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I hope PolarBug goes to a loveing new home. I am so envious of you, for ordering the 2012!
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Based on this article I just read on VWVortex.com. I will be getting my refund and NOT buying the Blk Pearl Launch Edition. Instead I will wait for the Beetle R!!!
So the good news for me is I will continue to enjoy PolarTurboBug till the "new" Beetle R comes out sometime in 2012-2013.....=) ![]() Volkswagen Beetle R to Debut at Frankfurt Auto Show in September June 14, 2011 at 12:26pm by Justin Berkowitz At the introduction of Volkswagen’s newest of Coleoptera this past April, a number of VW employees confirmed that the company eventually would offer a Beetle R featuring a more-powerful version of the Beetle’s optional turbocharged 2.0-liter four. That engine is used here in the Volkswagen GTI as well, and in both it and the Beetle Turbo, it’s good for 200 hp and 207 lb-ft. In the Golf R, which we expect to arrive in the States in the next 12 months, VW’s 2.0-liter is cranked up to 270 hp and 258 lb-ft in Europe. We’re guessing that the Beetle R, which will do without the Golf R’s all-wheel drive, will see a horsepower rating somewhere in the middle of that range: maybe 240 hp or so. You can bet on the suspension being stiffened substantially from that of the Beetle Turbo. Why stick with front-wheel drive and, therefore, offer less power than the Golf R? Price and complexity. The Golf R is going to cost something north of $30,000, and we imagine VW would like to keep the Beetle R closer to the regular Beetle Turbo’s $24,165 sticker. Several sources also tell us Volkswagen execs are considering greenlighting a Beetle R cabrio. Such a vehicle would be easy enough to build, but VW needs to evaluate whether the car would sell in meaningful numbers to justify constructing it. If the Beetle R cabrio does get the go-ahead, we’re confident it’ll be offered in the U.S. to hot-rodding, drop-topping hipsters. Too many sub-models of Beetle? This is just the beginning. As we saw with the past-gen car, there will be special editions galore, from Beetles sporting special paint schemes to cars with the approval of high-end jeans companies. Scientists do say, after all, that beetles account for 25 percent of all life-forms known on the planet. The new Volkswagen Beetle holds promise, but we’re hoping it never accounts for anywhere near that percentage of all the cars on the road. Share: Tags: Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Beetle R | |
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