Volkswagen Beetle Dune Photo Gallery

Volkswagen’s ski-toting dune buggy turned heads at this year’s Detroit auto show, trading the Beetle’s cute looks for aggressive wheels and trail-ready styling.

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The Beetle Dune concept has been raised a couple inches and wears yellow-orange metallic paint along with 19-inch alloy wheels, glossy and matte black trim, and chrome details. Based on the R-Line version of the Beetle, it uses the model’s 210-horsepower, turbocharged four-cylinder engine and six-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission. Check out the gallery below.

Cars.com photos by Steven Pham.

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