Open Volkswagens! They have been and continue to be more popular than all other convertibles, were produced more frequently, and have created more history and stories than anything else that moves "topless" on four wheels. The quintessential convertible is undoubtedly the open Beetle in its various versions. It and its sibling, the Karmann-Ghia convertible, are particularly associated with concepts like youth, student life, freedom, and leisure. The successor model, the Golf convertible, catapulted the idea of open Volkswagens into modern times and was therefore often ridiculed - but the success of the Golf proved the Wolfsburg team's point. The big VW convertible book tells the story of all open VWs, from the Beetle to the Karmann-Ghia to the Golf I and - most recently - the Golf III. It presents all the rarities, studies, and experiments related to the various VW convertibles.