VW Promises "More Courageous" Design / New Beetle Redesign Still Go

[79veedub]

It looks like a chopped top Beetle. I like it, except for the rear tail lights. Way too big!

[scarabY2k]

Originally Posted by vibelife

Dealer told me it was being discontinued

Originally Posted by FarrisK

They're wrong.

I have to agree with Farris on this one. Sadly some salesman will shine you on, with no knowledge about anything but selling units.

[JohnnyJet]

I like the retro red one. Id but it if it has a lil giddyap. Like a GTI version...formula vee perhaps

[pritty123]

We will have to update the NB somehow to acomodate the MK5 platform. I could see something similar to the Ragster concept but with more flair and maybe more options such as 4motion awd.

[pdoel]

Originally Posted by pritty123

We will have to update the NB somehow to acomodate the MK5 platform. I could see something similar to the Ragster concept but with more flair and maybe more options such as 4motion awd.

The MKVI platform is already out. If they're moving the NB, it'll be on that platform, not the MKV which is on its way out.

[Pushing Fifty]

Originally Posted by scarabY2k

I have to agree with Farris on this one. Sadly some salesman will shine you on, with no knowledge about anything but selling units.

Very true. I live in Wisconsin, which isn't exactly a tropical climate. Several years back, some salesman tried to tell me that VW's warranty on corrosion was only applicable in states where no salt is used on roads to melt snow and ice! I called VW Customer Service and found that he was dead wrong. This was way back in 2000. I had just bought what was then a 4-year-old car; a 1996 Golf. At that time, the warranty against rust was 6 years as opposed to today's 12 years. About 3 weeks after I bought the Golf I found a speck of rust in the rear hatch.
I suck at bodywork, so I take problems like this to the pros.

Dishonest salespeople or service personnel at dealerships will tell you that 99% of rust is "surface rust" and therefore not covered. Why? They don't want to eat the repair costs.

Many body shops will lie as well, because they won't guarantee their rust repair; especially in northern regions. They would rather sell you a new body panel marked up to twice their cost than simply sand, prime, and repaint the affected area. Why? This is a bigger job that results in more profit!

Contrary to popular belief, rust bubbles are a result of it starting from the inside out. True surface rust can only be caused by accidents or something knocking the paint down to bare metal; such as rocks.

[JohnnyJet]

I just hope we havent seen the last beetle made...again

[FarrisK]

Originally Posted by JohnnyJet

I just hope we havent seen the last beetle made...again

Originally Posted by FarrisK

REPORT: Diesel Beetle, electric Up! coming from Volkswagen — Autoblog
Keep in mind that the lead picture on the article is NOT the next Beetle, it's the Up! Lite concept.

Can we please stop the "This is the end" talk now? The Mk4 is finally being put to rest in the states, but the Beetle is not dead.

[noR]

So that's it? No more beetles after 2010.







[hahahaha I kid]

[FarrisK]

Originally Posted by noR

So that's it? No more beetles after 2010.







[hahahaha I kid]

[JohnnyJet]

Ill wait......................................

[Captain Otto]

I ran across This.





Thoughts?

[pdoel]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Thoughts?

Tons of em here.

New Beetle Final Edition

[woody95124]

I agree I would like to see the new micro bus...and really going to miss the regular bug....Just somthing about the reg bug design that shouldnt be tampered with.

[pdoel]

Originally Posted by woody95124

Just somthing about the reg bug design that shouldnt be tampered with.

You mean like they did when they created the New Beetle? They tampered with the original Bug design when they created the New Beetle.

So not sure why people are so worried that in order to move the New Beetle to a new modern platform, VW is going to "tamper" with it's design.

[Chaz1138]

The colors are very peaceful. Very sort of cloud-like, floaty feeling.

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

I ran across This.





Thoughts?

[Fl_bug]

Originally Posted by Vladimir

it'll be an entirely new replacement car that will carry the Beetle name somehow. I mean now with the Audi TT being redone that leaves the NB as the only remaining MK4 chassis car for the US market. VW will have to update the NB somehow to acomodate the MK5 platform. I could see something similar to the Ragster concept but with more flair and maybe more options such as 4motion awd.

In the US market, yes. But in other parts of the world, no. The MK4 Jetta and MK4 Golf are being sold as the City Jetta and City Golf.

But, why would Vw update the Beetle with an outgoing platform? I think Vw should go ahead and put it on the MK6.

[scarabY2k]

Originally Posted by Fl_bug

In the US market, yes. But in other parts of the world, no. The MK4 Jetta and MK4 Golf are being sold as the City Jetta and City Golf.

But, why would Vw update the Beetle with an outgoing platform? I think Vw should go ahead and put it on the MK6.

Check out the signature of the dude you quoted..... I think we might have another

[Froggy]

I just hope they hurry up with the newness if they have already put out the Final Edition of this incarnation of the Beetle.
My dream was always to own a beetle. Then they came out with the New Beetle and I didn't like it at first, and then it grew on me. I'm still not sure WHY I didn't get one as my first car.

But I do know that I would also like to eventually own a new car, not just a new-to-me car. Maybe they will have unveiled this mysterious redesign by the time I have the means to buy it I'm parting with my convertibles and I'll need a me-car again soon, but for now I'll put up with the car that takes me places.

[Kender]

Volkswagen has plans for yet another Beetle

"Volkswagen has plans for yet another Beetle"

I'm not sure how I feel about this.



Now, it's only an artist's representation, but from the news bites, it sounds pretty accurate.