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I like it, but dammit..
Why can't VW put the motor back in the right spot?

http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/1003_2011_volkswagen_new_beetle/photo_00.html


I guess they just don't get it.

It's worked for Porsche for more than a few decades...

It's the iconic equivalent of offering a 4 cylinder Camaro, or front drive Mustang, or hybrid Challenger.

**ugh**

When they start heading in the right direction in 2017, I may be interested again.

I spent the whole weekend working on my VW. As far as I'm concerned, I'm going to put my aircooled in the right spot, the dumpster!

Hah.

think how much cooler a rwd, rear engine new bug would be...

badhoopty wrote:think how much cooler a rwd, rear engine new bug would be...

About as cool as the last one was ...


I really really don't get how the bug was a "cool" car. God awful uncomfortable, gutless, cold, face smashed against the windshield ... Need more be said?

Halgar wrote:

badhoopty wrote:think how much cooler a rwd, rear engine new bug would be...

About as cool as the last one was ...


I really really don't get how the bug was a "cool" car. God awful uncomfortable, gutless, cold, face smashed against the windshield ... Need more be said?

It was cool, you were just doing it all wrong

the only thing good about a vw bug is that it give you a reason to punch someone...... with no punch backs.

and the old Porsche was so comfortable and powerfull and good heaters but they went on to fix all those problems
and the bug was longest production car ever made so it was doing something right

did anybody see the "punch dub" commercial they ran during the daytona 500? i thought it was pretty lame until the end when Stevie Wonder punched Tracey Morgan and said "blue one!", i laughed my ass off! tracey morgan says "how do you keep doing that?"

Looks like a PT Cruiser Ran into the back of a New Beetle... and all the last remaining heart and soul was crushed in the impact.

Course, that's just my opinion, and I do collect Schumachers and PBs..... but I think it looks hideous....

Alex

scr8p wrote:the only thing good about a vw bug is that it give you a reason to punch someone...... with no punch backs.

WOOHOO!!! A fellow "WTF VW?????" guy!

treehugger wrote:and the old Porsche was so comfortable and powerfull and good heaters but they went on to fix all those problems
and the bug was longest production car ever made so it was doing something right

At least the Porche was German ... Oh, wait a minute! ... I have never been a fan of the Porche either. If you like fugly, uncomfortable rides, ok, I guess, but you can do much better for a whole lot less. Yugo and Fiesta come to mind, both as comfortable as a Porche and both with vastly more performance than a bug, even the new version of the pregnant roller skate populating the roadways today.

Will this new model have the built in flower vase on the dash?

Lowgear wrote:Will this new model have the built in flower vase on the dash?

That's about the best feature of the car, is it not?