A man named Fred has built a modified Volkswagen minivan. Not normally Top Gear-worthy news, you might think, except the part where it gets to a 911 Turbo engine and 523bhp. Pray be upstanding, all, ...

Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, designer of the Volkswagen, had a lot on the ball. While it is true that the good doctor is noted for having designed some far-out racing cars before he tackled the "people's ...

Massive turbo power hits the strip! Watch this epic Viertelmeile (1/4 mile) drag race finale from 2012 as a heavily modified VW Polo with a 3.3L turbo engine battles a 700 hp Opel Kadett. Explosive ...

Volkswagen has made it quite clear that its future is electric, but its motorsport division, appropriately called Volkswagen Motorsport, is following the leader. This past Friday, VW Motorsport ...

I know there are lots of car engines that got stuffed into pretty much everything: the Iron Duke was shoved into everything from Camaros to mail trucks, and the original Volkswagen air-cooled ...

Volkswagen is keeping a watchful eye on the development of new Formula One technical regulations envisaged for 2012, with a view to building a new engine and supplying it to "customer" teams. With ...

The history of desert racing in the United States and Mexico is in a large part the history of old Volkswagens, specifically, their engines: These air-cooled flat fours powered thousands of race cars ...

The TX2K22 drag racing event, hosted at the Houston Raceway in Texas, ended a little over a week ago, but videos continue to hit the web, showing all sorts of exciting rides. One of the latest that we ...

If you happen to be one of the countless Walter Mitty types — losing sleep over the fact that a race car is not in residence in your garage — then serious consideration might be given to Formula Vee.