Hot Rod Doesburg

Hot Rod Doesburg is a Dutch automobile manufacturer and specialist workshop based in Doesburg, in the eastern Netherlands. The business traces its origins to High Speed of Doesburg, which in 1978 took over the licence and the body moulds for the Sportscarbuggy from Sportscar Special. In 1985 the company was renamed Hot Rod Doesburg. Alongside building buggies, it has operated a workshop dedicated to older Volkswagens, and it describes itself as having been a leading specialist in air-cooled VWs for around 45 years. The company's best-known product is the Sportscarbuggy, a recreational off-road vehicle built since 1978 on shortened Volkswagen Beetle chassis. The model was substantially revised in 2003. The firm also supplies parts and accessories for classic air-cooled VW models such as the Beetle, convertible, Karmann Ghia and bus, and runs its own tuning, overhaul and engine-testing department. Hot Rod Doesburg is a small, privately held specialist rather than a volume carmaker. Its retail shop and web shop are permanently closed, with the website kept online for information only, while the workshop continues to operate. The company is not affiliated with Volkswagen; its use of VW names and part numbers is purely for reference and comparison.

The origins of Hot Rod Doesburg lie with High Speed of Doesburg, a Dutch firm that in 1978 acquired the licence and the body moulds for the Sportscarbuggy from Sportscar Special. The Sportscarbuggy was a recreational off-road vehicle built on a shortened Volkswagen Beetle chassis, and it became the company's defining product. In 1985 the business was renamed Hot Rod Doesburg. Under the new name it continued to manufacture the Sportscarbuggy while also developing a workshop business for older Volkswagens. Over the following decades the company built a reputation as a specialist in air-cooled VW models, supplying parts and accessories for the Beetle, convertible, Karmann Ghia and bus, and offering restoration, tuning, overhaul and engine-testing services. The Sportscarbuggy itself was thoroughly revised in 2003, updating a design that had been in production since 1978. By the 2020s the company described itself as having been a leader in air-cooled VWs for around 45 years. Its physical shop and web shop were permanently closed, with the website retained for information only, while the workshop continued to operate. The company has no affiliation with Volkswagen, and its references to VW names and part numbers are intended solely as supporting and comparative information.

• 2003

  The Sportscarbuggy is thoroughly revised.

• 1985

  The company is renamed Hot Rod Doesburg.

• 1978

  High Speed of Doesburg takes over the licence and body moulds for the Sportscarbuggy from Sportscar Special.

Small Dutch specialist in air-cooled Volkswagen vehicles, buggies and classic VW parts, with in-house tuning and engine-testing capability.

• Sportscarbuggy

  Recreational off-road buggy built on a shortened Volkswagen Beetle chassis, produced since 1978 and revised in 2003.

• VW Beetle, convertible, Karmann Ghia and bus parts and accessories

  Parts and accessories for classic air-cooled Volkswagen models.

• Restoration, tuning, overhaul and engine testing

  Workshop services for old Volkswagens, including an in-house tuning, overhaul and engine-test department.

1. 1Hot Rod Doesburg official websitehotrod.nl
2. 2Hot Rod Doesburg vehicles on Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Hot Rod Doesburg on German Wikipediade.wikipedia.org