To compete in an event as punishing and exhausting as the SCORE Baja 1000, you need a vehicle that’s as rugged and robust as it is powerful and capable. Something like… a 1970 VW Beetle? That’s what ...

One of the things I like best about old-school, air-cooled Volkswagen Beetles is that so many of the damn things were built that they were accessible to people who did all kinds of things to them.

VW has acknowledged the Baja Bug scene by building its own takes on the idea, such as the Rallycross Beetle, a turbocharged 560-horsepower 4x4 for the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team in 2014. The ...

If you're looking to get into the Baja Bug game, but don't want to deal with the upkeep of a vintage air-cooled VW powertrain, this car might be the perfect fit for you. It's a fully restored 1972 ...

We've been doing some affordable Project Car Hell challenges here lately, with the most recent featuring a pair of three-digit price tag 1980s Japanese four-wheel-drive machines. Don't worry, we'll do ...

Run every fall in Mexico’s Baja California Desert, the Baja 1000 is one of the toughest races in the world. Competitors drive hundreds of miles on a mix of roads and primitive trails, stopping only ...

Grab your snowboard or sandboard and go. That's the idea behind a dune buggy concept car version of Volkswagen's Beetle unveiled Monday at the Detroit auto show. VW envisions the Beetle Dune appealing ...

Volkswagen has teamed up with Rhys Millen Racing to enter one of the all-electric utility vehicles in the five-day Norra 1000 race in Baja, Mexico. It's not in it to win it, but to test the durability ...