With a 0 to 60mph time of only 2.25 seconds, VW has set their sights on beating the hillclimb record with its new 670bhp I.D.R Pikes Peak Volkswagen has disclosed and finished the initial trial of its all-electric I.D.R Pikes Peak, created to go up against the popular American Hillclimb on June 24. The 4×4…
The 1966 Amphicar 770: The Only Functioning Land To Water Vehicle
You may be looking at the title of this article and thinking, “No! It can’t be!” but alas, its true, a fully functioning, commercialised land to water car is here. Developed by Hans Trippel (A german designer utterly consumed with the concept of cars that could integrate successfully with water, beginning his ventures as early…
The Last Split Rear Screen Volkswagen Beetle Manufactured in March 1952
With March just around the corner, we thought we would dedicate this post to the very last Volkswagen Beetle ever manufactured in March 1952. If you had a time machine and could go back to any era to own your favourite classic car, what would it be? We have time warped to the era of…
Volkswagen Microbus 21-Window 1947
Dutch Volkswagen Importer Ben Pon sketched the very first drawings of the Volkswagen Microbus 21-Window in 1947. Move forward two years and Volkswagen’s first generation of Microbuses were built. Known as ‘split screens’, because the windscreen was divided into two, this version of the ‘hippie van’ was built up until 1967. The Volkswagen Microbus 21-Window was powered…
Post World War II – Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia – how it all started… By the early 1950’s, post World War II, people had once again began to prosper and in-turn started to demand nicer things. Unfortunately at this time the world was lacking cars with some extra pazazz. Many automotive manufacturers felt the push to develop new cars for this growing demand,…