[This story originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of MotorTrend Classic.] Nobody knows exactly when and where iconic actor/director/soon-to-be-racer Paul ...

Rotary engines will eventually make a comeback - we trust Mazda enough to tell you that. But for now, there aren't any production cars that have one installed. And that kind of makes a 1966 VW Beetle ...

In 1968, Volkswagen launched a spiritual successor to the iconic Kubelwagen, the light military vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche for Germany's World War II efforts. It's officially known as the ...

The owner of this 1966 VW Beetle decided he had enough with the puny air-cooled boxer, installing instead a rotary motor from a 1990 Mazda RX-7. Engine swaps are not really that uncommon with the ...

While Volkswagen is now known for crossovers like the Tiguan and Atlas – two of its best-selling models in the U.S. last year ...

Engine swaps are interesting: most engine swaps are done for a pretty specific, rational purpose, like gaining reliability or improving performance. Those reasons make sense. But I'd argue that the ...