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 ...

You’re looking at it. 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 ...

Those initial numbers mentioned were what you were going to get. Being a specialty item, the New Beetle RSi went away after 2003, and no other Beetle used the VR6 engine.

And the VR6 did appear in the New Beetle in a singular application, in the most collectible version: the RSi. These are pretty wild machines, filled with carbon-fiber parts, widebody styling, ...

Swapping the dash-mounted flower vase for billet aluminum window cranks, fat fender flares, and 3.2L VR6 good for 221 hp at 6,200 rpm and 236 lb-ft of torque at 2,000 rpm, the New Beetle RSi was ...

One of them is the Volkswagen Beetle RSi, which was produced in Mexico from 2001 to 2003. Only 250 copies were made (+1), and in the USA this car then cost $80,000. Interestingly, all 250 cars were ...

The latter's characteristic clattery idle being a welcome addition, in many respects, as it made the New Beetle feel more in tune with the character of the old one. In 2002, a Beetle Convertible was ...

What engine does the VW Beetle use? For 2019, all Beetles get Volkswagen's venerable 2.0-liter turbocharged engine in 174-hp form, backed by a six-speed automatic transmission.

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 ...

The Super Beetle had serious price competition for ’71, though. For example, the 1971 Austin America (yes, British Leyland sold the AD016 here) had the exact same price tag of $1,985, and it had ...