Here are the first undisguised spy shots of the new VW Beetle. Make sure to watch!
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.
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But the whole point of the Beetle IS the aging design!
The problem here is that they’ve milked the design to death and back. Do something new. Make a pickup out of it for a few years. Or a beach comber. Or a rally car.
Then dump it and come out with new Thing and a new Ghia. Milk those cool old designs for awhile.
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