If you didn’t have a dune buggy or a van with outrageously flared arches and an eye-hurting paint job you were nothing in those days — or at least that’s what those of us who were too young ...

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because Volkswagen has revealed a contemporary take on the original beach-bum VW Beach Buggy, finally a new cult hero for a generation of people who don’t remember a time before broadband internet.

With things getting all practical and sensible, thanks to production costs, sales volume targets and driving range, it seems Volkswagen has lost the plot regarding its electric vehicle offering. Look ...