VW has revived the look and spirit of the old Beetle dune buggies with an electric I.D. Buggy concept to be unveiled at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show.

VW will reveal the sixth model of its I.D. series family of all-electric, battery-powered concept cars in March and it'll be an electric dune buggy.

DETROIT — Grab your snowboard or sandboard and go. That's the idea behind a dune buggy concept car version of Volkswagen's Beetle unveiled Monday at the Detroit auto show. VW envisions the ...

With its small size and rear-engine layout, the original Volkswagen Beetle was a common donor for dune buggy conversions. In the same vein as the 2000 VW New Beetle Dune Concept, VW is once again ...

VW wants the Beetle Dune to appeal to skiers in Aspen, Colo., or sandboarders in Florence, Ore. The company bills it as a 21st century of the Baja Bug, which is a modified Beetle that can handle ...

Meanwhile, VW could work on some other engineering issues. The climate control system in the Dune works best at high volume but feels like a wind tunnel and produces aviation-grade noise.

Volkswagen is giving the world an early glimpse of a dune buggy concept that will make its official debut at the Geneva motor show in a matter of weeks. And just like most VW concepts for the last ...

Well then, you might certainly be interested in today's 1968 VW-based Dune Buggy. The earliest dune buggy was of course Speed Buggy which delighted '70s kids every Saturday morning over the course ...

An impromptu music performance heralded the debut of the Dune, a dune buggy version of the Beetle. And for those with a heavy foot, VW offered the Golf R, a hopped-up version of its Golf.

I’m no way an old Beetle enthusiast — they’re a die-hard bunch — but this concept goes about 75 percent in the direction of what I’d imagine for a modern dune-buggy concept.

We’ll see if VW’s plans are strictly conceptual to keep the hype going for the MEB electric platform, or if the Dune Buggy leads to a more consumer-friendly derivative (think a crossover) in ...