Tipical vw beetle commercial: competition in the snow!

[1aauto]

Can't get enough of these old commercials.

[music4lifenfun7]

LOVE IT! Ha Ha

[tonyarrj]

i have two: one ´69 beetle and one ´58 panel. but I´ll nuy that horn hahaha =D

[LolEYEHasFun]

that guy watches too much dukes of hazards

[1bmxdude]

haha funny

[AAVista]

@Ian74263 That's not an Aston Martin. It's a Fiat 2300 Sport prepared for rally use.

[TheVladivostok87]

the story of the turtle and the rabbit in french, the grey car is a FIAT 2300s coupe (modified)

[nitemare125]

just goes to show, u never fuck with a beetle



[1bmxdude]

@nitemare125 deam right

[DdlyHeadshot]

I love how similar this is to the first ad TG submitted for the Scirroco Diesel...

[aafkgirl91]

Cool video!

[HunterMann]

What a great old VW spot from one of the legendary ad agencies! Do you have this on 16mm? I buy & trade 16mm reels.

[beetlejuice150]

@HunterMann

No, I recorded this from a VHS cassette.

[HunterMann]

@beetlejuice150 Well, thanks for posting it. As you may know VHS tape can fade over time. Keep it safe from heat & dust!

[pancakewafflebacon]

what kind of car was that?

[nekbiodieselworks]

great commercial but im afraid my bugs winter days are over

[halnwheels]

I really miss my beetles. A simple; honest car that was inexpensive but not cheap.  This video really takes me back. Thanks

[tonidmc]

and in fact, even with the 1300 this vw with skilled driver could climb that road faster than we see here.

[PiNK2BLoVe]

i like volkswagen

[phatso786]

owned

[88emu]

I should drive my Beetle like that, steady. Reliable as hell!

[vulesaska]

beep is wonderfoul

[compactronicc]

jajajajajajajaja esta chido el comercial. jajajaja

awebo un bocho nunka te deja tirado

[Annerstedt84]

hey beetlejuice, really appreciate the upload of comercials, but why? this must take lots of time.. :P

thanks though

[beetlejuice150]

Thanks for your kind words. It was fun to do that and I am a beetle addict!

Just want to spread the aircooled message...

[PlushGallade]

@beetlejuice150 Best Commercial Ever Epic Fail For That Driver Crash And Maintain Twice And Get A Snow Bump

[ozlotto76]

lol. slow and steady wins the race i guess

[mofunzonecom]

lol quttro pass quttrro die lol

[amazula]

lol BEEP

[desmodronic916]

WTF is wrong with that guy? Small dick?

[starbucksmunky]

In the Bullitt chase scene you can see plenty of Volkswagens, both bugs and busses. It was filmed on the streets of San Francisco.

I don't think they all just got towed up there for a movie...

[peepeevagi]

... So what would you think is wrong with said beetle?

[starbucksmunky]

Nothing. It's a classic car, and every car has is flaws. The beetle isn't for people who like to drive fast.

And people who buy big American muscle cars sure as hell don't buy them for the gas mileage. People who drive riced out piece of shit Hondas and Nissans don't expect to ever go off road.

[peepeevagi]

And this little beetle wont go up a hill with four passengers >.>

And, a riced out Civic does great in a rally...

[starbucksmunky]

A ralleyed out Civic does great in a rally. The typical shit we have around here (lowered with some rims and an ugly body kit, 2" from the ground) would be shit in a rally.

My bus with 5 passengers went up a pretty big hill, I don't see how a little beetle wouldn't be able to.

[peepeevagi]

A civic in any shape or form can hold it's own offroad. Low? Avoid boulders. XD

And, i guess our two beetles are just different.

All the more reason to go and turn it into a pickup convertible...

[starbucksmunky]

I guess so.

I just drive ACVW for the hippie vibes.

[murcielago06gt]

@peepeevagi

I'm afraid youre wrong. I have a 1973 Beetle with a whopping 46hp. With me, 3 other people and 7 80lb bags of quickrete, it easily went up a 2 mile 10-15% grade hill. Even I'm impressed.

[nekbiodieselworks]

i thought that the 73 had a 60 hp engine

[murcielago06gt]

@nekbiodieselworks The supers had that. Mine's a standard.

[nekbiodieselworks]

really? no kidding I have a 72 super beetle with an autostick, I love it, you can see it on my youtube channel. post something about you'res it makes for a great video.

[boo66]

@murcielago06gt

Stickshift semi-auto was available on torsion-bar Beetles before the 1302/03 was introoduced.

[idkyoo]

hahaha thats pretty true...i say i must agree with you.

[PlayDohz06]

Lol worst commercial ever wow.

[starbucksmunky]

I meant plenty of traction.

[peepeevagi]

Yeah but there's not enough power, or even traction with those knobbly wobbly tires, to make it up in the first place.

Besides, Beetles belong on flat sandy ground and going off of jumps. Y'know, heritage.

[starbucksmunky]

You have obviously never driven a bug.

It has the right power to weight ratio. It weighs very little, so it doesn't need more power than Volkswagen gave it.

If the Volkswagen won't make it up the hill, that big car won't either.

[peepeevagi]

No, i just drive with four others after having eaten...

And, the big car can for sure.

Ever driven a Cadillac El Dorado or De ville?

Proof.

[starbucksmunky]

Not up a snow hill.

And I seriously doubt it.

At least a car from that era with no traction control will not.

[peepeevagi]

If it cant, no traction control, then why should a beetle?

Fair comparison, a late 1980's toyota runabout.

Same size, power, weight, wont make it up a san fran hill.

[starbucksmunky]

Because the beetle has a lot of traction on the rear wheels. It doesn't need traction control.

There has got to be something wrong with the car.

I think that beetles and busses were driven through San Francisco a lot in the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. Not so much now because not as many people daily drive a 30+ year old car.

But bugs and busses wouldn't have been such popular and well respected cars if they couldn't make it through a huge city like San Francisco. Watch the Bullitt chasescene

[58fordcustom123]

helarious

[norsksvartmetall999]

BEETLE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!

[dr23foxbody]

lol that was fun

[KH990j]

epic fail

[seabass0591]

epic faggot

[larathabal]

timeproof car !!

[herbiefl53roblox]

I love VW bugs! even herbie!

[empi80]

This is one of my favourite, even if it's french!!!

[vwbeetleowner]

beetles are the best!!!!!!!

[supsolo]

my favorite car

[HeathwoodStudios]

one day, i think they should start re-building the beetle (original)

even though it's manufacturing methods were costly due to manual labour requirements.. surely in the current day with all our global resource issues where sustainability is our only way forward, we need cars that will last forever on good quality materials that were built properly?

get a decent engine in there with EFI for good fuel consumption and to pass emissions tests and surely you have a winner? like the new bays?

[LeviMan2001]

I think safety regulations killed it, right? I don't think it'd be to great, it'd end up being an over engineered plastic hunk like most modern cars.

[HeathwoodStudios]

good point, its just lucky that these safety and other emission regulations don't apply to older cars at the moment

although i can't see how the new brazilian bays that are being made can successfully pass any safety regulations, they are probably even worse than bugs lol

[ibaghot]

man you are so wrong the brazilian beetles are even better than the german ones

[1995Gameboy]

Are tou talking about the old Bugs or the new ones?

[ibaghot]

the old ones

[1995Gameboy]

How does a Beetle made in Brazil differ from a German or Mexican or U.S-made Beetle? They all have the same basic design and the same dependability.

[beetlejuice150]

Some people say it's in the qualty of the paint and steel used...

[Panzerfaust111]

@beetlejuice150 not really I have both a 1964 German and a 1992 Mexican made beetle and the quality of the metal is the same, Brazilian body parts are a little thinner but okay, as for the newly chinese made body parts that have poped in the market lately are made of carbon fiber, they will make the car lighter but they wont last long.

[boo66]

@1995Gameboy

Brazilians always used the pre-August 1964 body pressing with the small windows and flat windscreen. Many other detail and trim differences to the Germans as the years went on.

Mexicans were much more like the German ones, apart from the odd detail difference like rear window size after '71.

[gaggle707]

haha i love it

[TheBandit77TransAm]

i love vws

[solidsnake2730]

i like how the guy kept cutting him off and at the end the beetle is like MOVE IT FAGGET!!!

[peepeevagi]

Considering that the beetle wont climb hills, i'll pick the latter.

[JasonsCabin1000]

Yes it will noob. Its one of the best. DUH!!!

[peepeevagi]

Firstly, Four months ago i put that down assface >.> And, seccondly, have you ever tried to drive a beetle up a mountain in the snow without snow tires? It's damn near suicide. It's not even a matter of performance, moreso luck.

[JasonsCabin1000]

Well you must have shitty luck.

[peepeevagi]

Have you ever tried?

If not, how can you know?

I ought to lock you in the back of a VW for a day during a texas summer. One of the other horrors, lol.

[starbucksmunky]

Hmm...700 lbs over the front axle with rear wheel drive vs. 500 lbs over the rear axle with rear wheel drive. Speaks for itself. You don't need a lot of weight in the front to turn the wheels.

The big car has no traction because all the weight is in the front and power is going to the back. The beetle and bus have the weight in the right place. Gives plenty of power to the drive wheels.

[Vladey14]

vw beetle is a beast!!! <3

[sonicmarron]

I love this car

[thiagotecnico]

there's no water in that engine. good.

[alpkuscu]

Nobody except VW drivers knows that this car is damn good in snowy roads! Every winter I leave my new car in the garage and continue with the VW alone in the streets:)

[SirSmeargle]

Slow and steady not only wins the race... it also saves itself from harm's way. :)

[001chatlos001]

my dad had one that got fully restored 1966

to be exact one hell of a trofy winner

[emrom]

Jajaja "La Cucaracha... ya no puede caminar", the hornsong

[HunterMann]

Claaaaaro que si!! Viva El Vocho del Ocho!!

[imfercho]

sii!! que raro que lo hayan usado en un comercial frances. Pero sta bueno el detalle!

[jamelorichardm]

hahahaha cute!!

[crazybluemongoose]

i guess slow and steady really does win the race

[creamnpuffs]

Long live the beetle!

[nintendozelda98]

LOL....

[26311222]

For me the beetle is alive! So good comercials! :) I like them!

[perreriasa]

ma che cazzata, la fiat che si ferma e il maggiolino che va avanti.

[Rockford82611]

2300 coupè oltretutto...

mah...

[jasonlava]

:-D The brave little Beetle wins again!  Beep BEEEEP!

[indiodeoro]

My God! In which part of Europe falls the snow like that?

[HeadNr4]

Scandinavia, The Alps, in the East...

[manicmorbidity]

The bug's horn made me smile. *honk honk* <3

[slugo13]

it's a fiat 2300

[cjinsd]

Is the silver car a disguised Gilbern Genie, fitted with body colored panels over the rear side windows and additional 'vents' in the right front fender made of black tape, to match the tape on the hood?

[slugo13]

It's a Fiat 2300

[cjinsd]

Thanks slugo13! I was very curious. I used to drive a 124 Spider, I've been into cars all my life, and I still didn't know what a Fiat 2300 Coupe was until you pointed it out.

[sharpanator]

its like that tale with the race between the rabbit and the turtle. The rabbit is so sure that he will win that he makes a pause and fall asleep and while the rabbit is sleeping the turtle finish the race first lol the rabbit here is cleary the car with the la cucaracha melodie horn.

[fdzwes]

Love the fake skid sound at :32

[devchev78]

dude i love this ad!! VOLKSWAGEN ROCKS!!! none of this over decorated flashy crap. lol yaa cool ad :)

[quirpco]

I LOVE that commercial!! Especially the end when the jerk in the sports car ate it and his stupid musical horn got ruined, hahahaha! Go V-dub!

[meksikanflodeo]

Simpático comercial... me cae!!! I remember "The Turtle and the hare" Que tierno vochito!!!

[jemcart6]

the beetle is such a happy car

[aircooledvw62]

It witness this everytime i drive my 1962 microbus.

It always makes me smile watching them staring at an overflowing radiator.

[cjinsd]

Where, or should I say 'when' do you drive your bus? I've driven water cooled cars for over 20 years, and I've never had one overheat. I've only been with someone else who managed to overheat their car through driving an unmaintained clunker like it was a Ferrari F1 car perhaps 3 times in that period.

[aircooledvw62]

I live in Las vegas Nevada. It gets very hot in the summer,(120+) I've driven my bus to work everyday for the last three years and counting. The road I travel is far out in the dessert by mccarran air force base. I took my bus to Sacramento, CA. I traveled the 95 and crossed into Ca through toiyabe forest, next to yosemite nat. park, where the highest elev road in the U.S is located(over 13,000ft), and I passed a lot of cars stuck on mountain roads overheating.

[aircooledvw62]

I drive watercooled cars too and have never had one overheat. But when people do not check fluid levels in a watercooled, and drive like they are invincible, overheating can be very likely in these conditions, as well as for a volkswagen. but it is harder to overheat a clunking aircooled than a clunking water cooled.

[aircooledvw62]

In an air cooled there are no radiators, and the only fluids to check are the oil, and fuel levels. and to check the one belt connecting the altenator to the fan. The engine in my bus is 40 years old and I still have had no breakdowns, thanks to keeping valve adjustment right, changing the oil in my engine, as well as in the oil bath air cleaner, I just like the simplicity and ingenuity of an old volkswagen, I also like other cars for other reasons as well.

[cjinsd]

I suppose there are places where cars can still overheat with some frequency. In most of the country, it hasn't been a problem since they stopped importing French cars. Cheers.

[coolbeansyeahbabycoo]

im surprised no1 has said it yet but............OWNED!

[CyDaSnake]

Thats actually kinda funny but true, the VW keeps getting passed by someone who really thinks they're gonna win but there car ends up having consistant troubles while the VW just puts along.

[jonnystecchino]

"Anyone know what kind of car that is that keeps passing?"

I think it's a Fiat 2300S coupé.

[hammy022]

Anyone know what kind of car that is that keeps passing?

Love the VW horn at the end!!

[beetlejuice150]

That's a detail I also LOVE. The almost 'shy and modest' horn of the beetle is KILLING!

[syncro4rob]

Beep, Beep!!!THE BEST!!!!

[bluemax111f]

YES!!