When the 1973 Volkswagen Beetle first came out, it was powered by a 1.3L air-cooled engine with a mere 44-hp. Considering there are over 70 cars that make 500-hp or more, the stock Beetle powerplant ...

What would be the best way to transform a regular old Volkswagen Beetle into a turbocharged, boxer engined monster? The answer is obvious, you just have to take the powerful engine out of a Subaru ...

The original Volkswagen Beetle is a masterpiece of engineering, but there’s one attribute that it sorely lacks: speed. Installing a Porsche engine no longer makes financial sense because the parts ...

If you believe that even with its run-of-the-mill 44bhp 1.3-liter air-cooled engine, the 1970’s Volkswagen Beetle is a tough car to handle on the road, then you can only imagine what it would be like ...

Southern California Would you ever guess this cute little VW bug produces 517 horsepower at the wheels and screams like a Formula 1 race car? Nicole Johnson goes for a wild ride in the ultimate ...

This stock-looking Volkswagen Beetle might still have a flat-four engine sitting in engine bay, but it's far from factory. Underneath the bonnet sits a 350-horsepower turbocharged boxer-four from a ...