New Beetle New Volkswagen New Beetle Coming In 2011, Eying MINI

[K-A]

We've seen the production car (there's a pic of a black one with no chamo).

It doesn't look nearly as aggressive and character-y as that yellow one.

 

[Will]

the production version looks very plain.

Doesnt even have the character of the previous one!!

 

[vios1]

YouTube - New Beetle 2012 Spied. [newbeetlepr.com]

 

[martinbo]

Oh no.

The unholy offspring from the copulation of a Panamera and a PT Cruiser? [McEnroe throws down racquet and says...]

not-so-MINI left quaking in its run-flat boots? Citroen marketers to introduce a new cut-price "baguette edition" to compete? Fiat 500 designers milling about the streets of Turin in depression? Pfff... I don't so.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Looks like a new sleek replacement for the London taxi!

Since it is a bug, I imagine it will get squashed by the competition.

 

[Centurion]

The only surprise that can save this car is if it's RWD.

 

[Sunny]

The only surprise that can save this car is if it's RWD.

Not to sound sexist, but do you seriously think the chicks that this car targets, cares if it is RWD or FWD as long as it has that silly flower pot thingy.

 

[Kowalski]

I hate the new Beetle, but then again I always hated the original one.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

I hate the new Beetle, but then again I always hated the original one.

The bug hasn't even been shown yet. How are you going to "Hate" it?

Just get it in black and put some 22inch chrome wheels on it and everything will be fine.

 

[Giannis]

Just get it in black and put some 22inch chrome wheels on it and everything will be fine.

22" chrome wheels is a good reason to hate it

 

[HighestOfHigh]

22" chrome wheels is a good reason to hate it

Well I think the new Beetle would look great with some 22 inch rims. Only if you get it in black though. All and all the new bug will probably be very good looking. Still think it might be more of a ladies car though.

 

[Kowalski]

The bug hasn't even been shown yet. How are you going to "Hate" it?

Just get it in black and put some 22inch chrome wheels on it and everything will be fine.

I hate the current model and I already hate the next one, because I hate the original Beetle with a ******* passion in the first ******* place. If there ever was one car that should have never been resurrected, that car is the Beetle.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

I hate the current model and I already hate the next one, because I hate the original Beetle with a ******* passion in the first ******* place. If there ever was one car that should have never been resurrected, that car is the Beetle.

LOL...Oh that's just mean! What did the Beetle ever do to you?

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Must have had a traumatic childhood experience of some sort.... maybe he has the 'circus clown' syndrome, but instead it was related to the clown's car.

Either way, a bug is a bug... always has been, always will be.

 

[SCOTT27]

I was speaking to someone who has seen it and it seems they are making the same mistakes again as last time especially in engine choices. . Again it is going to priced almost similar with the Golf will feature engines from 1.4 to V6 which V6 etc effectively turned off a lot of customers before, because the car became too expensive for what it is.

 

[Kowalski]

LOL...Oh that's just mean! What did the Beetle ever do to you?

Existed for forty odd years or so and millions of idiots bought the damn thing.

Must have had a traumatic childhood experience of some sort.... maybe he has the 'circus clown' syndrome, but instead it was related to the clown's car.

Either way, a bug is a bug... always has been, always will be.

What's there to love about a noisy, slow, ugly, uncomfortable, ungainly, clown car? The original Beetle is one of the worst creations from Germany since Uwe Boll, except the Beetle is marginally less worse than Uwe Boll.

I hate it, I hate it with an effing passion, I hate it with the same effing passion that I hate clowns and Uwe Boll for that matter.

And I shall stop it here. Because I might get an infraction or be banned if I go on and mention who was the "brilliant" mind behind the Beetle and a certain Mr. Bundy...

 

[Centurion]

Not to sound sexist, but do you seriously think the chicks that this car targets, cares if it is RWD or FWD as long as it has that silly flower pot thingy.

RWD would add a pint of masculinity to the car and make the car a great project for a modern Porsche 356.

 

[K-A]

Well I think the new Beetle would look great with some 22 inch rims. Only if you get it in black though. All and all the new bug will probably be very good looking. Still think it might be more of a ladies car though.

OMG, 22" chrome rims on a Beetle?! What kind of tacky, tasteless, ghetto fab fantasy has taken over your mind during that post HOH?!

 

[coolraoul]

Existed for forty odd years or so and millions of idiots bought the damn thing.



What's there to love about a noisy, slow, ugly, uncomfortable, ungainly, clown car? The original Beetle is one of the worst creations from Germany since Uwe Boll, except the Beetle is marginally less worse than Uwe Boll.

I hate it, I hate it with an effing passion, I hate it with the same effing passion that I hate clowns and Uwe Boll for that matter.

And I shall stop it here. Because I might get an infraction or be banned if I go on and mention who was the "brilliant" mind behind the Beetle and a certain Mr. Bundy...

Yeah, what's to love about a car that is bloody cheap, crazy reliable, costs zip to maintain and is less expensive than a bike to repair?

All that while looking super cute?

Not everybody wants a car that is absurdly complex, very fragile, impossible to maintain and can't be repaired without selling the house.

Some just want a car to move the family at the lowest possible cost, and nothing can beat a Beetle at that. Being cute and cult is just added bonus.

That the new Beetle are stupid cars, cannot really being denied. But the original one was brilliant and perfect for what it was aimed for: motorizing people.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

Spy Shots: 2012 Volkswagen (new new) Beetle caught undisguised

Honestly Volkswagen? Why even bother with camo? If you're going to parade the 2012 Beetle out in the open – with it's chopped roofline and redesigned rump – is a little bit of paint-matching trim around the headlamps really worth the effort? And while we're at it, the bright silver paint isn't doing your clandestine efforts any favors, either.

Unlike the shots our spies snagged late last year, this newest batch shows a near production-ready Beetle, complete with a reworked fascia, more deeply drawn headlamps and some attractive contouring around the greenhouse. The new chiseled sides, thickened C-pillar and higher hatch do their best to modernize an aging design, as will the underpinnings: all the good bits from the Golf VI platform combined with V-Dub's 2.5-liter inline-five in the base models and something turbocharged further up the food chain. Expect more details to surface over the next few months, with a possible debut at the Geneva Motor Show.

- Spy Shots: 2012 Volkswagen (new new) Beetle caught undisguised — Autoblog