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Like the Golf and Jetta, the Dune is powered by a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 170 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque and mated to a six-speed automatic transmission.

The first Baja 1000 off road race, then called the Mexican 1000, was held on Oct. 31, 1967. Of the 68 vehicles that started the event, only 31 completed the 950-mile run from Tijuana to La Paz.

Once found and purchased, the 1967 VW was turned over to Steve Griffith of Griffith Welding in San Jacinto, California. Steve created a complete tube chassis that integrates the old-school sheetmetal.

Thanks to Twisted, the Baja Bug will ride another day. The British restomodder has reimagined the air-cooled Beetles of yesteryear as a modern all-terrain vehicle, born from Charles Fawcett’s ...

This year, the SCORE Baja 1000 is a point to point race that starts in Ensenada and finishes in La Paz. That route stretches 1,134 miles along the peninsula starting on November 14.