offers a few gentle reminders of the Baja Bug past — though it's still far from the real thing. The coupe is already on sale. We tested the convertible version coming to showrooms this fall.

Beetle Driven and Tested! Tested: 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible 1.8T 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Dune Drive: Far From Baja Tested: 2017 Volkswagen Beetle Dune Convertible Between major redesigns ...

You can choose between coupe or convertible and black ... firm and long press before the binders bite hard. Rather than a Baja Bug, the Dune follows in the recent footsteps of flimsy special ...

“The only original parts from the 1972 convertible we started with are the quarter panels and the windshield frame. To go ahead in the Baja Bug class, we either have to completely rebuild this ...

and the Baja Bugs that began surfacing in the late '60s. After VW introduced the 2016 Beetle Dune coupe earlier this year, it added a convertible to the lineup for the 2017 model year. In addition ...

but that's a huge improvement over the older Baja Bugs, which are lucky to get 50 horsepower. The Beetle Dune coupe arrives at dealerships in the first quarter of next year, the convertible Beetle ...

Where the Beetle Convertible suffers is in cargo room ... has been a near constant throughout my life -- I even raced the Baja 1000 in a stock 1969 Beetle. It's been rumored the Beetle could ...

The 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Dune convertible deceptively named for two ... and-tumble Class 11 Beetles you see tearing ass out in Baja. Fine. If you’re like most of people, that’s unlikely ...

It introduced a Baja Beetle concept based on the current ... Volkswagen Beetle Dune begins as a production coupe or convertible Beetle, before receiving exterior styling changes, unique wheels ...

The Baja Bug was never a factory model, you had to make your own. First prize as a starter kit was a rare Karmann Beetle convertible; failing that, you would cut the roof off a standard Beetle and ...

Just like the hardtop, the Dune convertible is calm ... With VW Beetle sales in the U.S. tumbling like an out-of-control Baja Bug (from 43,134 in 2013 to just 22,667 last year), the Dune is ...