Dune buggies used to be a cultural phenomenon back in the 60s and 70s, and while they are not as popular as they used to be, they are just as cool. There is no denying that racing across the sand with ...

OCALA - The Brinkley family loves its restored 1976 four-seat Allison Dune Buggy they nicknamed the Glitterbug. Husband and father Richard is pleased with the restoration job, while wife and mom April ...

The Meyers Manx dune buggy started a craze years ago -but did you know you can get a Manx that doesn't need gas?!

The two-seater hearkens back to California dune buggies like the Meyers Manx that cruised beaches in the '60s and '70s. They often had a VW Beetle chassis, a flat-four engine in the rear, and ...

Volkswagen is again reaching back to the future with a new concept for an electric car that revives the look and spirit of the classic VW-based dune buggies of 1960s California. The I.D. Buggy follows ...

Dune buggies popped up in the news several times this week. The open-bodied American car culture icon that took hold in the 1960s on shortened VW Beetle chassis inspired a VW electric concept vehicle, ...

Electric cars can be earnest, sensible, and green, but Volkswagen is taking the opportunity to show EVs can just as much be silly, playful, and neon green, with the VW I.D. BUGGY concept at the Geneva ...

Fifty years ago, in the heyday of American surf culture, Californian Bruce Meyers created one of the most important off-road vehicles of all time. The lightweight fiberglass Meyers Manx helped to ...

A VW beach buggy made for blasting over the sand may ride again. Volkswagen confirmed Wednesday that it will show a concept electric dune buggy at the Geneva auto show in March. Rumors circulated in ...

Flying across the sand like a four-wheeled rocket, the first fiberglass dune buggy was sleek, stylish and a little whimsical, a small car with big wheels and a tangerine-red paint job. Christened the ...

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