By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

I’ve always had a soft spot for the VW Bug, and someday, I’d love to own one. Other than their uber-sloppy gearboxes—I think the shifter feels like a mop in a bucket—I’ve never had an issue with any of the little car’s characteristics. But I don’t think anybody would argue that it couldn’t use a little more power, and power certainly isn’t going to be a problem with this project. In place of the stock unit,this baby is sporting a motor from a Subaru WRX STi, and while the bodywork hardly looks stock, I think its  performance is going to surprise anyone who’s not in on the joke. Check out the video below for details on the build, and head over to StreetFire to watch it pull some launches.

By John Naderi

StreetFire.net

I went to the premiere of Ken Block’s latest and greatest a while back and KB told me that he was about to film a Top Gear segment. Block later sends me a message thanking us for our video feature on the event. In the email Block writes about how cool it was to bomb his rally car around an airstrip in the desert with James May and Ricky Carmichael. I punch out a cryptic Tweet about Block and RC doing something with Captain Slow in a feeble attempt to name drop my sorry ass onto the D-list. Then I get an @message response to my Tweet that reads, “stay tuned!” with this twitpic attached from a user by the name of “4carmichael”. OMG, WTF, the only thing I love more than Top Gear is the Interweb. And yes, I do think I’m cool because Ken Block and Ricky Carmichael (or at least their people) have reached out to me. I know it’s pathetic, but it’s all I got.