The Mercedes-created Smart, for all its tiny charm, isn't a great car and it sells horribly. I think I have a solution to both problems: turn it into a dune buggy. I remember as a kid, even in my ...

Dune buggies popped up in the news several times this week. The open-bodied American car culture icon that took hold in the 1960s on shortened VW Beetle chassis inspired a VW electric concept vehicle, ...

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Being a pretty easy car to work on, the classic Volkswagen Beetle has become a popular choice for creative car projects over the years. Some of the funniest and quirkiest of all have to be the beach ...

Volkswagen is again reaching back to the future with a new concept for an electric car that revives the look and spirit of the classic VW-based dune buggies of 1960s California. The I.D. Buggy follows ...

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The Dune Buggy is arguably one of the most iconic vehicles of the 20th Century. But in spite of its notoriety, plenty of confusion still swirls around about it, with people assuming that it’s a ...

Imagine building or buying a kit car, such as a Meyers Manx dune buggy, driving it legally for years, only to have the government tell you it’s no longer legal and demand that you turn in your title ...

DETROIT — 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 ...

CARMEL, Calif. -- No car stands for the fun of California like the dune buggy. The little car literally kicks sand in the face of the conventional auto industry. Instead of being heavy and ...