Let's not rule getting the Beetle Dune out, though. After all, VW debuted the concept in Detroit, and there's a still-robust romance associated with all things dune buggy in our corner of the world.

Those with long memories will recall that this isn't the first time VW has put its reborn retrocar on stilts – back in 2000, the automaker showed a New Beetle-based concept, also called Dune.

If you didn’t have a dune buggy or a van with ... being torn apart to make a dune buggy. We’re taken through the process of stripping and shortening the Beetle floorpan, for which we’re ...

Volkswagen just revealed pictures of the second concept car it will bring to this year’s Detroit Auto Show: the Beetle Dune. As the picture above shows, the car is a higher-riding version of the ...

If you didn’t have a dune buggy or a van with ... being torn apart to make a dune buggy. We’re taken through the process of stripping and shortening the Beetle floorpan, for which we’re ...

known as the baja bug, Volkswagen has unveiled the Dune Concept at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. The original baja bug was built to tackle the desert or the beach, and the Dune Concept looks to do ...

If you’ve ever wanted a crossover based on a retrospectively-styled, Golf-based hatchback, then Volkswagen has created just the car for you with its new Beetle Dune. It is, in essence ...