The New Beetle had a two-decade run before VW dumped ... Classic Beetle engines also weigh less than 300 pounds, which makes an engine swap doable without an engine hoist. A well-maintained ...

For a more conventional tarmac performance-oriented build, look no further than Colin Briggeman’s Snap Orange VR6-swap ... driving a 2001 New Beetle with the turbodiesel engine.

The concept vehicle was a smash hit, and VW introduced a production version called the New Beetle for the 1998 model ... 2.0-liter four-cylinder was the standard engine, and a turbo-diesel 1.9 ...