A wolf in sheep's clothing - a classic Beetle turned into a supercar with a 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) acceleration in under 3 seconds (17 photos + 1 video)
An abandoned and stripped-down 1975 VW Beetle, discovered in a California junkyard, has been given a second life by German tuner Knepper Bugs & More, which specializes in refurbishing Volkswagen cars from bygone eras. 
The Beetle, delivered to its historical homeland, was fitted with a Tesla Model S electric motor in the rear engine bay. Not a standard one, but one adapted to the higher voltage of 17 48 kWh battery modules from a Porsche Taycan. The resulting 12-fold increase in power, from the factory 50 hp to a high-voltage 647 hp, enabled acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in a fleeting 2.8 seconds—a full 0.5 seconds faster than, say, a Porsche 911 GT3. 
Naturally, for the sake of stability and driving safety, most of the suspension and braking system components were borrowed from the Porsche 944, with missing components from KW and Bilstein. To cope with the 700 Nm of torque, driveshafts from a Porsche 930 were installed.
The interior wasn't transformed into a hub of luxury and crazy high-tech, opting for a more understated and discreet interior, limited to reupholstery and leather Recaro bucket seats from a 2002 BMW.
Gear shifting is now controlled via a small touchpad on the center console, where the gearshift lever used to be.
On the outside, aside from slightly wider carbon fiber fenders and a rear spoiler concealing the wide-profile tires, little betrays the aggressive interior of the "Zhu..." (pardon me, Knepper 1303 RS-E) in Marathonblau Metallic. You can tempt naive street racers to drive off intersections with a clear conscience.
Perhaps the only area where the restomod falls short of its predecessor is its range. It's only 250 km, and if you drive it very fast, it drops to 100 km. Nevertheless, earlier this year, the studio's owner, Rudiger Knepper, took it on an 8,000 km trip through Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, and even visited Morocco by ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar. 
