In the 1960s it was hippies and flower-power that put Volkswagen's minimalist utilitarian Type 2 Bus on the map. Then in the 1970s, the sexual revolution (with baby boom hormonal activity peaking) ...

Thirty years after Chris Farley's legendary SNL character Matt Foley made living in a van down by the river a hilarious punchline, live-in vans have become a trendy way to see the world, whether it's ...

Everyone wants what they cannot have, whether it is the forbidden fruit or a diesel Power Wagon. For S. Lucas Valdes, it is a diesel Volkswagen DOKA Syncro. There are a lot of words in there that our ...

The VW T3 Syncro is a tough but quirky machine, but you didn't need me to tell you that. Just have a look at all the #vanlife posts on Instagram. Of course, before it was hauling hipsters out of ...

4×4 Volkswagen vans have been with us since 1985 It all started with an engineer’s side project Now available in five VW vans Four-wheel-drive is a fixture in the range of most Volkswagen vans, these ...

The Syncro system was a true all-wheel-drive rig, the same thing as Audi's Quattro setup. Just the thing to get from Denver to the ski slopes in the winter (or, more likely, through an inch of snow to ...

Steve Davidson is an attorney in Oakland practicing estate planning, probate and trust administration law. He creates customized living trusts for clients in the Bay Area, presents seminars on the ...

Q: Greg can you tell me a bit of the history of Volkswagen pickup trucks, specifically the Transporter 4WD units? They were really nice pickups but very, very rare. If I remember, they were 4-door ...