The Volkswagen Bus was first produced in March 1950. The original VW bus was based on a modified iconic VW Beetle, known as the Plattenwagen, that was used to haul auto parts around the Volkswagen ...

In 1976, at the tail end of the Ford Administration, hippies no longer hip, Sue Vargo and Molly Mead decided that they wanted to drive to the Florida Keys in a Volkswagen bus. They were best friends, ...

“You see? You see? You see?” Enrique Aragon shouts over the loud purr of his 1966 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Bus as he gestures toward gawkers yet again. For the last hour, the 42-year-old ...

Los Angeles — “You see? You see? You see?” Enrique Aragon shouts over the loud purr of his 1966 Volkswagen 21-Window Deluxe Bus as he gestures toward gawkers yet again. For the last hour, the ...

Damon Ristau knows Volkswagens. Not only did he direct two documentaries about them—The Bug: Life and Times of the People’s Car (2016) and The Bus (2012), but he’s also had a lifetime personal passion ...

Everyone has different ways of coping with the coronavirus shut-in. People working from home are spicing up their teleconferences with animated backdrops. Senior Technology Editor Lee Hutchinson has ...

It might not be the Summer of Love, but 1969 marked another iconic event: Woodstock. In mid-August, the hippie-ridden crowds flocked to Upstate New York to attend one of the most influential moments ...

There’s a little noticed Volkswagen mini-museum in Glastonbury that can take visitors both on an historical and personal trip down memory lane. Collector Gene Langan, owner of dealership Langan ...

Unlike the monster they’re named after, frankencars, and frankenvehicles in general, are usually a sum of the best parts of the vehicles used in the build. Proof of that is not in the proverbial ...