Race for cheap, have some fun in a Baja Bug | The Next Big Thing with Magnus Walker | Ep. 210

[@titaniummechanism3214]

Those racing bugs remind me of the tradition we have where I live. Racing old cars on harvested wheat fields, often involving some car to car contact. Some VW Bettles always take part and usually finish pretty well, they only get beaten by AWD cars like old Audi Quattros. The races are called "Stoppelfeldrennen".

[@VWLifeVW]

We love it! The Class 11 Class is looking like so much fun that we are starting a build of our own to race next year! Thanks @Hagerty for the great video, love seeing love for the Aircooled VWs and it doesn't hurt to bring in Walker for the whole thing :)

[@MrTeeskee10]

I'm currently talking my big bro into building 1 with me for next year..looks extremely fun

[@honestreviewer3283]

I had a 1972 Beetle in high school (in the late 80s) and it pretty much ticked the Porsche 911 box for me. I know what it's like to have the rear end come around if you lift off mid-corner, and it was the most fun ever had in snow. Couldn't get the thing stuck, even in mud up to the tailpipes. Sure, I'd love a vintage 911, but I'd also like to retire.

[@ahmadriazpasha6119]

These are cute little off-road racing machines. I love them to look like that and perform like that

[@hugh-johnfleming289]

When dinosaur roamed the pits and I was "racing" these were Class 7w if memory serves. Their greatest distinction was a phenomenal success rate for finishing races. Finishing is a lot more fun than quickly running to a DNF...

[@RestorationObsession]

The Bug is the penultimate baja machine!!! Loved them back in the 70's

[@ronlynch7744]

Magnus drives it like it’s second nature. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@hieroglyph321]

With pot holes on my local roads, seriously considering one for these! 👍

[@jameshutchins3396]

Having worked in a vw machine shop 40+ years ago and owning a couple over the years, all I can say is they are fun and will take a massive amount of abuse. Just plan on working on them.

[@matthewwillis4892]

There are Baja Bugs and there are class 11 bugs there is a huge difference. Get it straight Pomey!

[@bmh67wa]

As soon as I saw EMPI tour I clicked that play button!

[@EmpiInsider]

THANK YOU !!!

[@theflagstaffkid]

Dad and I built a class 5 years ago, as we finished it and got it ready to enter a race, score changed the class 5 rules. Unfortunately with 18" of travel up front, 20" out back, and a chevy eco tech our car got bumped out of class 5 into unlimited, we can't compete with that class, but its a super fun car non the less.

[@blitzpixgarage3319]

My first car was a beetle (30 years ago) and as we have no deserts here in germany, I sometimes drove it through gravelpits and on forest tracks...felt like driving Paris-Dakkar 🙂

[@BLACKOMAMBO]

The most classic looking offroad bug ive ever seen, quit nice

[@JDWorkshop-wn9tt]

Magnus Walker just the best for this bug episode!

[@amandawatson5931]

Crowbar a Golf 1800 motor in with an adapter plate for the original gearbox, some minor suspension mods because honestly the Beetles have great front suspension, dirt tires and disc brakes up front, and you’re ready to play

[@desert4seat]

Great video!! My Class 11 is street legal and insured by Hagerty. LOVE Hagerty.

[@Hagerty]

Thank you for your support, Smokey!

[@MoaByte-v2z]

I thought all long haired guys had at least 3 bugs at some point. It's strange off-road bugs we're not more popular back when they were cheap. They are so much fun!

[@dhi2006]

Crap, Magnus getting involved in the Baja Beetles is going to price-us-out of the motorsport. Damn!!

[@olafmccreary2254]

Awesome. Great video. Love my Baja Bug even more!!

[@otroflores91]

Baja bugs got crazy expensive. Can't even find a decent running one for less than 3k.

[@onboro_alfa_SGL]

Lots of fun !!!

[@milt6208]

Bugs are harder to find. 50 years ago they were everywhere we all had one. But now people want serious bucks for an old beater.

[@desert4seat]

I remember the junk yards were FILLED with them in the early 90's. Now there isn't a single one in sight.

[@brianellison3525]

Having owned my 911 for 28 years, and having owned a couple old Beetles (the one I bought from my brother we called Paul), I can honestly say, a Porsche is just a squished Beetle. Love em all. Be well, and have fun 😊

[@E.T.GARAGE]

Got to Love The Bug.

[@guillermogomezmarquez1704]

Wow, big motivation for keep building my class 11 pre runner.

[@mickylawless1941]

This video got my Beetle Juices going big time! Just don't say it three times. Peace Out!!!

[@richardwoodmansey6870]

Empi, pretty sure it’s Engineered Motor Part Incorporated, not Euro.

[@runescapebanker]

This looks really fun. Good stuff

[@brunobarrosdemorais4002]

Perfect!!!👍

[@roninrider1930]

im restoring and giving my 71 a baja look but still solid on the road build

[@samuelwong4152]

This is bad ass bug ! Love it

[@raesevilla8546]

can't wait to see what Magnus will do to a bug, love this episode. 🤙

[@mikeymike3240]

Awesome 🤩, yah gotta love 💕 the Bugs man, i know i do.. those bugs are the bomb 💣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😜

[@toddsutton5672]

ya not available anymore, especially up north the all rusted to the ground. i had one 40 years ago was a blast.

[@hanktapia2016]

What a great video that brought memories in the fast track Time convinced I'm going to pick up one of these vws baha a Big brother

[@tekis0]

THAT looks cool!!

[@aniruddhasudhir3022]

Wow 🔥🔥

[@TurboHappyCar]

Excellent video! 👍

[@mac8179]

How funny. I used to play softball with Cory.

[@EmpiInsider]

What's up MAC how you doing

[@ritter7094]

So are we to expect a Magnus Walker Baja Bug build soon?!? 🤞

[@kellyhanning9913]

Cheap? Have you looked at Beetle prices?!

[@lornarodrigo1700]

Lool just show this to my crazy Maltese husband he s been taking the superbeetle up mountains, in rivers , beached in the sand! And it s stock!

[@wylls210]

I like the off Road 🤘🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥

[@TeammosGarage]

Very cool! Would love to know how much money it would take to be somewhat competitive?

[@bedlamite42]

more than you expect.

[@EmpiInsider]

Not as much as you would think. A car that podiumed just sold for $6500.00usd

[@desert4seat]

if you build one, $30k. If you buy one, $10k.

[@christopherrice6553]

my mom and dad use to rally a stock bug

[@curtisbotzet7579]

How quickly did the little guy blow the 100hp secret

[@thequadstop8873]

Pretty sure the 5/1600 is a "Baja Bug" and Class 11 are stock bugs.... kinda lol

[@thetumanshow]

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Where are these competitive races going down? Anyone know

[@chamdleynanayakkara6337]

Its beetle ❤❤❤❤

[@evanceokoth3738]

hello whats the tyre size?

[@martink20a64]

What happened to "Know it all"? It was a great short weekly video , its still on all there ads yet nothing new?

[@gregorbien1719]

The Next Big Thing - Audi\Porsche RS2 !!!

[@flyingdutchman1352]

SCORE!

[@josetomasfreire7261]

Hi in Chile we have big sands dunes, how will it behavies for that conditions.

[@jko0511]

como las tristes

[@manoelcorreianeto189]

Forza horizon 4 beetle dingo racing. ❤❤❤

[@CanadianClassicCarNut]

Anyone doing this sort of thing on snow/ice? No desert where I am but lots of snow in the winter...

[@HNRichard]

check out the Europeans, they've also been doing old Bugs rallying too over there

[@mortglickman3217]

nice hat

[@corey6393]

EMPI, back in the day, was the king of the hill. Then, they sold out and shipped all production overseas, and build quality went straight into the shitter. They lost a lot of consumer confidence. Nowadays, even though most production is still overseas (those cylinder heads are almost for certain Chinese castings) they have come back around a bit. EMPI ain't what it used to be. Some of it is OK, but caveat emptor.

[@WizardSoon]

Yea, some Taiwanese-made parts are decent.

[@desert4seat]

spot on. but it's nice to see them trying to turn that image around.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Porker?? just a bigger wobble plate that can possibly use top gear.

[@ofirs5830]

How about installing a Subaru boxer turbo instead?

[@corey6393]

Class 11 even is basically "stock". Only some minor mods allowed.

[@davidhalloran2764]

How did you not call this "The Next Bug Thing"?

[@King_Punt]

Cory is built like a Beatle

[@AliasHSW]

What is the name of the test drive location???

[@jareknowak8712]

How much does it weight?

[@EmpiInsider]

The car in race trim is 1850lbs

[@jareknowak8712]

@@EmpiInsider Thank You!

[@HNRichard]

Why wouldn't they use a Super Beetle though? wouldn't the Super Beetle be better with a more modern front suspension?

[@corey6393]

It has McPherson strut front suspension. Not nearly as good as the old trailing arm design, with king and link pins, for hard off road abuse.

[@matthewwillis4892]

I bought a Empi carb,TOTAL JUNK!

[@ricecakeboii94]

Thinking about getting one of those VW Diesel cars & just roll coal with it. Just moved to a state that doesn’t do smog testing & I’ll be sure to pollute for three people from now on.

[@AsinineComment]

Aww, crap! You see an interesting new Hagerty vid is up - and then you see that it has the confected, cowboy-hatted clown, Magnus presenting it. 😒

[@Visionery1]

Are kidney belts mandatory?

[@EmpiInsider]

No need at all these cars work very well

[@markstoybox2058]

Literally literally literally literally literally literally WTF

[@timbeach2409]

Build one for a few thousand dollars???? In what world is that, most people can't build the roll cage if you can manage to get a roll cage in for a few thousand dollars the rest of the things needed just to finish cost money. And to go fast would still cost a bunch.

[@thequadstop8873]

That 100HP cheater engine is $4k not to mention the $3k to build the trans. It has another $3k in King shocks on it. NOTHING cheap about that car

[@aung3627]

အရင်ပုံစံထက်သူပိုပီးသွက်လက်လာသည်ကြံခိုင်မှူလဲပိုကောင်လာသည်ခုလိုသူတိုလေးများကိုမြင့်တင်ပေးသောအာဖြစ်ကောင်သောဘဝတခုသိုရောက်ရှိပီးတန်ဘိုရှိသောကားလေးတွေဆိုတာလူတိုင်သိဗို့ခေါင်လောင်ထိုးလိုက်သည်

[@joshuagibson2520]

That dudes belly is rounder than a bug hood.

[@thepassionofthegoose5472]

Here before the "because of this video now I can't afford one" comment.

[@Relaxiknowarchie]

I've notice just in the last year the selling prices are $1000-$4000 from where they were 2 years prior for a basic bug. Even more for anything built. I'm waiting for the barn find jackpot. :P

[@GraveUypo]

cheap if you're rich. i gave up on mine because the damn thing costs as much as a kid to keep. non-stop trips to the mechanic

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

All those empi parts falling apart didn't help either.

[@janeblogs324]

Both are relative terms

[@1bigoptimus]

This is pretty cool stuff but I just don't like seeing or hearing this guy present it. More car, less Magnus. Great content from Hagerty as usual.

[@rocknrollbaby687]

Hello i live in Belgium my dream is to drive american cars from the 20s to the 50s which annoys me in Europe we talk too much about ecology Europeans have fragile characters when we talk about fat v8 engine, electric cars are starting to invaded europe!! i can't stand, in 2035 the belgian government wants to do away with heat engines in the country's big cities

[@andrewlin5119]

It seems using bitcoins to buy cars is what a lot of us have done i the past months. No wonder the price tanked. lol

[@SuperCorndog12]

Where's the cheap part about this?

[@desert4seat]

lol. Off-road racing is definitely a rich man's sport.

[@hisdrozdness]

How freakingly awful a Bug looks with that white LED lights

[@desert4seat]

Lol. I’m definitely not a fan of that funny looking light stick That’s sticking up through the back window.

[@Opalsdad]

There is nothing cheap about Baja bugs…. Pffft please got over $15k so far invested in mine…

[@ShamWerks]

Cheap compared to the 911 from the beginning of the vidéo I guess ..

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

The bajas in all these vids have worse suspension travel than the one I had. What’s going on there? Dude claimed big travel numbers, but that must be landing jumps only. I guess they avoid bottoming out with stiff damping and porpoise around on the small stuff. Seems like softer shocks and a robust set of snubbers would be better for speed/control and avoiding fatigue?

[@edwardneal4819]

I'd really love to watch "The Next Big Thing" but I'm not a "Big" fan of the shows host.

[@tonygreen8628]

So, my full race beetle engine I built myself will be seriously much faster than your beetle engines,

[@itsyourAGS]

39th liker and 2nd liker 😉😎

[@davidmcintosh8978]

Why isn’t when somebody’s interviewing they have to be crazy looking extreme, long hair and facial hair is creepy