Beetles - these are cool, right?

I don't mind 'em at all. Probably drive lovely, uber reliable and economical with throwback styling from yester-year. What's not to like?

My favourite one...



I don't think I'd ever own one, but some people have a lot of love for them.

The red one above is a remapped TDi and has a fair bit of go, too

Put some blobs of grey primer on it and pretend it's a banger from the future, as in "The 6th Day":

your are indeed right boogieman, that mustang looked prety sweet at 1st but now well meh.

I've got 2 New Beetles and love them to death. The first one is the red one which Tofufi posted above, although it looks more like this at the moment:


And the other one looks like this:



Both are diesels and both have had to work for a living. I did a lot of miles in the red one commuting to work and Herbie has to help me earn a living! I was a little unsure of how a Beetle would take to being used and abused by learners and how easy it would be for them to drive, but I can say, hand on heart, that he's been fabulous. 2.5yrs in and 65,000 miles later, he hasn't missed a beat, despite numerous attempts by my pupils to try and kill him!

I'm in him for up to 14hrs a day and he's very comfortable, pretty economic and both pupils and examiners love him.

I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but I couldn't imagine my life without one now. The red one will be staying with me forever. Herbie's due to be changed this year when he turns 3, and I expect there will be tears! I just hope the new model will be as good as this one.

I can do without the "new cars are rubbish" blah. My Mrs isn't going to run an old / retro car, period. For a start the "superior" old Beetle doesn't have air con, air bags, NCAP stars, but they do have rattles, rust, quirks, rust, curse word poor heaters, rust, etc.

Same with the "superior" old Mini, We've had both. I dig the original, great fun little car, Mrs Ku loved the ones she had but wouldn't go back. The new one is more reliable, faster, better equipped and out sells the original year on year by quite a margin,

SN197 series Mustang is a funny looking car in some respects and I have a love-hate thing with its looks. Certain elements of the design are clumsy but TBH its still an awesome car and just like in 1964 it kick started sales of pony cars in the mass market in the US which is only a good thing. Its considerably faster than the original (modern V6 one will outrun most original V8s) plus they handle and are safe. This is all WIN, Huge after market to give you a turn key 700+ BHP one. With a warranty. Really boring, yeah.

The beetle rsi cost the same as a base 996 911 when it was new. Evo did a comparision. I know which one I'd have.

As for the regular models meh nice enough I guess for a no longer new modern. Actually, I'm suprised people aren't complaining about "not retro" etc TBH.