Baja – Aaron on Autos

Volkswagen sponsoring old-school Beetle in Baja 1000

Aaron Turpen November 16, 2017 November 12, 2017 Gizmag.com / NewAtlas.com / Volkswagen - Audi

VW of America has announced that it will be sponsoring the ProjectBaja.com Class 11 VW Beetle in the 50th BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 1000 race in mid-November. The race team is based in Denver, Colorado and plans to take the old-school Beetle out into one of the toughest races on …

Review: The Baja Bug-inspired 2016 Volkswagen Beetle Dune

Aaron Turpen July 20, 2016 July 18, 2016 Gizmag.com / NewAtlas.com / Volkswagen - Audi

After a lot of teasing, Volkswagen has finally rolled the Beetle Dune into showrooms. We spent a week with one the vehicles that harkens back to the Baja Bugs of the 1960s and 1970s, and although this modern rendition isn’t built to tackle the open desert, sand dunes and beaches …