The Beetle and tuning go back a long way: KAMEI laid the way for car tuning in Germany when it created the first front spoiler in the 1950s – and the Beetle then became a stage for wild ideas. Like ... the Hot Rod, which combined speed and style, or the Baja Bug, with its giant tyres so it could handle any kind of terrain. Thanks to its robust design and air-cooled flat engine, the Beetle was the perfect canvas for those who wanted to be different.