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Originally Posted by T1KARMANN
that would make the new beetle not the new beetle anymore
and when people say they have a beetle people will think its a 1303-1303-split or even a oval
it would need a complete new name or VW has messed it all up by calling what we have now the new beetle
its like after the mark 1 golf if they called the next new model the new golf then were would they be now with the mark 6 golf the new new new new new new golf  |
It indeed would not be the New Beetle anymore. It would be the MK IV Beetle. When people announce they have a Beetle, others will ask, "Oh, really? Is it the modern version or old-school?"
In fact, to those outside of the VW realm who are young, The New Beetle is the ONLY Beetle they have ever known and/or seen.
The car would not need a new name, other than dropping the "New" designation. Instead, it should simply be called the Beetle again. The reason that the current Golf is not called the New New New New New New Golf is because that would be ridiculous. This is why generations are designated with Mark numbers; usually designated with Roman numerals.
Finally, look at a classic name like the Corvette. The current models bear next to no resemblance (if any at all); to the first models built 57 years ago. The sports car has simply evolved into what it is today. Assuming the same will happen as the Beetle evolves to the Beetle VI, Beetle VII, and so forth, the same changes would eventually take place. While it's completely understandable that VW purists would be greatly disappointed to see the next model undergo such a drastic change that it ends up looking like a Honda Civic or a Hyundai Accent (myself included), a time will come when we and those who succeed us will become accustomed to a Beetle that looks as different from an old Oval-Window as Corvettes of today look from the 1953-1954 models.
The most important thing? The Beetle will still exist in some as yet unknown form. Is this not better than having VW kill this classic and iconic nameplate forever?