The production RSi was essentially a road-going version of the racecars used in the New Beetle Cup one-marque series. The fingerprints of Volkswagen's motorsport division can be found all over the ...

Volkswagen New Beetle RSi cup car Race Cars Direct. Herbie stands out as the best-known Volkswagen Beetle-based race car, but it created wholly unreasonable expectations about the rear-engined ...

At the time of the RSI's release in 2001, the most powerful New Beetle available was one with a 2.3-liter VR5 powerplant. This engine afforded it 170 hp, 55 hp less than the 225 hp available in ...

Here is the rarest and most expensive Volkswagen ever built. It's a bizarre, wide-bodied, and whale-tailed machine, packed with carbon fiber, aluminum, all-wheel-drive, and the first narrow-angle ...

The New Beetle might seem like an obvious starting point for an ultra-limited, race-derived homologation special, but that didn't deter Volkswagen. Only 250 examples of the Beetle RSi were ever ...

After Drive’s initial 2000 report, Volkswagen did indeed put the Beetle RSi into limited production. Just 250 were produced between 2001-03, all in left-hand drive, ...

AN ultra-rare 140mph VW Beetle that's one of just 250 in existence has sold for £63,000 at auction.The little hatchback ... "This Volkswagen Beetle RSi is a remarkably rare limited-edition ...

Here is the rarest and most expensive Volkswagen ever built. It's a bizarre, wide-bodied, and whale-tailed machine, packed with carbon fiber, aluminum, all-wheel-drive, and the first narrow-angle ...

Here is the rarest and most expensive Volkswagen ever built. It's a bizarre, wide-bodied, and whale-tailed machine, packed with carbon fiber, aluminum, all-wheel-drive, and the first narrow-angle ...