The 1990 Volkswagen Beetle has been coveredwith 2,270,000 glass beads in a traditional Huichol craftwork. Two families worked on it for 9,408 hours.

During the late 1980s, Blank acquired a battered VW Beetle and decided to use it as a canvas to create a work of art. First he painted a rooster on the driver’s side door.

Benardo claims a range on a Beetle of 80 to 100 miles, and speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. The electric motor, he says, puts out the equivalent of 85 horsepower and 120 pound-feet of torque, a ...

But back in the day, he was a wildman, a freak, fucking dangerous—nothing less than an art hoon. A performance art pioneer who in 1974 had himself crucified to the back of VW Beetle.

VW didn’t announce pricing, availability, or mention which models its keen to retrofit, though it did show off an already-converted 1973 Super Beetle convertible, and promised more details at ...