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Project Car Hell, Air-Cooled Inferno Edition: oval-window Beetle or Type 34 Karmann Ghia?

Here we are in the Automotive Lake of Fire again, and we feel compelled to follow up a couple of marginal-classic Fiat projects with a pair of indisputable classic Volkswagens. After Ferdinand Porsche appropriated the basic design for the original Beetle from Tatra designer Hans Ledwinka (but before Tatra successfully sued Volkswagen), Volkswagen turned one innovative rear-engined vehicle platform into quite a lineup of cars and trucks. These days, while some types of air-cooled VW projects are cheap and plentiful, the rarer ones are much-sought-after and tough to find in semi-restorable condition.

Win a VIP trip to the 2011 Goodwood Revival

CAR has teamed up with Johnnie Walker whiskey to give one reader a dream ticket to the Goodwood Revival - with accommodation and weekend passes for two, and a money-can't-buy lap of the Goodwood track. Click here to enter this amazing Goodwood competition. You and a guest will enjoy a memorable trip to the Goodwood Revival over the weekend of 17-18 September 2011.

New BMW M5 – now on video

2012 BMW M5 (F10) on track We had the leak of the 2012 BMW M5 photos, quickly followed by a mammoth photo gallery with more pictures than even the most fervent BMW fan could need. And now it’s the video. And really, until we (and maybe you?) get to see it next week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, this is as good as it gets.