It wasn't the last air-cooled VW made, not by a long shot: the Beetle was made up until 2003 in Mexico, and the VW Type 2 Kombi, which was made up until 2013, switched to water-cooling in 2005.

A freshly updated classic Beetle featuring a 1.6L engine and modern upgrades heads to market with vintage charm intact.

Air-cooled-era Volkswagen was a company that revolved around a strange contradiction: it built cars that were fundamentally different from most other carmakers, but they were surprisingly ...

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is interesting in that it looks like the old VW Microbus of the '60s and '70s but is nothing like it. This has its good — and bad — points. Updated: Tue Jul 29, 2025 ...

SAO PAULO Brazil -- With their unique air-cooled engines sputtering to life brand-new classic Volkswagen minivans chug off the assembly line after a manufacturing ritual barely changed since ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil – With their unique air-cooled engines sputtering to life, brand-new classic Volkswagen minivans chug off the assembly line after a manufacturing ritual barely changed since ...

The move comes three years after Volkswagen's Mexican division stopped production of the minivan, and churned out its last two-door Bug sedan with an air-cooled motor. All told, about 6 million of ...

With the success of Volkswagen’s air-cooled Beetle, American manufacturers, particularly General Motors, raced to produce a suitable competitor. Thus, in 1960, the rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair ...

Despite a few speed bumps, Hagerty’s latest engine overhaul highlights the air-cooled flat-four’s simplicity By Graham Kozak Published: Nov 30, 2017 Save Article Watch on ...

The annual air-cooled Volkswagen trek starts in Port Angeles, Washington and covers a total of 1,700 miles along the West Coast in ten days. Every year, approximately 1,000 drivers participate in ...