What I loved about the old Beetle was the 0-60 time of about 25 seconds, the auxiliary heating system, (the cigarette lighter), the way it wandered in high winds, the ocean liner like throttle response at speed.
When they make a really fast car for it's time, that doesn't break down, looks great and at a ridiculously small prize again, THEN they'll be able to call it beetle.
This is just another worthless try to sell overprized rebodied golfs to rich kids.
@espectro2n I own a 68 KGhia and a 72 Beetle, and lets be honest the new car is superior in every way. It will outhandle, out accelerate an old beetel and gets better fuel economy. You don't have to adjust valves, adjust Carbs, wait an hour for the heater to warm up and instead of an electric fan you actually get AC. The original Beetle had a 12000 mile warranty, this one has a 60,000mile warranty and if adjusted for inflation the new one is cheaper. The new is about 60 years more superior.
The used to make old bugs to last, my 69' autostick has the original engine, interior etc. No rattles. You should see my 06 jetta..............rattles all over. Everything now is made to be disposable. Manufacturers claim it's green tech lol....
They should have just left the engine, transmission, & drive wheels in the back. Using a 2L version of the Subaru water cooled boxer 4, with an exhaust that makes the nostalgic tweet we all expect a beetle to make. THEN I could without flinching accept the new aesthetics. That would feel like a modernized type 1. Done in this fashion I've laid out here, they should replace the Toureg with a re done type 181 safari(Thing).
Driving an old beetle '66 is a lifestyle, like choppers. It's easyriding, it's calming, the sound of the engine a warm embrace, knowing it's a strong car with its limits you have to manage it gently, with care. I am always amazed how when I let My friends ride My car the make it cough and refuse almost to respond. It takes skill and love to own and drive a car as the old beetle. The new one, anyone can step in and make it go, it's for toddlers ;)
Porsche kept the motor in the rear. Why can't VW? At least with the E Bugster. Until VW sobers up and gets their taste back, I'll just stick to driving my air cooled Beetle (witch is still on the road as a daily driver). Just sayin
They are completely different cars, is not possible a comparation. The Bug is not just the design, si the air cooled too, is the engine on back... well are many things.
I'd def go with the 52 beetle... But couldn't resist snatching the motor and throwing a 2332cc Pauter Turbo motor in it... That would be an epic win!!!
if you're looking for a 2012 beetle go an buy a 911 porsche. its more bug than 3. gen VW beetle will ever be. one issue though. the price. not that it matters, as you can guess by the price of the 2012 beetle ;)
This is nothing but sales BS. This car is no more related to the old Beetle than it is related to the man in the moon. In my opinion, the old Beetle is nice, 2nd gen Beetle is OK, 3rd gen is not even a Beetle.
It looks like a plastic turd. I hate it. If they want to "bottle lightning", all they have to do is make a small, metal car, with an aircooled, reliable engine and transaxle, keep the interior bare and elegant, and sell it for a reasonable price. All the people who put that new PT Cruiser together and called it a Beetle, should lose their jobs!
I have 2 old school air cooled VWs myself. All of you people saying bring the Beetle back in it's original form sorry it aint happening. I would love to see that too but there is no way they could make a bug just like the old one and meet current EPA and DOT standers. Emissions laws is the main reason why VW abandon air cooled engine in the first place. If someone knows how they could do this I would love to hear it.
Please redesign everything! It's just a body on a Golf chassis. This is the "Peoples Car". Who car afford this? It's suppose to be a basic no thrills, get you from point A to B car. To many gizmos. I can pull a Type I engine in 45 minutes. Like to see someone do that with these New Beetles. Yes, Beetles not Bugs! Rear engine, rear wheel drive. You don't see Porsche putting a 911 engine in front, with front wheel drive do you? To bad Volkswagen can't listen to the people for the "Peoples Car".
Hola Saben , tengo un escarabajo igual al de este video el mismo año de 1947, o sea uno de los primeros 1.800 fabricados. diseñado por el mismísimo Porche, claro esta un poco deteriorado y habría que darle algunos toques de buen gusto. Si algún coleccionista lo quiere, bueno podríamos hallarlo.... un saludo.
Listen to all this crap about what a failure the New Beetle was... in the service of hyping the new (3rd gen) model. This thing isn't closer to the original Beetle. If anything, it's more of what they're complaining about with the New Beetle. Plus that flattened, non-Beetlesque roof.
the old bug: its retro and simple and possibly the sexiest old car anybody knows of (yea thats exaggerated) but its still cheap to buy and to be honest a $5000 bug will stay a $5000 bug if you keep it in the right condition
the new bug: looks like shit, probably drives like shit, heavy as shit, the wheels are shit, the owners are gay.. and shit and no matter how much anybody hates hitler, he does a better job designing a car than the faggots who designed this huge, ugly SHIT!
the new one is just screwed. keep it oldschool thats just the way i like it. it dont have a boxer engine and its not aircooled. and its on the wrong place. just keep it oldschool maybe put a better boxer engine in it and dont change more then that. water is for cooking not for cooling
Dude the original car was mass production. Up until a couple of years ago it held the record for most single model of cars ever produced. But yes, the new Beetle, and new-new Beetle are shit, that no self respecting car guy would buy. They're heavy, too chunky, water cooled, ff layout drivetrain, and are trying so hard to be "sexy" and "cool" that they've completely lost the simple, genuine and straight-shooting attitude of the original. I'll stay with my '66 Beetle.
"how on earth do u duplicate a video thats perhaps the worlds most recognizable, let alone improve on it?" well if you're vw, apparently u dont, u make a piece of shit nothing like the original and call it the same name (y)
i remember when the "new" beetle came out the main complaint was that it was not a rear engine. Well WTF, I really thought they would fix that. Oh well... sticking to the old school bugs! THEY DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!
only reason they dont use the old body shape is because old beetles are very dangerous, only 2% of beetle owners in accidents survive. VW is actually trying to get rid of all old VWs bc of the safety risk.
@SuperBrokenJ You are an idot. Volkswagen isnt trying to get rid of the old beetle becasue 1 - It was their biggest accomplishment. First beetle made in 1938. And second - It would be physically impossible, there was 22 million beetles made from 1938 to now. And anyways how would volkswagen go about wiping out the old beetle? And that 2% thing is total horse shit. Yes the acr is alot weaker than a car of todays standards but it still holds its own in an accident.
NO ! JUST KEEP ALL THE NEW LUXURY AND PUT THE OLD BODIE ON .. IT'S A NO BRAINER ...PLANE AND SIMPLE .. NOTHING BETTER THAN THE OLD BUG. STYLING . I DON'T UNDERSTAND CAR MANUFACTURERS NOT RESTAMPING THE OLD BODIES AND PUTING IN NEW RELIABLE, SAFE INTERNALS ... YOU SAID IT YOURSELF. WHY CHANGE A GREAT THING. .....
Getting an ad for Ford before this video. AS IF I WANT TO SEE A FORD WHEN I'M WATCHING A VIDEO ON VOLKSWAGEN!
/rage
God I love the original Beetle, it's been my favourite car since I was a kid.
The new Beetle and this 3rd gen? Hmm, they're really not the same. Kinda like the new Mini, these remakes look cool at first but then you compare them to the originals and you realise they're nothing but cheap imitations.
I do like the new Scirocco, but it wasn't pretending to be the original...
Just looks like any other new shape car. Hitlers original design is excellent. Oh yes VW are forgetting one thing. THE PRICE. Hitler wanted a car for everyone to own and drive. VW's are way to expensive. So mission failure. Usual story a bunch of stupid corporate cunts fucking everything up and trying to make you suck cock!
I'm a pure VW fan but my gosh I HATE the New Beetle of the early noughties. This car is better, but still miles away from the success of the original Bug. The engine is in the wrong place, power goes through the wrong wheels, it's water-cooled (which is wrong), too big and heavy, too expensive, and too many gizmos and luxury. I'm not impressed to be honest!
@FordV8Supercar I agree I used to be into the classic beetle(well all of the rear wheel drive rear engine rounded body volkswagens of the past). As a kid. Im not really into Volkswagen anymore. But still remain a fan of rear powered cars. So No to front wheel drive. :P
@FordV8Supercar I agree with you. However I think that this car is one of the most charismatic new cars on the market. As much as I admire the old car, I think this one hits it where it counts:in spirit. Plus, It's easier to live with than the old car. People should give this car a chance to develop. I f this one's a big success, maybe VW will make it more like the original. Now that they have access to Porsche engines, they might put it in the rear again.
come on there isnt going to be a new bug...that is one to even get close to the spirit of the original...the new "bug" is a complicated expensive car like any other...they use the bug name to fool people that they are buying a piece of history
My grandpa told me a story about how he sold the best car he ever had because in the 70's a used beetle sold for more then a new beetle; people didn't want to wait to drive one.
I would gladly exchange my defective 2012 Beetle for an original Beetle. Manual windows that work. Steering that does not wander into another lane. The 2012 Beetle may NOT be ready for prime time, at least those being made in Mexico.
Sorry to pop bubbles...the new Beetle, actually, almost no modern car can stand up to the old Beetle. Simple, reliable, inexpensive mechanics over complex, unreliable, expensive circuitry any day.
Many people know that the original VW Beetle was produced by Ferdinand Porsche but few know that he was given the design sketches and ordered to produce the "people's car" by Adolf Hitler himself when he came to power shortly after in 1932. It was Hitler who also ordered the construction of the Autobahn back then when only 1.3% Germans owned cars whereas in America it was 20%. Both designs have stood the Test Of Time. And we thought ol' Adolf was good for nothing except killing Jews, no?
@AccordGTR and fewer know it was a design taken from the Tatra, which means Porsche pretty much stole the design and settled the final law suit with Tatra in the 60's for a huge amount. Yup, Hitler and Porsche stole most of the ideas behind the Beetle from the Tatra company. Still, I like the Beetle more than the Tatra it was copied from. Even the flat engine was a copied concept, but a damn good improvement.
@Deathpunkization Hitler drove the Tatra and liked it, told Porsche to produce so every German could afford it. That's different imo. Remember Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and could have produced the Tartra but he sketched his own and gave specific conditions to Porsche to follow for a German VW. I agree Porsche stole some patented design aspects from Tartra like the air cooling system. So even it wasn't an original idea, it became The Best-selling car design of all time
@stronty haha well I dunno about Steve Jobs. Hitler fought in WW1 and after the war when he was Job-less (no pun intended) he tried to sell his paintings and wanted to become an artist. Wealthy Jews of Germany controlled the fine arts trade. At the same time he was "discovered" by a fledgling political party the Nationalist Socialists German Worker's Party or its shortened nickname the Nazi's. His oratory skills far out-shone his art skills so he had to choose politics instead of art
The new bug is beautiful. A worthy replacement and a superb job of refinement. However, I still prefer the old Saab 900 of the 90's with its much more ergonomically correct curved windshield and short pillars. It was a classic Swedish beauty, and still is.
IDIOTISM, They just need to took old beatle and make new one, just with el. injection. THAT'S IT-No new interior, no new design, and no turbo of course
@MrPekisha No El. Injection please, the actual mechanical pump that comes with the original is one of the things I love the most about the original Beetles. The less electrical components the better in every way, no power windows, none of that is what makes older cars and especially our Beetle special, simplicity and total reliability.
My first car was a '73 bug. Now after many vehicles later I have a '75 bug and an '01 Dodge. (Both bugs Standard, not Super). I would still rather drive my old bug. The only thing I want more is a '66 or older bug (preferably '63 or older). The bug is my primary ride; I drive my truck about 20 miles a month.
Seemingly this new design is better looking than the last generation, in my opinion.
I think it kinda looks very good although the interior is a bit out of proportion. I like the original Beetle too but who has the time to waste driving slowly on the highway in an underpowered engine without any air conditioning in this decade?
We don't need yet another golf... The scirocco is cool this is just repetitive.
Why not making a beetle that IS a beetle? A really tough, simple, cheap and safe car? Something that is really good german quality but it's basic enough to be cheap? With simple mechanics? We have a golf that is cool... but i bet they'd sell a faster, better handling, safer, modernized version of the old beetle.
My neighbor has a type 1 beatle and the new one too lol . The old one is just more detailed and the craftsmanship was there. The new one just looks bland and silly compared to the old beatle.
If you think it looks cool, buy one and write again in two years. These cars are well thought out, but the materials are very poor. It fell apart unlike anything I've ever seen. I'm a former new beetle owner....never again.
Now, if VW can just manage to build a bug that isn't a piece of junk mechanically and electrically, we'll have a winner. I've known 2 people with 2nd gen bugs and both owners sold them vowing to never own another VW. 1st gens were way better (and probably always will be).
What I loved about the old Beetle was the 0-60 time of about 25 seconds, the auxiliary heating system, (the cigarette lighter), the way it wandered in high winds, the ocean liner like throttle response at speed.
itsmegp46 1 day ago
When they make a really fast car for it's time, that doesn't break down, looks great and at a ridiculously small prize again, THEN they'll be able to call it beetle.
This is just another worthless try to sell overprized rebodied golfs to rich kids.
machone7I 1 day ago
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I could look better.
1LunaSt 1 day ago
new bug sucks, I'd pick the old one anyday
1112223333111 3 days ago
21 million just isnt enough, make more mk1 beetles!! my aunts husband has a mid 60's sitting on their yard wasting itself!
coolakiIlen007 3 days ago
Nice car, but i prefer to go to my work with my 1979.
777User 3 days ago
Let's be clear. The old Bug is just amazing it's just an Symbol. But let's be honest, the new one is a PIECE OF SHIT.
espectro2n 4 days ago
@espectro2n I own a 68 KGhia and a 72 Beetle, and lets be honest the new car is superior in every way. It will outhandle, out accelerate an old beetel and gets better fuel economy. You don't have to adjust valves, adjust Carbs, wait an hour for the heater to warm up and instead of an electric fan you actually get AC. The original Beetle had a 12000 mile warranty, this one has a 60,000mile warranty and if adjusted for inflation the new one is cheaper. The new is about 60 years more superior.
desertsoldier81 4 days ago
@desertsoldier81 Right but i don't know i think that the new Bug is just ugly
espectro2n 3 days ago
@espectro2n Actually I will be honest. Compared to the old car, the new one is superior is every single way.
itsmegp46 1 day ago
The used to make old bugs to last, my 69' autostick has the original engine, interior etc. No rattles. You should see my 06 jetta..............rattles all over. Everything now is made to be disposable. Manufacturers claim it's green tech lol....
vik76mx 6 days ago
They should have just left the engine, transmission, & drive wheels in the back. Using a 2L version of the Subaru water cooled boxer 4, with an exhaust that makes the nostalgic tweet we all expect a beetle to make. THEN I could without flinching accept the new aesthetics. That would feel like a modernized type 1. Done in this fashion I've laid out here, they should replace the Toureg with a re done type 181 safari(Thing).
ninjabob52 1 week ago
As with all companies, they took an amazing design and made it boring.
I miss the aesthetic detail work they used to put into car designs. :-\
lavalizard3 1 week ago
Looks nice but ill stick with my '73
FacelessNemesis 1 week ago
Old bugs weere and always are the bomb!
ghostguy15 1 week ago
VW just did too well of a job, the original can never be beaten
51dumbdumb 1 week ago
old beatle is nicer
ya0sef 1 week ago
Driving an old beetle '66 is a lifestyle, like choppers. It's easyriding, it's calming, the sound of the engine a warm embrace, knowing it's a strong car with its limits you have to manage it gently, with care. I am always amazed how when I let My friends ride My car the make it cough and refuse almost to respond. It takes skill and love to own and drive a car as the old beetle. The new one, anyone can step in and make it go, it's for toddlers ;)
oxxxArkanxxxo 1 week ago
God, that green 52 is just beautiful!
I do like the new Beetle in gray though I still love my Golf TDI.
mindfield7 1 week ago
old= gold
TtechnoForeverr 2 weeks ago
Porsche kept the motor in the rear. Why can't VW? At least with the E Bugster. Until VW sobers up and gets their taste back, I'll just stick to driving my air cooled Beetle (witch is still on the road as a daily driver). Just sayin
ethanvid 2 weeks ago
I AGREE WELL SAID
cometazo 2 weeks ago
Wtf he new version is sexy from a guys point of view!!! That old rounded piece of shit you guys called a car is ugly to say the least
thejoshno 2 weeks ago
They are completely different cars, is not possible a comparation. The Bug is not just the design, si the air cooled too, is the engine on back... well are many things.
TheRocko2000 2 weeks ago 2
I'd def go with the 52 beetle... But couldn't resist snatching the motor and throwing a 2332cc Pauter Turbo motor in it... That would be an epic win!!!
ProCharged4108 2 weeks ago
NO
hofnoan 2 weeks ago
isnt it technically the 4G? correct me if im wrong, but; split/oval, super, new, 2012
playingwithfirehurts 3 weeks ago
Hey motor trend! The first bug was late 40's!! NOT the late 60's get it together please.
MichaelIanHenry 3 weeks ago
GREAT REVIEW!!!!
juris7564 3 weeks ago
I wouldn't mind a modern water-cooled engine, but they put the engine in the wrong end!
rwdplz1 3 weeks ago
if you're looking for a 2012 beetle go an buy a 911 porsche. its more bug than 3. gen VW beetle will ever be. one issue though. the price. not that it matters, as you can guess by the price of the 2012 beetle ;)
Th3SundanceKid 3 weeks ago
I'd rather the old one to be honest :D
New ones (both gen) look like uglified Audi TTs
co1088 3 weeks ago
Only if it comes standard with the VR-6 engine
xx000o 3 weeks ago
This is nothing but sales BS. This car is no more related to the old Beetle than it is related to the man in the moon. In my opinion, the old Beetle is nice, 2nd gen Beetle is OK, 3rd gen is not even a Beetle.
caduceus33 3 weeks ago
when i watch this, i found white supra at the right... so i clicked to supra...
ritz60 3 weeks ago
It looks like a plastic turd. I hate it. If they want to "bottle lightning", all they have to do is make a small, metal car, with an aircooled, reliable engine and transaxle, keep the interior bare and elegant, and sell it for a reasonable price. All the people who put that new PT Cruiser together and called it a Beetle, should lose their jobs!
stopglobalswarming 3 weeks ago
The headlights and tail lights are ugly ricer crap. The new car is probably 50,000 $USD, and nothing like a real Beetle. Waste of materials!
stopglobalswarming 3 weeks ago
I have 2 old school air cooled VWs myself. All of you people saying bring the Beetle back in it's original form sorry it aint happening. I would love to see that too but there is no way they could make a bug just like the old one and meet current EPA and DOT standers. Emissions laws is the main reason why VW abandon air cooled engine in the first place. If someone knows how they could do this I would love to hear it.
dad23boys 3 weeks ago
I want the old bug and van back so please Volkswagen!
BaronGerman 4 weeks ago
go back to the original! make the old bugs again!
1968sizzler 1 month ago 33
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mingLii2 1 month ago
Please redesign everything! It's just a body on a Golf chassis. This is the "Peoples Car". Who car afford this? It's suppose to be a basic no thrills, get you from point A to B car. To many gizmos. I can pull a Type I engine in 45 minutes. Like to see someone do that with these New Beetles. Yes, Beetles not Bugs! Rear engine, rear wheel drive. You don't see Porsche putting a 911 engine in front, with front wheel drive do you? To bad Volkswagen can't listen to the people for the "Peoples Car".
TheEnormousjohnson 1 month ago
Hola Saben , tengo un escarabajo igual al de este video el mismo año de 1947, o sea uno de los primeros 1.800 fabricados. diseñado por el mismísimo Porche, claro esta un poco deteriorado y habría que darle algunos toques de buen gusto. Si algún coleccionista lo quiere, bueno podríamos hallarlo.... un saludo.
joselu556 1 month ago
I love the way it looks, and it's about a million miles ahead of the 'new beetle'
mchandler2112 1 month ago
Engines in the wrong place.
ehanbameh1 1 month ago
Fail.
rustycan420 1 month ago
great beetle
outatime100 1 month ago
Listen to all this crap about what a failure the New Beetle was... in the service of hyping the new (3rd gen) model. This thing isn't closer to the original Beetle. If anything, it's more of what they're complaining about with the New Beetle. Plus that flattened, non-Beetlesque roof.
BegoneJonah 1 month ago
I like the Old one BETTER!!!!
masterflavio51 1 month ago
The old one is better
ci3lo3t3rno 1 month ago
looks like a chubby porche. still better then the one before it. out with the old, in the with new.
irishjames5 1 month ago
I am a VW Bug Lover.My 1st car was a 1970 Bug.I am on my 3rd Bug a 2010.I do not care for the latest style.Will NOT be buying one of those =(
KennaluvsVW 1 month ago
Bring out the New Bugs did the Old Bugs a favour.
The Old bugs became more Iconic and Old Bugs, Value went up.
jorologo 1 month ago
the old bug: its retro and simple and possibly the sexiest old car anybody knows of (yea thats exaggerated) but its still cheap to buy and to be honest a $5000 bug will stay a $5000 bug if you keep it in the right condition
the new bug: looks like shit, probably drives like shit, heavy as shit, the wheels are shit, the owners are gay.. and shit and no matter how much anybody hates hitler, he does a better job designing a car than the faggots who designed this huge, ugly SHIT!
mjsmanschmidt 1 month ago
the new one is just screwed. keep it oldschool thats just the way i like it. it dont have a boxer engine and its not aircooled. and its on the wrong place. just keep it oldschool maybe put a better boxer engine in it and dont change more then that. water is for cooking not for cooling
12bmxdude12 1 month ago 11
fuck, i hate new VW .... mk3 is the latest graeat vw car !
kosnita 1 month ago
not nice in my eyes ! far too samey. could easily be a chrysler :(
D296DAV 1 month ago
no it does not look better!!!!!!!!!!!
people open your eyes!!!!!!!
the classic originals were class and quality!!!!!
the new ones are no class and less quality, now its just mass production!!!!!!!!!!!!
lordshitsalot 1 month ago
@lordshitsalot
Dude the original car was mass production. Up until a couple of years ago it held the record for most single model of cars ever produced. But yes, the new Beetle, and new-new Beetle are shit, that no self respecting car guy would buy. They're heavy, too chunky, water cooled, ff layout drivetrain, and are trying so hard to be "sexy" and "cool" that they've completely lost the simple, genuine and straight-shooting attitude of the original. I'll stay with my '66 Beetle.
-Joe C.
360spinetransfer 1 month ago
@360spinetransfer
Also, to me, it looks a bit like if a Chrysler Sebring f*cked a Porsche Cayman.
360spinetransfer 1 month ago
0:36 °,° Lol
xxLaGrandeFalsaxx 1 month ago
I hate,agly beee
juniorr1983 1 month ago
Kinda looks like a PT Cruiser...
turbotoyota4x4 1 month ago
it tries to copy porsche now...
kimjb95 1 month ago
@kimjb95 The Porsche 911 was derived from the Beetle.
azn069 1 month ago
@kimjb95 Dr. Ferdinand Porche designed the Type 1. How did you arrive at your thoughts of "copy"?
lonelysideshow 1 month ago
Engineers now days have absolutely nothing on the engineers designing VW's 40 years ago. I say give up and let the icon be an icon....
Indy452 1 month ago
OLD IS GOLD ! NEW IS FUC*ED UP !
TaBaLoTsKiE09 1 month ago
I love this model
pecas20101 1 month ago
Bottle lightening? It's called a Leyden Jar.
mpc07005 1 month ago
@mpc07005 touché!!
lonelysideshow 1 month ago
"how on earth do u duplicate a video thats perhaps the worlds most recognizable, let alone improve on it?" well if you're vw, apparently u dont, u make a piece of shit nothing like the original and call it the same name (y)
itchysp 1 month ago
needs a cummins! lol!
DEEREMAN200LCD 1 month ago
the old one is bttr....
fixt100 1 month ago
i remember when the "new" beetle came out the main complaint was that it was not a rear engine. Well WTF, I really thought they would fix that. Oh well... sticking to the old school bugs! THEY DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!
dns850 1 month ago
Surely they can do better than this it still looks naff compared the the original.
dismasx 1 month ago
i hat the new bug
herbiecars1and2 2 months ago
they should give it 300 hp!!!
turtlewax3585 2 months ago
rear engine Diesel would be nice too...
OdinsCloud 2 months ago
Air cooled rear engine, made simple & dependable with a similar body that does not have the rust issue of the original. I would buy that!
OdinsCloud 2 months ago
wtf this isnt no beetle
Timespartan111 2 months ago
Wow, thats a nice baby hitler you got there
(Hitler called beetles "Baby Hitlers")
Jakethesnake1281 2 months ago
only reason they dont use the old body shape is because old beetles are very dangerous, only 2% of beetle owners in accidents survive. VW is actually trying to get rid of all old VWs bc of the safety risk.
SuperBrokenJ 2 months ago
@SuperBrokenJ You are an idot. Volkswagen isnt trying to get rid of the old beetle becasue 1 - It was their biggest accomplishment. First beetle made in 1938. And second - It would be physically impossible, there was 22 million beetles made from 1938 to now. And anyways how would volkswagen go about wiping out the old beetle? And that 2% thing is total horse shit. Yes the acr is alot weaker than a car of todays standards but it still holds its own in an accident.
LPMinecraftOnline 2 months ago
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NANGames 2 months ago
Just give it another name, like WrongBodyKitted Golf or something. This is just an insult to the Beetle and it's owners.
2stroke4Me 2 months ago
its fukin gross.
green66vw 2 months ago
NO ! JUST KEEP ALL THE NEW LUXURY AND PUT THE OLD BODIE ON .. IT'S A NO BRAINER ...PLANE AND SIMPLE .. NOTHING BETTER THAN THE OLD BUG. STYLING . I DON'T UNDERSTAND CAR MANUFACTURERS NOT RESTAMPING THE OLD BODIES AND PUTING IN NEW RELIABLE, SAFE INTERNALS ... YOU SAID IT YOURSELF. WHY CHANGE A GREAT THING. .....
THIS MEANS YOU TO CHEVY,DODGE & FORD ..NO BRAINER
DRSOOS66 2 months ago
naahh i stick to the old version. Mutch cheaper and more car for the money
hanjansson 2 months ago
who the hell cares its just a car and if u like well u like if u dont then kick rocks.
soulscan1 2 months ago
Getting an ad for Ford before this video. AS IF I WANT TO SEE A FORD WHEN I'M WATCHING A VIDEO ON VOLKSWAGEN!
/rage
God I love the original Beetle, it's been my favourite car since I was a kid.
The new Beetle and this 3rd gen? Hmm, they're really not the same. Kinda like the new Mini, these remakes look cool at first but then you compare them to the originals and you realise they're nothing but cheap imitations.
I do like the new Scirocco, but it wasn't pretending to be the original...
Jarren202 2 months ago
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Just looks like any other new shape car. Hitlers original design is excellent. Oh yes VW are forgetting one thing. THE PRICE. Hitler wanted a car for everyone to own and drive. VW's are way to expensive. So mission failure. Usual story a bunch of stupid corporate cunts fucking everything up and trying to make you suck cock!
mesmerizeme 2 months ago 22
@mesmerizeme LOL @ your last sentence. I own a 63 beetle myself.
aztr0zombie 2 months ago
@mesmerizeme Hitler didn't design anything himself. He stole the design from Tatra and made Porsche copy it.
Jarren202 2 months ago
aff...so mais o antigoo!!
chrisveloz100 2 months ago 2
66" ftw
mchammer14004 2 months ago
Okay, so I like Fords as well but that's a different story lol
FordV8Supercar 3 months ago
I'm a pure VW fan but my gosh I HATE the New Beetle of the early noughties. This car is better, but still miles away from the success of the original Bug. The engine is in the wrong place, power goes through the wrong wheels, it's water-cooled (which is wrong), too big and heavy, too expensive, and too many gizmos and luxury. I'm not impressed to be honest!
FordV8Supercar 3 months ago 34
@FordV8Supercar I agree I used to be into the classic beetle(well all of the rear wheel drive rear engine rounded body volkswagens of the past). As a kid. Im not really into Volkswagen anymore. But still remain a fan of rear powered cars. So No to front wheel drive. :P
ROMANEMPIRE69 2 months ago
@FordV8Supercar I agree with you. However I think that this car is one of the most charismatic new cars on the market. As much as I admire the old car, I think this one hits it where it counts:in spirit. Plus, It's easier to live with than the old car. People should give this car a chance to develop. I f this one's a big success, maybe VW will make it more like the original. Now that they have access to Porsche engines, they might put it in the rear again.
LeBartman 1 month ago
@FordV8Supercar YEAH!
SyahmiMelayu 4 weeks ago
New Beetle = Plastic Shit..
aafkgirl91 3 months ago
@aafkgirl91 All the new cars are plastic.
megawelderguy 2 months ago
come on there isnt going to be a new bug...that is one to even get close to the spirit of the original...the new "bug" is a complicated expensive car like any other...they use the bug name to fool people that they are buying a piece of history
americanu197 3 months ago
New bug actually looks pretty nice. I'm impressed VW :)
Anoush13 3 months ago 2
@Anoush13 I agree , the new bug looks much better . whats the drivetrain?
megawelderguy 2 months ago
the old one still looks better but the new one is def a good improvment from the 98 ver
Syphon787G 3 months ago
i have a 1956 beetle and a 1967 vw camper.
MrHetherton 3 months ago
Ugly forever.
TDTerix 3 months ago
The one major mess-up on the 2012=ENGINE SHOULD NOT BE IN FRONT!
hunterziegelmann 3 months ago
the roof line is awsome front and back suck
way2fasts 3 months ago
no
theaussiegeek 3 months ago
My grandpa told me a story about how he sold the best car he ever had because in the 70's a used beetle sold for more then a new beetle; people didn't want to wait to drive one.
storeagirl 3 months ago
1:20
is it just me or the front end looks like it's taken from porsche ??
matija656 3 months ago
I would gladly exchange my defective 2012 Beetle for an original Beetle. Manual windows that work. Steering that does not wander into another lane. The 2012 Beetle may NOT be ready for prime time, at least those being made in Mexico.
Mine is going back. Ouch VW.
rougebaisers 3 months ago
Sorry to pop bubbles...the new Beetle, actually, almost no modern car can stand up to the old Beetle. Simple, reliable, inexpensive mechanics over complex, unreliable, expensive circuitry any day.
Deathpunkization 3 months ago
Id rather stick to the old one "-63" id rather walk then buy the New Beetle.
Emperorprime 3 months ago
Many people know that the original VW Beetle was produced by Ferdinand Porsche but few know that he was given the design sketches and ordered to produce the "people's car" by Adolf Hitler himself when he came to power shortly after in 1932. It was Hitler who also ordered the construction of the Autobahn back then when only 1.3% Germans owned cars whereas in America it was 20%. Both designs have stood the Test Of Time. And we thought ol' Adolf was good for nothing except killing Jews, no?
AccordGTR 3 months ago
@AccordGTR and fewer know it was a design taken from the Tatra, which means Porsche pretty much stole the design and settled the final law suit with Tatra in the 60's for a huge amount. Yup, Hitler and Porsche stole most of the ideas behind the Beetle from the Tatra company. Still, I like the Beetle more than the Tatra it was copied from. Even the flat engine was a copied concept, but a damn good improvement.
Deathpunkization 3 months ago
@Deathpunkization Hitler drove the Tatra and liked it, told Porsche to produce so every German could afford it. That's different imo. Remember Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and could have produced the Tartra but he sketched his own and gave specific conditions to Porsche to follow for a German VW. I agree Porsche stole some patented design aspects from Tartra like the air cooling system. So even it wasn't an original idea, it became The Best-selling car design of all time
AccordGTR 3 months ago
@AccordGTR Adolf was a very hands on guy, he was very into aesthetics and design, sorta like Steve Jobs.
stronty 3 months ago
@stronty haha well I dunno about Steve Jobs. Hitler fought in WW1 and after the war when he was Job-less (no pun intended) he tried to sell his paintings and wanted to become an artist. Wealthy Jews of Germany controlled the fine arts trade. At the same time he was "discovered" by a fledgling political party the Nationalist Socialists German Worker's Party or its shortened nickname the Nazi's. His oratory skills far out-shone his art skills so he had to choose politics instead of art
AccordGTR 3 months ago
The new bug is beautiful. A worthy replacement and a superb job of refinement. However, I still prefer the old Saab 900 of the 90's with its much more ergonomically correct curved windshield and short pillars. It was a classic Swedish beauty, and still is.
JBC814 3 months ago
the new beetle looks fucking shit, i would have my '75 bug over that any day.
MyLifeRSC 3 months ago
Turbo :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
IDIOTISM, They just need to took old beatle and make new one, just with el. injection. THAT'S IT-No new interior, no new design, and no turbo of course
MrPekisha 3 months ago
@MrPekisha No El. Injection please, the actual mechanical pump that comes with the original is one of the things I love the most about the original Beetles. The less electrical components the better in every way, no power windows, none of that is what makes older cars and especially our Beetle special, simplicity and total reliability.
Deathpunkization 3 months ago
@MrPekisha LOL you want turbo, just drop in a porsche 911 engine.
luigi2999 2 months ago
@luigi2999 Porshe's rubbish :(
MrPekisha 2 months ago
another mess!
yamyamdudley 4 months ago
My firs car was a 69 beatle I drive a a4. love german engineering
1SRMEMO 4 months ago
old school beetle is better one of my fav cars
MsCrappants 4 months ago
I think this new one looks alright.
My first car was a '73 bug. Now after many vehicles later I have a '75 bug and an '01 Dodge. (Both bugs Standard, not Super). I would still rather drive my old bug. The only thing I want more is a '66 or older bug (preferably '63 or older). The bug is my primary ride; I drive my truck about 20 miles a month.
Seemingly this new design is better looking than the last generation, in my opinion.
Dab11082 4 months ago
Why can't they make on SIMILAR to the original Beetle, not all futuristic and new-ish? I don't like it.
MisterModder123 4 months ago
I think it kinda looks very good although the interior is a bit out of proportion. I like the original Beetle too but who has the time to waste driving slowly on the highway in an underpowered engine without any air conditioning in this decade?
Skampo1119 4 months ago
Audi TT on meth...
simonpatrekur 4 months ago
sigh the new beatles are as fast as my GTI, maybe even faster due to the weight. sigh time to send my car to APR......
Holmes1MN 4 months ago
rear, boxer engine - in the old beetle. The new is a fake, disposable beetle.
zilonx 4 months ago 22
Utter
Complete
and
Abysmal
Failure.
The Dodge Charger for the German car builders.
Once again, a perfect and complete styling failure.
Wikipunani 4 months ago
@Wikipunani Unforgivable.
Wikipunani 4 months ago
too expensive. and it still looks like a car given to a girl's sweet sixteen birthday.
ajca320 4 months ago
our first car was a beetle followed by passat. so hands down to VW in general. german cars are awesome. precision, design, and safety -- all in one.
TheVincentborromeo 4 months ago
What song is this? Its beautiful. If someone knows, can you share that information with me please?
MadHatterTrina 4 months ago
the wheels, just dont fit on everybody's eyes these days
JJAstley 4 months ago
I don't think so
orthocresol 4 months ago
Wheels look dumb.
Nirvalica 4 months ago
OLD>NEW
psychedelnick1 4 months ago 3
I bet if VW would return to produce original Type 1 they would sell way more specimens of old Beetle whan of this new shit!
Logik426 5 months ago
i would take the old bug over the new bug any day. why? because i can easily get 25k+ for THAT split oval
tbbucks2 5 months ago
NOOO!!!!
EVairsoft 5 months ago
I think it looks more like the super beetle then the earlier ones .
Jamies85sj410 5 months ago
I love it
3B6ooSH 5 months ago
The second gen beetle sucks, this one will suck as well. VW will never be able to recreate the awesomeness that is the classic beetle.
atbdrummer 5 months ago
at least it doesnt look as gay as the "new beetle" wich i always called the "gay beetle"
niconite 5 months ago
We don't need yet another golf... The scirocco is cool this is just repetitive.
Why not making a beetle that IS a beetle? A really tough, simple, cheap and safe car? Something that is really good german quality but it's basic enough to be cheap? With simple mechanics? We have a golf that is cool... but i bet they'd sell a faster, better handling, safer, modernized version of the old beetle.
machone7I 5 months ago
I would like a comparison video with all 3 generations
360lateflip 5 months ago
My neighbor has a type 1 beatle and the new one too lol . The old one is just more detailed and the craftsmanship was there. The new one just looks bland and silly compared to the old beatle.
gmman05 5 months ago
it looks like a squished beetle that has chopped up Chrysler 300 tail lights O_o
RioZLander 5 months ago
Well, the 1960's and 1970'sbug was more affordable to people !!!
That was why it was first manufactured !
deesa89 5 months ago
f%^*k brand new cars, I'm ridin' old school :)
bunorah 5 months ago 29
The Original Beetle has more style and detail
Charger5001968 5 months ago
@Charger5001968 The old skool Beetle?
Martinezinc 4 months ago
VW guys should have learned from the Fiat 500 lesson given by the Italians.
Jixu85 5 months ago
vw's new lower grille design sucks..
MRchapterfour08 5 months ago
I see the new VW 50 times per day, and i don't see the old VW for some years.
FBNPINHA 5 months ago
Looks better than the "MK2" but that isn't saying much now is it?
tgseason12 5 months ago
Put a $12,000 base, and I'm a buyer!!!
4x4cRiSpY 5 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Huge improvement from last gen.
summersenvy7 5 months ago
@EUROPEANSUBERALLES you're absolutely corrrect!! :)
Virgoearthchild 5 months ago
trying to bottle lightning is worth while?
bballcj2 5 months ago
Make the outside look EXACTLY like the old one update the inside and you got a WINNER....WINNING!
Hoozay 5 months ago 3
I'll go down here as to being the absolute only person on YouTube who actually bought a brand new 1960 VW Beetle. In 1960!
I paid $1600 for it. I added a radio (option) for $20.00, and whitewall tires (option) for $20.00 more.
I financed it! As that was some very serious money for me back then.
I traded it in for a 1965 Bug.
Today I ride a 2010 Ducati Multistrada bike.
You do the math!
Dan
340PD 5 months ago
If you think it looks cool, buy one and write again in two years. These cars are well thought out, but the materials are very poor. It fell apart unlike anything I've ever seen. I'm a former new beetle owner....never again.
artmechanic 5 months ago
Now, if VW can just manage to build a bug that isn't a piece of junk mechanically and electrically, we'll have a winner. I've known 2 people with 2nd gen bugs and both owners sold them vowing to never own another VW. 1st gens were way better (and probably always will be).