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 ...

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 ...

Volkswagen New Beetle RSi. The Volkswagen Golf's relationship with the VR6 ended with a 3.2L engine for its R32 model. That was not the first Volkswagen to use that larger variant of the VR6.

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 ...

Volkswagen Has Ended VR6 Production, Silencing Its Six-Cylinder Song. ... In 2001, Volkswagen stuffed a 221-hp 3.2-liter VR6 into the Beetle RSi to create the most expensive VW ever built.

Ultra-rare ‘high performance’ Volkswagen Beetle RSI that’s one of 250 in existence sells for £63k – it can reach 140mph. Amazingly, it was worth almost double the price of a Porsche when new ...

Volkswagen New Beetle RSi. MercurySable99/Wikimedia Commons. The Volkswagen Golf's relationship with the VR6 ended with a 3.2L engine for its R32 model.

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, ...

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 ...