SuperShouden
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Volkswagen is looking for a retro redesign on the Beetle.
Superbowl Commerical:
http://www.youtube.com/blackbeetle
Superbowl Commerical:
http://www.youtube.com/blackbeetle
I know there are people out there that love these things, fair enough each to their own, but ugh, jeez! I can't stand them!
Wonder if they kept the in-dash flower vase?
But I like the more retro design with the longer hood, flatter roof, and more vertical windshield.
Proportionally it looks a little closer to the classic Beetle than the last New Beetle did. The front is a little more retro too, it appears to have been styled to look like a classic Beetle with the chrome "eyelids" you occasionally see, with a slightly sleeply look:
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My only major reservation with the design is that it looks very under-wheeled. I'm not normally a fan of massive wheels but the new shape absolutely dwarfs the wheels it's on in the images above, even though they look about 16". I reckon you'd be looking at 18" minimum to look in proportion with the rest of the car.
I think they're going after the wrong segment to be honest. Basing it on the Golf size base they are just diluting the market they already have the TT and Scirocco in. Their target should have been the Fiat 500 and the Mini by using the Polo as a basis for it.
Let's face it this is a girls car and cute and small is the order of the day.
I'm with you on that one.
A little interesting realization came across me just now: I've yet to see a man drive one.
Proportionally it looks a little closer to the classic Beetle than the last New Beetle did. The front is a little more retro too, it appears to have been styled to look like a classic Beetle with the chrome "eyelids" you occasionally see, with a slightly sleeply look:
I think they're going after the wrong segment to be honest. Basing it on the Golf size base they are just diluting the market they already have the TT and Scirocco in. Their target should have been the Fiat 500 and the Mini by using the Polo as a basis for it.
You realize that the New Beetle was based on the MKIV chassis to begin with, right? So, it has been TT/Golf/Jetta based for quite some time, and has done little to cannibalize those sales, even when they crammed a bunch of sporty bits and pieces in there to make it a little more attractive. Just sayin'.
That thang uuugly. If I was in that Oprah audience I'd trade mine in for Golf TDI or something.