AUG 09, 2022
Six years ago, an entrepreneur named Bruce Meyers created a custom vehicle that turned VW components into Dune Buggies.
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The modular, customizable rig created waves in 1967 after breaking speeds records across Baja California and winning the first Mexican 1000.
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The classic buggy was not just a hit with offroad racers, but also gained attention within Hollywood as it featured Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown.
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The first Southern California fixture emerged as an iconic cultural symbol. However, with its rapid growth, came imitations -- more than a quarter of a million.
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As the fate of things the budding young enthusiast for cars was captivated by the marque after his family was renting Manxes during a trip to Hawaii.
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A world away, the next designer of famous vehicles like Porsche 959 and the Audi TT Audi TT and Porsche 959 was awed by the life and style and lifestyle of Bruce Meyers.
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The forces that converged came together when the fanatic, Phillip Sarofim, acquired the Meyers Manx brand in 2020 and appointed Freeman Thomas.
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In a summer night of clear skies at Malibu, Sarofim and Thomas revealed the first redesign of the revolutionary buggy, The Meyers Manx 2.0 Electric.
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With a light curbweight of 1500lbs the proportions of it are similar to the original.
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The only difference is the headlamp housing. It is the EV Manx will come with the standard 20 kWh battery with 150 miles range as well as an upgrade to a 40-kWh unit that provides 300 miles.
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