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1. In truth, the "new Beetle" had little in common with the Bug except looks...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:50 AM

Sep 2018

The original VW Beetle was a deliberately-simple, inexpensive, easy to maintain design based on a rear-mounted, air-cooled engine. The revived version was essentially the transverse front-mounted engine, front-wheel-drive Jetta in a bulbous body that recalled the old classic, but was in all other ways a standard 2000s subcompact. The old Beetle actually had a lot more in common with the classic-era Porsche 911 than with its newer namesake.

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The VW Beetle is dead. Again. Here are 5 other once-resurrected cars that suffered the same fate [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 OP

In truth, the "new Beetle" had little in common with the Bug except looks... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #1

And the newer versions were undoubtedly much safer Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #3

As a Passat owner 2007 (2.0L Manual 6) OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2018 #4

The VW was never like those examples, LOL! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2018 #2

And the original Beetle was the ubiquitous car Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #5

Amen to that, my friend! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2018 #6

Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2018 #7

You hit that one dead on... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2018 #8

Love your posts dixiegrrrrl! OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2018 #9

I really liked the new GTO from the mid 2000s JohnnyRingo Oct 2018 #10

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