BeetleMania: Volkswagen Beetle Convertible @ the Track

[AudiophilMD]

I own a Beetle Convertible and it performs better than what this video shows. This must be an automatic transmission version. Fun car to drive on a nice long winding back road with the top down.

[Annihilator1111]

the 1997-2010 Volkswagen New Beetle was assembled in

1997–1999: Wolfsburg, Germany

1998–2010: Puebla, Mexico

2010: Hai Phong, Vietnam

[2bidfilmsguy]

just goes to show if you dont want to have fun, look good, impress any one or you dont care about speed or handling, engine sound, or practicality or fuel economy and you have an extra 20 grand sitting around then there is a car for you the vw beetle

[JPRamon68]

Might be gay but it does have character

[mortarAK47]

but in the car..although its 50kmph it feels like 100kmph... isnt it valuable?

[PuppetKing]

9.6 seconds? That's a century in 0-60 car term.... A rusted Honda is faster than this. But this is a nice car though!

[alexuin]

That 2.5 sounds nice!!

[powerstrokediesel365]

Do I hear an Inline-5 or something ?

[4MATICbenz]

I know people dont buy this car for performance or sporty factor, but for a car of its size, im very unimpressed with the track numbers......

[YAGO323]

who ever buys this car buys it for the retro looks not for its performance. they would not care how fast it brakes or how good it turns.

[texan176]

This car is not meant to be fast or handle well.  It's all about the retro look in a modern car and it does that well.

The 2.5 engine is way better than the 4 cyl it repalced from the first gen of these cars. It's probably way more reliable than the 1st gen turbo models as well.

[MatsNorway]

double post!!

[seroyer2]

why? this car has been around for 12 years now.

[RWIron]

YuK.

[Spool2Boost]

hahahaha what a piece!

[muscletruckdude]

first the smart car, then this? i think edmunds has run out of ideas

[YTman28]

Insideline is failing alot of bullshit.

[ilikenarutoalot]

Why? They test every new car .

[aze606]

Wow you're stupid.

[chipper0059]

A calendar would be better than a stopwatch to time that sloth.

[Rebo8221]

That must be the worst car they ever tested at the track

[pyromaniac1207]

lol..they took the video with that smart off youtube??

pathetic...

[nwonknu8]

i really wish the announcer guy was in this video.

it would be funny to have seen the old beetle

[carmgn56]

im sure the test driver felt gay while driving in that.....thing

[adogg619]

He didn't feel gay, he was gay.

[basslover352]

5 cylinder

[magnumluver]

lol,a prius would own this.

[rs2p00nz]

it might be a piece of shit but it's cheap?

[cadrizzay]

WHOA!!! look at that thing go!! 0-60 in 9.6 secs? eat your heart out ZR1!

[paulb4uk]

That thing is so slow even if it does sound nice it sure looks ugly .

[larryshere]

come on guys wtf u playing at?!

a vw beetle.... WHERE THE BLOODY FARRARI'S! AND LAMBO'S!

WEE NEED MUSCLE NOT BUGS!

yawn

[audigiovanni]

yeah i agree

fed up with this kind of shit

[chrisw40]

dam i would definitely get limo tint if i had to drive that embarrassing thing

[propagandaaccount]

That sounded like a V6 or 5 cylinder engine

[carsaregood911]

5 cylinder for sure.

[audigiovanni]

hmmmm, i think it's a 7 cyl

[BEEMERFAN79]

Are you totally serious now?

[cadrizzay]

Dang with those times i thought for sure it would be a 3 cylinder boxer engine?

[audigiovanni]

yeah ^^

maybe you're right.

Why the hell have i 2 thumbs down and you none? I'm jealous of you.

Maybe the word "boxer" seems smart, so people are impressed and don't thumb you down... lol

[turr520]

"Convertible" and 'performance" never go well together. Don't know why they bothered to test a convertible. At least test a Beetle coupe!

[mrbenyong]

ur right... there are exceptions tho..

honda s2000!

[sspope]

ehm, Porsche Boxster.

[TactileGaming]

hate the car, but for a beetle, the 0-60 was nice

[carsaregood911]

9.6 secs is nice to you?

WOWOWOWOW

[TakeMeDown2FunkyT0wn]

Dude... It's a Beetle... Could have been worse...

[audigiovanni]

yeah, its quite fast for a ... bug

[carsaregood911]

to that note, ur right.

[audigiovanni]

thank you

[kwk1]

Hideous piece of shit!

And it's a slow boat to China to boot.

[fattygetsowned]

Tits

[ocazrebel]

what is rollout please

[nugget254]

i guess it would be like wheel spin. If the wheels don't spin as much when first accelerate, that would be what there referring too, i think

[flyboy333]

It has something to do with NHRA regs I believe, where they allow a one foot rollout before they start timing. One of the videos around here explains it.

[FerrariandBMW]

The ultimate garbage machine. Volkswagen SUCKS.

[mitch9521]

garbagewagen

[Domman56]

Wow this just......SUCKS, slow brakes bad and handles like crap very just sucky

[J4AProductions]

OMFG ITS A 10 SECOND CAR!

I MUST BUY IT!

[YTman28]

Come on everyone let's Unsubscribe to Insideline right now.

[quatlen]

WHEN WILL TIHS BE REDESIGNED?

[caraddict520]

nevah!

[quatlen]

This cars useless and ugly.

[nriqueog]

it was a sad day when VW gave up the Boxer Engine (aka: Pancake, horizontal). Seeing what Subaru does with their boxer engines just makes me cry whenever I see a VW.

I'll take a 65' beetle over these new ones ANY DAY!

[909Monopoly]

id take an old school bug any day

[DemonOfRazgriz89]

i'd opt for the Sport Package; which includes quad chrome exhaust, 22" O.Z. Rally rims, and a supercharged 3.5L V6. ;)

[bigM10231]

9 year old look but i think vw is making it do what the old one did

[MortiereProduction]

Who ever thought the car that Hitler designed would be a chick magnet?

[JoeBird76]

133 feet? you already hit the kid. ...and his dog

[1uzi98suicide5]

a 98 explorer does the slalom in about 85 mph,and an 94 intrepid does 60-0 in about 117 ft. i thot all modern cars would do better...

[Z3RO0RD1E]

But why?

[xxMafia101]

this is really sad. I saw a man today driving a green Beetle and playing gang banger music.

[banstaman]

Hahaha!

[DonkeyFuck]

punch buggy no punch backs

[sokkarul1]

I wouldnt even touch that...and Im a girl

[sigiii66]

very true

[onoff314]

Why put that POS on the track?

[lamontrene]

out of all the cars out today,

The Beetle?

[JELH]

Ugly, not that sporty and overpriced. Not Volkswagen's finest hour.

[wesman154]

chick car

[ladyvee7110]

I''m a chick and I don't want that car.

[mauri123g]

I don't think anyone drives a beetle like that. lol

[bradhogan123]

the best bit was at 1:19

[wesman154]

damn staight

[BlackTransAmdude]

This video is pretty pointless anyone who buys a new Beetle isn't going to be interested on the 1/4 mile time. The car comes with a flower holder for fucks sakes!

[TechWithLukasz]

yup its a really strange car...

[RedlineNRG]

M-M-M-MONSTER GAY

[Freeker]

then don't watch

[Adam44516]

The old beetle was a cool car. The new beetle is so gay. lol

[YTman28]

What a waste of fucking time. >:(

[Pajapajin]

.....

[Oscarandmax]

First thought..GAY....

[select20]

Very homo.

[justincrap]

So ugly

[jjaysWay]

the gayest car ever!

[ouchy112]

actually according to a study, most gays drive jeeps.. just somethin to think about

[Asim1Killa]

no -_-