In becoming a celebrity in itself, the Bug then took the spot as the cover car for the September 1971 issue of Dune Buggies ...

It seems to us like VW could really use something that could capture that nostalgia, but in a smaller, more affordable, and probably better-selling and more profitable, package. The obvious option ...

If you never got the chance to own an original or new Meyers Manx Buggy from the 1960s, this might be your only chance.

vw beetle 4 Articles Retrotechtacular: Build Your Own Dune Buggy, 1970s Style March 26, 2024 by Jenny List 21 Comments ...

Meyers Manx dune buggy is back as a 21st century electric escape machine.

Designed by Freeman Thomas, whose résumé includes the Volkswagen New Beetle and the original Audi TT, the Meyers Manx 2.0 retains much of the original look with some modern updates such as LED ...

In this video, a 750 hp Ram 1500 TRX races a 650 hp custom VW Beetle dune buggy in a heads-up drag race. Who will win? Check out the video to find out.

He completed the Beetle-turned-Manx in 1964, making it light and quick, with a shorter turning radius and greater traction than the dune buggies that preceded his.

People in Southern California had been hacking together "dune buggy"-like vehicles from old Jeeps and stripped-down cars for years, and once the Volkswagen Beetle began to gain popularity in ...

The compact, swoopy, instantly recognizable body, built from fiberglass and designed to drop onto a shortened Volkswagen Beetle floor pan, became the signature shape of the signature vehicle of ...

Buggy harks back to the iconic dune-bashed creation of the sixties, with its big wheels, flat windscreen, bug-like eyes, sit-up-and-beg driving position and a Beetle engine slung out the back ...