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  • Bring back the classic.

    Air Cooled Power!

  • Looks like a Bentley Continental in the rear!

  • @72impalavert No a Bmw M6

  • i wudn't buy this car, cause its too nice for me, i like it meaner ;)

  • Well at least its a little less gay than before but guys are still not going to buy it. Costs too much for what it is. Either make it look more like a 911 or drop the price. Saw one for bout $27k. Rediculous. $15k is where this should be for everyone to float to it. Ppl like the original because it was cheap. Thats what started the love affair. No one is going to buy this at such high prices. No one.

  • @nismofury I'm a guy. And I'm getting it for my first car. And you're a dumbass.

  • this comes out when Porsche Boxster fucks with VW Golf

  • The vintage VW beetle is a lot better!

  • in Europe we rarely use cup holders.. we don't drink and drive

    

  • they should've just saved their energy and just finish the next gen golf sooner

  • @Adayum27 fuck yeah

  • VW or Poor Man Porsche? I Love It.

  • 22 mpg? Ew, hopefully you can get at least 30 mpg city with proper technique. It looks nice.

  • Porsche? Styling

  • Like it!!

  • looks like a flipt up scirocco

  • I love when a person tells all the pros and cons about a car..., I don't care about them at all!!!! I like the car and I don't care if it drives bad. ITS A NEW CAR AND I WANT IT!!!! 

  • Now that the car is masculine for my taste, I wouldn't mind actually driving this. Looks great.

  • looks like a coosche…… a cooper and a porsche

  • Comprei dois desses esta semana. Vão chegera só em janeiro de 2012 aqui em Manaus. Tô ancioso.

  • great review!

  • no homelink,electric adjusted seats and no climate control.at $30k I'd expect it.

  • It is a beautiful car, but the one I received has defective sound system, defective windows they cannot figure out how to fix, a defective new electronic steering mechanism that will cause the car to drift into other lanes unless constantly moving the wheel left and right JUST TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT. Mine is going back. OUCH VW.

  • @rougebaisers That was the most obvious and blatant lie I've ever read hahahaha

  • Fantastic car! Worth every penny.

  • how does anybody not like this???? Its so cool :D And its not a piece of crap. Much better than fiat and cooper! So ya.

  • VW Beetle please they have lost all their German , VW is so unreliable now hardly any of their vehicles are even made in Germany anymore such a shame because thats where the good stuff is made. Just cause its says VW doesn't mean it is anymore company has lost its edge.

  • I hate this stupid fuck! Trying to use fancy works and phrases "however the same but no similar" and shit like that! Is a fucking car not a fashion parade

  • I highly doubt the 2012 turbo Beetle can do the 1/4 mile in 14 seconds, perhaps a tick less.

  • @MrKossportapro I second that. 0-60 in the 6 second range does not equate into a 14 second 1/4 mile..more like a 14.8-15. 

  • I highly doubt the 2012 turbo Beetle can do the 1/4 mile in 14 seconds, perhaps a tick less.

  • I love it 

  • Does anyone know the price range?

    I went to a sight that claimed it was up to $22,000 then went to another that said it was around $1,500

  • @perfectionless Are you fucking stupid?

  • @imjdmyo ...probably :b

  • Why there is the Fender logo?

  • @korgsynth20 I think Fender helped out with the speakers

  • ok, im a guy. and i was wondering if any other guys here would consider buying this car, because i love it but dont want to be made fun of for having a bug.

  • @JdubsFTW who gives a shit. buy it and drive it with your nutsack flapping out of the open windows.

  • @jbobbylew hahahahaha i dont know you, but i love you, you made my day. Although, I prefer to have my nutsack flapping out of the moon-roof , it turns more heads

  • @JdubsFTW damn grow a pair "i don't want to made fun of!"....sounding like a lil biznitch

  • @TheRzarectah well i already got a different car instead. I got a 2008 VW R32 last friday :) so im happy. 

  • @JdubsFTW Congrats what a sick whip! V6, AWD...bet its a blast

  • @JdubsFTW

    Dude, I was thinking the same exact thing! I love it, but I don't want my friends laughing at me for driving a bug. I think I'll go test drive one. Even if they do laugh it'll only be for like a week tho.

  • Garbage!

    1st reason front wheel drive!

    Need I go on?

  • @GerryK61 Yes you should. Because although I prefer RWD & Quattro. I can name a lot of FWD drive car that will spank whatever you have like there's no tomorrow. Give it credit where it's due and don't be bias.

  • @phantomloita

    I find it hard to believe you have a factory front wheel drive car that can beat what I have in my Garage!

    Lmao @ your useless reply!

  • @GerryK61 Megane R26R & Ford Focus RS500. Doubt you have anything faster round a track. Don't kid yourself. Childish..

  • @phantomloita I see I hit a nerve with my comment! As a previous owner of a VW Bug I prefer a rear wheel drive over front!

    As for your repy...Yes the R26R & RS500 are great......But what the hell does that have to do with what I posted for a comment........NOTHING!

  • why was there a fender badge in the interior, do you get a guitar with the car?

  • @TheFosterchild15 It has an optional Fender premium stereo...If I get one that option box will defiantly be checked :D

  • Can anyone say aspect ratio? Yeah, it's longer and lower than the old New Beetle, but I can guarantee you that the wheels are round!

  • Needs 3.0 TDI and AWD :D

  • @hendo337 shit that would be like a porsche!

  • @ThatDoesntMatter1 It would be better IMO that 3.0 TDI puts out more hp than the turbo gas four and has a monster 406ft/lb tq!! With awd traction and good gearing it would fly and get over well 30mpg...the muscle of the future :D

  • A poor man's Porsche, I love it. black, Orange rims, Orange beetle graphics on the lower sides a larger rear spoiler, slightly lowered and it will be hard to tell the difference between this and a gt3 when it zooms past you

  • Looks like a Chrysler crossfire.

  • I think the new look, it looks kinda exotic so I like it better then 2011's but I still like the original beetle look better.

  • Wow.. the 2012 Beetle looks... good.

  • wheres the traditional shape?! dont like what vw did:(

  • Ugly on the outside (I liked the original Beetles a lot better) but beautiful on the inside. Not the type of girl I'd date. Or the car I'd buy.

  • @shobin05 sounds like you've driven one? But from the review he was comparing it to a GTI in terms of speed and excitement, not a golf. And how can you stereotype who drives this car when it isn't even released yet? The only thing you said that you can actually justify is that it's ugly, but I wouldn't necessarily agree.

  • what kinda moron would walk pass a scirocco OR a golf and then say,

    yes! i want an uglier, slower, less exciting car that 40 year old women drives...

  • I like the new look the best....the tail lights look like a bentlys or something o.o very nice....definately moved up in the years!

  • Time to convert it into a dune buggy.

  • definitely a lot sexier than its predecessors

  • lamo 207 for TQ thats a joke lol

  • I want to put my 2.7T audi motor & manual transmission in this car then mod chip it.

  • @trinidee247 i would take this any day over a mini. A mini is well, to mini

  • Why is it trying to look like a Porsche..???

  • @CobraMarty it does a little bite

  • ♪♫PONEIS MALDITOS PONEIS♪♫ MALDITOS PONEIS MALDITOS

    ♪♫♪♫LALALALA♪♫♪♫

  • Bring back the RR layout.

  • where is the first drive ?! y are ya showin VW's promo not ur own footage ?!

  • Is it just me or is Volkswagen just a sad excuse for German engineering? Everything they make is crap

  • @wackedout991 Elaborate?

  • @colin4393 easy, compare there cars to BMW and Mercedes. Both are respected companies making classy vehicles that are powerful, beautiful, and last forever. Look at the beetle no close your eyes and imagine german engineering. The last thing you will see is a beetle or a volkswaggen

  • @wackedout991 Volkswagen is quality and fun German engineering at a more affordable price. VW are fantastic cars, I don't think you know what you're talking about at all. Search Volkswagen Golf R, search Volkswagen Passat CC, Passat R36, Scirocco. I don't wanna be rude, but you're an idiot, man.

  • @colin4393 first car, a VW rabit, god aweful. My best friends car, VW Tourag nothing compared to other SUV's and drives 10x worse than other SUV's. My sister owned a beetle and the driving was again awful. I have failed to drive a VW car that is decent

  • @wackedout991 This is true.. try telling a european this and he'd tell you youre a moron... Not to mention the shitty quality and boring.. BORING interiors.. well

  • @wackedout991 It's not just you...

  • @wackedout991 it is just you and some few others

  • UGH car is fucking sweet VW !!!!!!!

  • BUGGER!

  • 1 step more lower and you get a porsche.

  • When is VW going to advance its engine technology?

  • What is wrong with the aspect ratio? The video is entirely smashed vertically.

  • Looks like a dwarfed boxter...

  • hey this was made from audi

  • 0:41 "half a dozen engine and transmission choices for the rest of the world, and 3 engines for the U.S."....i don't think he realizes 3 engines x 2 transmissions = 6 choices...

  • @cwm415 A dozen is 12, so that would make 6 half a dozen.

  • @cwm415 i think hes new. sounded like it was his first review

  • gettin a lil like a porshe eh?

  • @ncarter567 The founder of Porsche designed the beetle so it's no surprise.

  • @ncarter567 that is a good thing :D but it will not be ass good as a porshe though

  • @ncarter567 no surprise there, as Porsche came from the original beetle.

  • @ncarter567 Agreed.

    1998-2010 (2nd-generation, Mark IV/Mark V) Volkswagen New Beetle = 1972-79 (variant of 1st-generation Type 1, 1938-2003) Volkswagen Super Beetle

    REASON: Curved front windshield and a higher-and-more-even overall arch

    2012 (3rd-generation, Mark VI) Volkswagen Beetle = 1950s/60s Porsche 356

    REASON: Longer in the front and flatter overall while allowing more rear headroom and looking at both from the side, they look similar to each other in overall design

  • another few inches lower and it will be a porsche

  • The new VW Beetle looks like the old one but as its image has been streched from 4:3 old television set to a 16:9 HDTV

  • Wow. A legitimate review from MotorTrend. Slightly proud. And I like the car.

  • Wrong aspect ratio every now and then, otherwise a great review!

  • reminds me of a panamera

  • Genuinely solid review. Well done motortrend... Am I really saying that?

  • It does have some what of a Porsche look to it.. maybe a smaller panamera

  • German cars have a more luxurious feel, but they still don't compare to Japanese reliability. The transmission in my 2004 Jetta started to go at 90,000 miles. I'm back with Japanese cars, now.

  • @oilhammer04 I noticed Japanese cars aren't as reliable as people say they are. my toyota 05 camry is not as reliable like everyone says they are. they are just weaker from my experience. i also have a 95 jetta and yes the electrical is not reliable but mechanically it has been

  • @TheThedragonwarrior, yes, I've noticed that my 2011 Civic isn't as smooth and powerful as the 2007 Civic I had. The last two Hondas I've owned have disappointed me in that they seem to be slipping from the perch where they once lived. My 2009 Prius is a very good car. I think it may be more powerful than the 2011 Civic and it gets 10 mpg more.

  • A beetle with turbocharge ?!?! Ha! Plz tell me thts fake !

  • @coolatranz It's nothing new. The 1.8 Turbo was available in the New Beetle as far back as '99

  • haha you guys are all drunk or something? With the exception of, perhaps, the head lights, this thing looks nothing like a porsche!

  • Their engine lineup is kind of... well boring. How long have they been using the same powertrains now? Several years I'm guessing.

  • Can't wait to hear the guys on Top Gear rip apart Richard Hammond now that the Beetle looks even MORE like a Porsche.

  • Give it the Golf R's mechanicals - voila cut-price 911

  • "Carcinogenic Hitlermobile" -Clarkson

  • Looks more like fiat 500 than a beetle.

  • Yeah, it sort of looks like a fat, slow 911 with vague handling. My old Super Beetle may have been slow as hell and had no heat, but the steering was precise. Go figure.

  • At 1:45, "the cupholders are next to useless": of it is, the car wasn't made for tasteless Starbucks' buckets which americans dare call coffee. It was made for a Red Bull can or, perhaps, a Coke can, not a 3-liter US' McDonald's small cup!

  • @Leo9613 Considering he says "a certain waterbottle flew all over the cabin" he doesn't mention a McDonald's cup does he? Or a Starbucks cup.

  • @Leo9613 Suck my big FAT American dick ! hater...

  • @Leo9613 he means in the placement not in the capacity

  • @Leo9613 lmao. SO TRUE. I like you catch on the McD's SMALL CUPS

  • @Leo9613 What the hell is a "3-liter US' McDonald's small cup?

  • @Leo9613 someone doesnt like americans...

  • @Leo9613 even water bottles fall over in the cup holders, so yes, they're useless

  • @Leo9613 this car is made in México u_U

  • @Leo9613 i dont know if you know this...but uh European countries love McDonalds too... And the cup size is the same no matter where you go. Not to mention that you seem to classify Americans with Starbucks and McDonalds which is true we did create it but id also like to point out that red bull is in fact yours but id like my american invented Coke can back please.

    PS Perhaps instead of Red Bull you should consider tea so youre not so hyper and aggressive all the time.

  • @sticksrun01 that's false. it the us the small coke cup is 750ml, meanwhile in brazil the biggest is 700ml

    and if you want your coke, I want my coffee back - 'cause i'm brazillian and my country is the biggest coffee exporter, and probably some of it ends up in yours starsbuck stores.

  • @Leo9613 hahaha "probably some of it ends up in your starbucks stores" I dont need to say anything else...

  • @Leo9613 If your country would have been as big as the US, and If you were to drive 0ver 30 miles one way to commute everyday, and If you as much time as an average American does, a cup holder is no longer a cup holder but it is a CUP HOLDER. You europeans come here and want to visit the Niagara Fallas Disneyland and Grand CAnyon in a single day as if you are still in Europe. And when you try to do that and overwhelmed with distances you get angry with Americans ... LOL IDIOTS.

  • is it just me or does that look like the scirocco and 911 had a baby, fat baby.

  • 0-60 probably in about 6 seconds quarter mile 14 seconds maybe less..... Who the fuck is this guy and why didn't he do a proper car review?

  • @tinmontin considering it has the same engine as GTI that estimate is accurate. Unless the weight is considerably different from the GTI.

  • 1:00 Oddly? There's nothing odd about that. The modern smaller turbo engines are the norm here in EU now and are all more fuel efficient then the higher cc engines.

  • Lol, what a POS

  • MotorTrend You idiots-- trying to fool people by stretching parts of vid where car exterior is shown. Liars. It isn't THAT low.. WTF. So obvious.

  • @bdub232 that car LOOKS sicnifanctly lower than the last gen because its been enlarged!! Youre a dumbass if you think they stretched the image.

  • Can't believe it took VW 14 years to introduce a new generation. Talk about getting the biggest bang out of your R&D dollars. 

  • Trying to make a Beetle more sporty is like trying to make sugar sour, just doesn't work.

  • I like it but why isnt it a rear engined car? I think if it were it would be again anyones car not just a chick car!

  • this car is for girls

  • hahahahhahahhahahahahahahaaa "fat sister" hahaah

  • first real update in 14 years, the old beetle was way ahead of its time

  • much better motortrend.i don't like the car but it's a good review vid.

  • ugh so beautiful !!!!!

  • at first i thought they distorted the picture but then i was like "oh it really does look like that"

  • seems nice but probably more than a sonata so i probably wouldn't buy it.

  • Quarter mile in less than 14 sec? I highly doubt it

  • looks like a cheap audi TT, which is a cheap porche. why does VW should stop cheapening the other car brands they own.

  • Come on motor trend, you can't get aspect ratio correct?

  • come on motortrend u took these video shots from VW....you weren't in berlin....hahaha this was a horrible video with a mix match of offical vw video...the video is all stretched...looks like shit....EPIC FAIL!

  • 1:44, lol

  • I hate to say it but I think it's O.K. looking.Better than before anyway that's for sure. So you can get it with a "DSG" turbo, 2.5L In-line 5 or 2.0L turbo diesel that can get alright gas mileage. Wheel & dash look cool. The end game- I still would NOT buy one.

  • What is with the fascination ín having enormous cup holders with some of you Americans, only in the US would a car reviewer note something trivial as the size of a cup holder. It seems it's good enough for the rest of the world!

  • ive owned mk3 gti, b5 passat, and 2 mk4 jetta's 8v/ 24v vr6. as soon as 2005 came around i wasnt to happy with vw's direction. all there cars are the same trans/motor/ chassis= boring. i miss the old exciting vw.

  • IT LOOKS SO NICE!!!!!!!!

  • what's the name of the background music?

  • Mustang gets V6 the same mileage as the diesel, with over 100 horsepower more, and probably the same amount of torque. Naturally aspirated too. Why buy the Beetle over a Mustang?

  • @supersnot4

    that was awesome lol

  • @supersnot4 becoz da beetle comes vith german engineering duumcov

  • no one actually drove this car in this video, lamee waste of time

  • Do not want!

  • Niiiiiiice…Is it fast?

  • Looks so much better than the "new beetle" though that's not much to compare too, but it looks fantastic inside and out, but sorry, 200HP and 3000lbs does not a sporty car make.

  • I love it

  • AMAZING, noticed that many have a biased opinion of this car related with it's past and birth, shortly put - IT BUGS-. I think this is a huge score for the Germans. Possibly a repeat performance as the most sold car of the century, this time the XXI st one. In these times who needs a Porsche daily driver when you can get the new Beetle. I love it only looking at the video. Hopefully our bureaucrats will arrange to get them built on North American soil so the average Joe can get a secure job

  • gonna be copitition with si's

  • I am a guy who wants a beetle so badly. Just afraid of others calling me a homo though...