Volkswagen Beetle RSiThe New Beetle might seem like an obvious starting point for an ultra-limited, race-derived homologation special, but that didn't deter Volkswagen. Only 250 examples of the Beetle RSi were ever built, all of which were made in the brand's former Beetle plant in Mexico. The RSi was no simple appearance package — it featured a unique wide body, an all-wheel drive system, and a 3.2-liter VR6 engine churning out 221 horsepower. Connecting the latter two was a six-speed manual transmission.The car wasn't built out of necessity, as the racing Beetles from which it takes design inspiration were already subject to their own unique series. It was built simply because Volkswagen wanted to show off the Beetle's versatility while also presumably generating extra column inches in enthusiast magazines with a view to shifting more examples of the standard car. Today, it remains a sought-after collector's car among those in the know, and on the rare occasion one appears for sale, it commands prices of around $70,000.Volkswagen FridolinThe Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen, more commonly called the Fridolin, looks like a mashup of other Volkswagen models merged together into one unusually shaped vehicle. That's no coincidence — in fact, it's exactly how the Fridolin was originally created. Germany's postal service had asked Volkswagen to custom build a post van in the '60s, and requested that it feature dual sliding doors and a compact size. Rather than adapt the Type 2 bus, Volkswagen instead used the smaller Karmann Ghia's chassis as a starting point, borrowing a powertrain from the Beetle and a front fascia from the Type 3. Since the car still needed to transport plenty of cargo, the automaker grafted on the rear end of the Type 2.The result was a completely unique minivan with an impressive cargo capacity for its size, yet an affordable price tag thanks to its shared components. The postal service was impressed, and ordered an initial batch of examples in 1964. Shortly after, the Swiss postal service saw the van that their German counterparts were using and asked Volkswagen for their own.The Swiss Fridolin featured extensive modifications at the postal service's request, and it's the rarer model of the two. Around 5,000 German-spec examples of the Fridolin were built over a decade-long production run, plus roughly 1,000 examples of the Swiss-spec version. Only a small handful of those exist today.Volkswagen Golf R 333 Limited EditionAs some readers likely learned during childhood, three is a magic number. Perhaps Volkswagen's engineers had been listening to the popular song when they created the Golf R 333, an ultra-limited version of the all-wheel drive hot hatch with more power and unique suspension. The car was limited to 333 examples and featured an uprated version of the regular Golf R's engine, with 333 metric horsepower on offer. Each example of the car was finished in the same shade of Lime Yellow Metallic and featured an Akrapovič exhaust just in case its paint wasn't already loud enough.Volkswagen upped the car's speed limiter to 167 mph and included a dedicated drift and "special" driving mode, which it claimed had been specially designed for the Nürburgring. The car was only ever sold in Germany and retailed for 76,410 euros, around $83,000 at the time of its launch in 2023.