The original? An absolute classic to look at and horrible to drive. The new one? Looks like the original was stung by bees and forgot it’s EpiPen
The new one (first generation)is essentially a Golf IV, so it’s at least a functional vehicle. Those are almost old enough to have a historic license plate in Germany.
Yeah, I wouldn’t say “new”. I remember as a kid, Mandy Moore had one in a music video and was too young to hold a license so the driving was all faked.
She’s 40 now.
Edit: Sorry for that, everyone.
Over here it’s indeed called the “New Beetle”, I wasn’t saying you were wrong. Merely pointing out that time flies by for those who are getting old.
what do you mean, classic beetles are a blast to drive
Maybe it was the one I drove - I found myself pushing the steering wheel in a bid to get up a relatively modest incline. I was also quite alarmed by how quickly things were passing me.
Then again, my daily at the time was an RX-8.
thats quite a point of comparison
beetles are fun but arent that powerful, and its an old car so you need to be on top of maintenance.
It’s an absolute classic.
A few days ago on my way home from work, I saw someone driving a convertible 1961 Beetle, I thought it looked so cool.
I had a long wheel base super bug. Was incredible. I still miss that thing.
My work collegue has a new beetle. It’s basically a monster truck in comparison. Nothing small about it.
A classic, but uncool? It was always a classic, pretty car. But I remember seeing a lot of them when I was young, so they don’t seem “special” to me.
They’re impressive for what they are: a vehicle engineered at a time of minimum resources and manufacturing/maintenance ability, for a specific goal.
I respect them for that. Otherwise don’t care for them at all. Awful to drive (they have the same suspension as a Corvair that dumbass Nader called Dangerous at Any Speed), only with that god-awful front suspension design that has major bump-steer issues. Gutless air-cooled engine, no AC and practically no heat.
But I’m comparing it to anything built after it that didn’t have the serious constraints it’s designers had to contend with. I would’ve loved it in 1940 Europe.
