BY: JESSICA BEUKER The classic Volkswagen hippie van has long been the favourite vehicle of beach bums, hippies and new age hipsters alike. There’s nothing quite like it – but what if there had been? In 1958, just eight…
How a rusty, old Volkswagon bus led this adventure-seeking couple to ultimate happiness
BY: SARAH AND MATT PARK I wake up startled with my face smooshed against the curved side of the van wall. Matt is twitching in his sleep again. Our bed is only slightly wider than a twin-sized mattress, which means…
How this couple travelled to 50 countries and five continents on $8 a day in their VW van
BY: ALEX BROWN Their story is familiar to anyone with itchy feet to travel, or those who are feeling the weight of the office grind bearing down on them and are looking for a way out. Hailing from Poland, Karol…
This company will find your perfect adventure-mobile, customize it and deliver it to you
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Under the canopy of night, beneath the smeared light of the Milky Way and facing the red mountains of the south, a silver van sits alone in the vast desert landscape. The inside of the van has…
This couple has spent 5 years and 80,000 glorious miles circling Europe in a VW camper van
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Lauren Smith and Calum Creasey have spent the past five years circling Europe in sporadic bursts and watching the diverse landscape evolve from behind the windshield of their 1996 VW T4 van. Originally hailing from the United…
This couple builds a Portland tiny-home, lives for free and endlessly travels in a VW bus
BY: ROB HOFFMAN As Bryan and Jen peeled back the layers of their life, auctioned off their unnecessaries, bowed out of the 9-5 clockwork and unloaded the weight of their mortgage, it was as if they were finally joining hands…
Here are the 11 sexiest customized VW camper vans ever to grace road-life
There is hardly any vehicle on earth with more rugged sex appeal than the classic VW camper-van. Putting aside Volkswagen’s recent emissions scandal, the classic design that so many hippies once flocked to continues to attract a new generation of…
Volkswagen just re-released everyone’s favourite hippy-van…but now it’s electric.
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Rumours have begun to circulate about the re-emergence of the iconic VW hippy-van, a beloved road-trip staple and unparalleled adventure machine. Board member, Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neusser spilled the beans at the recent New York Auto Show that…