkswagen Golf, the hugely successful replacement to the Beetle. The Beetle was not an easy one to improve on but VW got it right with the Golf and it continues to flo...

Nothing captures the romance of driving a classic camper van more than the split screen camper. Guaranteed to make grown men go soft and gooey and smile inanely, the splitty is the camper that we all want to ow...