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Originally Posted by Abbie2007Beetle
im sure this isn't the last we've heard of the beetle...they might go a way for a few years but im sure they'll be back cuz this isn't the first time they've had a final edition....they had a final edition of the original beetle as well
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It was the final edition though. In 1979 it was called the Epilogue Edition. Named and styled after the ones produced in the 1930's. From the 1930's to 1979 the shape was pretty much unchanged except for the fact that windows went from non existant in the back to split to oval to regular and then the front window changed a bit.
When they returned in 1998 they took a little getting used to for type 1 purists. A lot of people who love the original still don't care for the nB. They're similar but not really the same.
I fear a change as dramatic as the switch from the type 1 body to the nB body personally. I think it only worked because of the twenty year cooling off period though.