famous beetle 'honest 25 mpg' commercial !

[keyofdavid888]

ahhh technology.

My 2 ton Crown Vic gets an honest combined 24 mpg and that's not driving like grandma

[lifeisgood12341]

I love the straight truthfulness of old VW ads I seen one that called the bug a lemon for poor looks you just don't see the honesty you used to in car ads

[rallyejoe]

I can get my ford ka 1.3 down to 25 mpg. 30 litres of petrol got me 162.5 miles, its a good runner but i just enjoy driving.

[2stroke4Me]

Good add, My 1200 does about 34 mpg. Guess the tires, oil, roads and gas got better overtime...? In the add, everything's aircooled, LOL!

[belvyzep]

True story!



[rigd49]

@TechForThought But look how long it took them to catch up 1908 Ford Model T - 25 MPG

[MadmaxRE94]

My 1200 gets 36mpg on a combined cycle!! Vw always did undestimate the potential of their cars though!

[SOMEYUMDUM1]

IT REMINDS ME OF AN APPLE COMMERCIAL.

[taledarkside]

@SOMEYUMDUM1

apple stole other peoples ideas where VW beetle is its own invention

[harveybacon]

I drive a 71 Camper bus (Kombi) and the fuel pump went out, so I bypassed it, and drove around 65 miles off of 5 bucks, which gas is around 3.60, and normally, loaded with the fam for vacation, getting around 24 mpg! Great autos. By-the-way, ended up just being my fuel pump rod, check my vid on how to fix it and other vids for the vacations.

[wws2020]

just 9.0 km/l

[TechForThought]

Funny how by the 1990s, a V8 Cadillac got the same!

[murcielago06gt]

I usually get 30-33 out of mine. Not fuel efficient for today's standards, but when you really look at the whole picture- when it was made, the simplicity of the engine, etc- you realize that's quite good.

[shfbdfi1273]

At that time a VW bug is 25 mpg. A Buick at the same time must have been 8 mpg.

[Leowen2]

Thats terrible only 25 mpg for such a small engine.

[SSC3034]

@Leowen2 um this was in like the 60s or 70s dumbass of course it didnt get better gas milage this was like a prius back then

[Franko94]

what year is this?



[VWvabalai]

Maybe that commercial made in 1974 year, the same Beetle photo advertising added in magazine "Popular Mechanics" 1974 october number.

[1crazyfocker]

OMG that was great to bad they dont make them like this any more. hell i would drive that one, add 3 more pounds by accing clear plastic over all the opening. then yeah i got an 84 MPG..lol

[Hikikomori013]

The SYM CityCom 300 scooter claims 90mpg in big letters. The small type mentions 15mph. In actual use it gets a whole lot less. I like it when the manufacturer gives real world mileage.

[cdltpx]

My prius gets 38 mpg but you have to do 80 mph to get the mpg that low. When we do 65 the mpg is 45 and at 45 mph well forget about it who drives 45mph?

[MrBajaboy5b]

@cdltpx u are gay u own a gayus get a bug there better and have a REAL engine...

[cdltpx]

@MrBajaboy5b I have delivered fuel for real engines the J2 Rocket. When they fire that thing the ground shakes for miles. I can drive a prius cross the country at speeds of 80mph and get 38 mpg all day range of ~450 miles Just under 6 hours. If I go 65 mph range increases to ~600 miles. Im a person that use to regularly drive to LA from DenCo under 24 hours I did that because of range not speed.You go fast on interstate you get tickets you drive for hours nonstop you get where you are going.

[cdltpx]

@cdltpx I have driven a million miles in my day the majority of them were doing the speed limit or SLOWER trucks usually have a top speed of 62 mph. I would leave La and drive to Chicago and have the same car pass me each day 4 or 5 times fast fast guess what we got to our destination about the same time he had tickets I made money difference he stopped 4 to 5 times a day I kept that hammer down and the door closed. You don't know chit about real world application of technology.

[DaDuttFire]

@MrBajaboy5b i totally agree prius and new cars all suck

[MrBajaboy5b]

@DaDuttFire good to have more people like me out there :P

[mccarterjg]

you think if chevy or dodge did this with their trucks that they could beat the 2011 ford f series

[bingham1234567]

my beetle is a 74 1303 (1300cc) and i strugle to get 25 mpg on a good day lol then agane once iv taken the engine out n give it a good clean (it like drinkin oil atm) and replaced the 1300 barrels and head with a 1600 barrels n head then i will be happy lol cant wait :P god i love my bug :)

[h2otek]

My '64 with a big bore kit got an honest 36 mph highway when driving 55 or 60 (which was the max legal speed limit in those days). Stock 1200 would go 70mph WIDE OPEN- eventually :-) The 1385 big bore would probably do 80, but the old swing axle Beetles were getting scary above 75mph. 5 college students & 7 suitcases with some very creative packing.... But the brakes were VERY inadequate with that load! Not the safest car, but extremely economical.

[hassanaliqazilbash]

this commercial= AU SCAR AWARD NOMINATION yes or no??

[JoshTiger888]

OMG the piano song was The Entertainer by Scott Joplin!!! I can play that song on the piano :)

[boo66]

@machone7I

You won't get modern economy from an air-cooled engine. (and you won't get much luggage room in a rear-engined car)

You're being too sentimental about the old Beetle's (admittedly lovely!) design!

Boxer engines are great but expensive to produce..  Accountancy dictates most production engineering decisions these days!!

[verdemanthe1]

84 mpg huh,im ordering skinny wheels and tires as we speak

[Jeanesbabe]

@verdemanthe1 best comment ever

[machone7I]

now VW only sells crap... scirocco, new beetle golf and thats it. tasteless cars nobody look at and that have no personality. someone in my family let us use her touran and honestly it was horrible. its not beautiful but not horribly ugly, not fast but not slow either, not comfy but not horribly uncomfortable... any features you could look at either stupid or useful. just a car to take an idiot from place a to place b. bring the beelte back!!

[verdemanthe1]

@machone7I the aircooled rear engine beetle not the new ones

[machone7I]

@verdemanthe1 well, im sure if they made a new rear engined air cooled beetle with a little more technology for example a more moder radio, safety upgrades, a 1600 boxer engine...

[boo66]

@machone7I

You won't get modern economy from an air-cooled engine. (and you won't get much luggage room in a rear-engined car)

You're being too sentimental about the old Beetle's (admittedly lovely!) design!

Boxer engines are great but expensive to produce.. Accountancy dictates most production engineering decisions these days!!

[boo66]

@machone7I

You won't get modern economy from an air-cooled engine. (and you won't get much luggage room in a rear-engined car)

You're being too sentimental about the old Beetle's (admittedly lovely!) design!

Boxer engines are great but expensive to produce.. Accountancy dictates most production engineering decisions these days!!

[h2otek]

@boo66 36 mpg at highway speeds (in the day) of 55 or 60 mph is not economical? Boxer engines had no water jacket thus were easier to cast cases for. I had 5 college students (myself included) with 5 suitcases, some small bags, a tool kit and a portable typewriter in my car once, for a 350 mile trip. So from experience I can easily disagree. But safety? That was indeed lacking! (Old VW's don't leak oil- they just mark their territory!)

[supertrix101]

These days, 25 mpg is considered dangerously thirsty. Nevertheless, the beetle was in fact a very good car when it came to fuel mileage

[dafiltafish]

@supertrix101 what the hell u talkin about?

[supertrix101]

@dafiltafish What I am saying is that people back then were impresed by the fact that the Volkswagen Beetle could do 25 miles per gallon. Today 25 miles per gallon is way too fuel thirsty by today's standards. (My Used Hyundai Sonata does 20 miles per gallon). One of the most economical cars of today is the Smart car which does over 60 miles per gallon according to reports.

[h2otek]

@supertrix101 That 25mpg was the worst case in town driving compared to your highway mpg. Mine easily got 36mpg highway. The Prius should really get 50mpg without all the silly electrical hybrid nonsense. Make it a small turbo diesel and it could get 65mpg with no hybrid. Why we keep ignoring the small diesels is silly emotionalism & idiotic politics.

[ClefDeDavid88]

@h2otek completely agreed!!!!

[mccarterjg]

@h2otek the problem is the people that drive the 60 mile one way commute to make the sense of buying the cost of the diesel in a vw, still make the money at that job to drive their preferred suburban and expedition that makes a solid 13 or 16 diesel

[h2otek]

@mccarterjg True of some, not all by a longshot. The old diesel Rabbit had a loyal following who loved its 50mpg and superior performance over the more expensive Pugeot diesel. If smaller diesel Toyota pickups were sold here as they are in roughly half the planet they'd sell out here in NA. If ANYONE built a quality small diesel commuter car that got 50mpg or better they'd sell MANY here in the US. The little Smart cars ought to get 80mpg with a tiny diesel- though you'll never see me in one!

[mccarterjg]

@h2otek i meant on ford .com they did testing with their f series against chevy and dodge the tests were for performance towing and fuel economy the tests were made with the most similar set up my comment was if dodge or chevy did the same on their web sites they might of beat fords power to weight towing cap and mpg if they striped everything off the truck to frame rails seat and a motor like that VW in this commercial,, and i'm not sure where diesel came from, but my vote yes for small diesel

[vava54own]

If I had a car company.. I think I'd do all my commercial like this one...

[pancakewafflebacon]

and it's safer than a smart car... why don't they sell that?

[herbienbrian]

so if I rode around on a tunnel with a seat off to the side and bike wheels I should get 100 MPG right?

[cdltpx]

@herbienbrian There is a canadian that was conducting experiments with his metro and did things like take the mirrors off vs mirrors on. Regular tires vs tiny spare tires, windows up or down hatch up or down. He had many test results with his car and scan guage later we dont know how but he was involved in a crash he is ok but he has basically ridden a bike since.He is on YT his screen name is (landongendur)

[verdemanthe1]

@herbienbrian yeah im doin it too we could start a club

[hunterziegelmann]

I'm probobaly lighter then the guy driving that me having very little weight would make 120 mpg easy :D

[shananagans5]

I remember this. I asked my dad about it and got a long talk about mass acceleration ect. (he is an engineer) LOL As a kid, I just wanted a simple answer like it uses less gas to move something light. Ha Ha,The odd things that stick with us from our childhood like this comercial and a physics lecture given to a 5 yr old.

Don't even ask about the why is the sky blue question.

[Diamondguyrt]

Ive had 17 beetles and Ive never gotten only 25 mpg,its always in the 30s,like 3 mpg ...........

[pollydriver]

VW were always one of those companies that undersold themselves. They also quoted power outputs that were lower than they actually were..........

[henritje19]

they got a point!

[thunderstruck665]

This has to be one of the most brillian car commercials ever produced and would be extremely fitting for today! VW would be wise to remake this ad for their 2010's.

[daedalx]

Great commercial.

[InfiniteMushroom]

The 1975 and later fuel injected Beetles averaged 30+ mpg in mixed driving. But, VW was promoting its new Rabbit and didn't want the Beetle's improved fuel economy to take away sales from the new car.

[mw8830]

My fox averages about 32mpg. City/highway.  My pure highway(about 60mph, drove for two hours) gets me 47mpg.

[InfiniteMushroom]

@mw8830 Does your Fox have a diesel? That's what I remember the old Rabbit diesels getting. My '76 std. F.I. Beetle gets 32mpg in mixed driving but only squeezes out 39mpg at a steady 60mph.

I know carbureted Bug owners who get 25mpg in mixed driving but they also messed around with the motor, trying to "improve" it. An unmolested Bug, kept as VW intended, will get higher fuel economy and be a great daily driver.

[galactophore]

Just 5 years ago I drove from southern california to north central kansas for $110 including snacks. I don't know what that figures to but I was surprised though I did keep it below 60mph and drafted any big rig that passed me.

[broadspeedbullit]

i was in the states a few years ago and was sitting with some friends when a guy said he got 40mpg from his scooter. (que "ooh"s and "aahh"s from the americans) until i told them i get 75 mpg from my mk5 golf turbo diesel! (jaws on the floor)

[kostis007]

i bet that next day he went to search for a scooter diesel haha

[Shoknifeman]

@kostis007 true, but, at that time the competition (American cars) were lucky to get more than 15 MPG on the highway! ...seriously, my Dad's 73 Pontiac got 12-15 MPG on the HW and only 8 !!!!! in city driving!!!!

[Cartmanland98]

@broadspeedbullit They were probably flabbergasted at what a f'cking flat-out liar you are. I know my eyes just made the hugest roll ever recorded.

[skyman95946]

If my two ton galant can get 33mpg I'm pretty sure a vw can get better than 25mpg easy.

[Shoknifeman]

@skyman95946 true, but, at that time the competition (American cars) were lucky to get more than 15 MPG on the highway! ...seriously, my Dad's 73 Pontiac got 12-15 MPG on the HW and only 8 !!!!! in city driving!!!!

[opferte]

I talked with a VW parts expert and he said he has gotten 35 MPG out of them. I think with full synthetics, and staying at 55MPH, you could get even more than that. Maybe not, but how cool is that, from a low-tech air cooled power plant?

[Vedad24]

i have 03 vw passat 1.8turbo engine and i drove one day 55mph from one town to another one and i have reached 37MPG. but if i flore that engine as i usualy do :) yeah i barley make even 20MPG

[imh1ndu]

that ad isnt that bad honestly

[clonedc50]

que quiere decir eso de mpg??

[Wazarie]

Millas Por Galon (Miles Per Gallon) Se refiere a cuantas millas puedes conducir con tan solo un (1) galon de gasolina...

[clonedc50]

aaah que bien , gracias por decirme !!

[JMMoosey]

Those looked like bicycle tires.

[vwbeetleowner]

my classic bug gets 30 mpg greater than my other car

[10RRASK]

what's your other car, a tank?

[guitarman63mm]

HA!

[xxxangelxxxxx]

@10RRASK

hahahah i actually lol'd :P

[ssonic116]

cool yeah i heard that so many people bought those because the looks and the gas milage.

[masterpoop67]

i bet you some guy in england has that exact car from the comercial sitting in his barn or something

[bieli0]

thin as tires= less friction, no damn roof.... hahahahha. probably a mower engine too.

[xKAOTIXx]

lmao you'd lose mileage with a mower engine. they came with 2 cylinders and a couple hamsters and did just fine

[HeathwoodStudios]

haha.. what a bug! its almost hotrod lol

also, it looks like the steering alighment is slightly out, like the steering wheel has to be held left to go in a straight line (pulling to the right)? anyone else spot this?

probs something to do with those high performance racing wheels theyve kitted this one out with..

:D

[WastedCar]

where is that car now?

went to the crusher?

let me guess...

[Swansen03]

lol, and still true today.

[Dusntman]

genuiss i love all these comercial from VW

[bravelittlebeemer]

Mine gets 35 city, 40 highway. I fill up every one and a half weeks and drive it every day.

[opferte]

What year Beetle?

[bravelittlebeemer]

It's a 1970 all original diamond blue beetle.

[001chatlos001]

u said in the title 25 it said 85 in the video

[beetlejuice150]

If you take the time to watch the WHOLE commercial, you end up with 'an honest 25 mph'!

[digitael2]

@001chatlos001 fucking retard

[XarnX]

i think the record for a stock vw bettle is 45mpg

[tuffness35]

problem,

after driving for about 40 minutes, i would stop at a atop light and when i pressed the gas, the thing just died. it idols fine but when i give it gas it just dies.

[bugadiction]

It sounds like it is getting to much air or gas. I had that problem and I bought a progressive carb and havent had a problem sence.

[Fritz641]

check injector pump on carb.

[GForceOfGroveStreet]

"Nobody normally drives like most of those tests" Hah, fantastic commercial.

[burnout21]

And still true in today's market.

[MaxAgond]

i think u mean mpg

[beetlejuice150]

You're right. I changed the text. Thanx!

[debaucheryBotched]

That hood treatment looks neat

[murcielago06gt]

I get 30mpg city with mine, a 1973 Super, with my father, 215lbs, and me, 220lbs. With my friend in the back, roughly 210lbs, it gets like 29.

[eleanorroosevelt1]

You guys are fat!

[1973vwbeetle]

Lol, neh, we arent fat. Well, my father kinda is. I'm not anyway- 6'1" with a large frame. Used to weigh 245 a year ago and I still wasnt overweight according to the doctor.

[eleanorroosevelt1]

We've come a long way since the 60's, those new hybrid toyotas and hondas are getting 300+ MPG.

[starbucksmunky]

You are an idiot.

[eleanorroosevelt1]

eat shit

[starbucksmunky]

You will be one of the few people totally safe if zombies attack.

Zombies feed on brains. See the problem?

[eleanorroosevelt1]

It seems like you are familiar with sarcasm, and yet for some reason you didn't detect that I was being sarcastic in the first place.

[starbucksmunky]

Well sorry dude, but its hard to detect sarcasm in text.

[LordInksworth]

I get 100mpg in my Beetle. I've adapted it to run on the salty water you get in the can when you've eaten all the hotdogs.

And I save a fortune on tyres by using much cheaper black puddings.

And instead of windscreen wipers, I use sticks of celery.

Try it.

[eleanorroosevelt1]

People used to point at used fryer oil as a cheap alternative fuel, all because a few nutjobs could run their car on it and they got it for free out of the trash. Back then the stuff was worthless. It turns out that once everyone starts pouring food into their tank, the stuff becomes worth so much that fryer oil thefts have skyrocketed. Gee, who would have thought??

I guess the thing to do now is to start buying stocks in hotdogs, pudding and celery!

[LordInksworth]

...where i live in scotland, you can't get hotdogs anymore cos everyone's running their cars on them. I mail order mine, but they actually cost MORE than petrol.

Celery is still cheap, but people are beginning to catch on...

[eleanorroosevelt1]

People shouldn't be eating hotdogs anyway, that is unethical to the animals.

[WeeMiniMoose]

But what about the animals eating hotdogs?

[eleanorroosevelt1]

Self-loathing is a characteristic humans possess because they are enlightened beings. I'm causing global warming by driving a car, I'm going to die if I eat at McDonalds, etc..

Most likely animals do not worry about the consequences of their actions like humans. I think this is what separates humans from animals, not the enlightenment but rather the self-loathing.

[WeeMiniMoose]

That didn't answer my question...

[eleanorroosevelt1]

OK nevermind then.

[nmzanie]

Loser.

[pwnoobs6122]

dude ur so fake

[JeffDeWitt]

Honest 25 MPG?!? The WORST my 71 Super Beetle has gotten is 26.5!

[tvbykris]

i missed it at the 9 second mark... what did they say about the engine?

[Skankremix]

they said.. modified.. it got scrambled a bit...

[racevws]

Slap a TDI in there and you would get 200 mpg

[Stevopedia]

The September 1971 issue of Popular Science had a car test with the VW Super Beetle, where it got 30.139 mpg at a constant 45 mph. They also complimented the Beetle's steering (better than a Porsche 356C, they said) and wrote that the Beetle's brakes were "sensationally good," setting a new all-time record for stopping distance.

The Beetle is an awesome car. I hope to get one of my own someday!

[neothespian]

I think it's funny they thought that the steering was better than a 356C (unless they were using the Super Beetle with the MacPherson strut front end and not the Torsion bar front end)....

...Considering that the steering box for the VW Type 1 and the Porsche 356C are the SAME part!

[jasonlava]

That's about right for a VW. 25-30mpg was what I was getting on my 64. Now my TDI Beetle makes almost twice that :-D

[ford1979truck]

i would drive my car like that ever day ....it would look like a dune buggy :)

[LeviMan2001]

untill you hit a speed bump and the whole thing folds in half, lol.

[ford1979truck]

ha ha thats is true

[creamnpuffs]

Heh, not if you find a good one

[vochero99]

Me acuerdo hace muchos años de un comercial que decia de un lugar reservado para el presidente del consejo mundial de economia. Luego llegaba el presidente ese en un vocho. Alguien sabe donde lo puedo encontrar??

[Dusntman]

este mismo chavo lo tiene buscalo en su canal

[thisisgodtalking]

yeah, the music is called the entertainer.

[abonomini]

Oh thank you friend!

I will find this music

[abonomini]

Somebody knows the name the music in piano in commercial???

[k4nbc]

It is also known as the theme from the motion picture "The Sting".

[beetlejuice150]

You're right. That's why the beetle era ended in the early '80s.

[kevintomb]

beetles were NOT one of the most economical cars to drive contrary to popular belief...they WERE when being compared to boat american cars weighing 3500-4000lbs at the time....Most econo cars of the eighties got BETTER mileage and MUCH better acceleration

[RitzyTrailer]

'Tis true.. my '93 Plymouth Acclaim easily gets 25mpg - but back in the day of this Beetle - that was truly a feat!

[abonomini]

Somebody knows the name the music in piano in commercial???

[Dusntman]

the entretaiment

[Jaydeeman20]

Im curious, since beetles have like a 1600cc engine wouldn't it get better mileage? VW did made electronical in the 70's or 80's in around that time... fuel injection to be adaptible on mostly any vehicle. It might have courage enought to reach 37 MPG on level surfaces/ below 50 degrees/ and going at least 55 MPH...

[buzzboy7]

One of the biggest downsides to the beatles, in terms of mpgs, is the gear ratio. Each gear must be revved very high to shift into the next if you want any acceleration at all. The vw could have probably gotten better mpgs with a little bigger engine.

[Jaydeeman20]

Oh yah dude, I forgot about gear ratio. I wonder why they have never put a 5 speed gear box in?

[buzzboy7]

It would have made soo much more sense. The beatle is geared 1-2-4-5 it feels. If I had a tach I could tell you some numbers but it feels like I rev 2nd awefuly high.

[CyDaSnake]

Its Beetle, not Beatle.

[licornenoire]

My ten and a half year old 1.1 petrol Peugeot 106,does near 60mpg, with not that much 'economical driving'. I had beetle 1974 1303 back in the 80's I'm (fairly)sure I was getting 35 mpg....

I'm not knocking the beetle, I love the older one's.... As for the 'new' beetle.....

[CyDaSnake]

35 mpg ain't bad for an older car that was made out of metal.

[iceland2000]

50mpg? maybe oil?

[aircooledvw62]

my bus does around 35 mpg.

[turbobugga]

i feel guilty! my 1960 turbo drinks at a rate of 14 MPG(maybe more)! and for mr. lucaskunk 50 mpg cmon you smoking something GOOD!

[JonathanAlvarezC]

comerciales reales y crudos jejejej

[luccaskunk]

My '75 superbeetle gets 50mpg on the highway, 35 in the city... Kinda weird... Especially since my engine has a lumpy cam and the whole thing is tuned for street racing.

[opferte]

Come on...

[buzzdav4]

These films are inspiring me to resuscitate my '62 Type I, right-hand-drive. Cool but worn.

[vwfanarg]

Great

[fennitch]

My '61 Beetle used to get 40 mpg.

[elkluvadore]

yeah man

[starion88esir]

So true! That is a kick ass commercial.