New Beetle for US only

[LuS1fer]

First spy pic of the new US only Beetle shows it's more true to the original than the fat and inflated last iteration.

[Oldandslow]

Is it?

[LuS1fer]

Apparently...

http://jalopnik.com/5655279/2012-volkswagen-beetle...

I can detect your underlying excitement....

[LuS1fer]

Then again...

[Colin 1985]

Looks like they took the current Beetle and grafted on the rear of a crossfire.

[Animala]

looks like they took the previous Beetle and dropped a piano on it.

[Blim_bug]

Gawd, not pretty is it?

Is it going to be called a "new new" beetle then?

[anonymous-user]

looks like a 911 thats been in the crusher!

[V88Dicky]

I quite like that, compared to the current model.




2.5 Turbo 5-pot and 4WD would be nice.

[SJobson]

Looks like the Ant Hill Mob's bespoke stretch Beetle.

[IROC-Z]

Colin 1985 said:

Looks like they took the current Beetle and grafted on the rear of a crossfire.

I think I detect a touch of PT Cruiser too maybe?

Is it my imagination or are the rear wheels slightly bigger than the fronts?

[alfabadass]

Judging by the pictures, it's smaller and tighter?

My sister has a new beetle and its a pretty decent car with a lot of neat touches inside.

[noblem14]

Surely they could have done better than that.

[Jobbo]

Autocar last week said it wasn't US only, and that this car has bodywork cladding from the current Beetle so it won't necessarily look much like this one.

[Tahiti]

SJobson said:

Looks like the Ant Hill Mob's bespoke stretch Beetle.

Quality.

[Slinkey]

Not gonna lie, I like this!

If its only available in the US expect a V8 to be put in it

[madcyril]

overweight adui tt lol

[anonymous-user]

Looks much better than the previous version, but is there still a nice vase on the dashboard?

[aka_kerrly]

The proportions look very strange and I really hope that come production time VW fit some wheels that fit the car, those rears look lost in the overly large rear arches.

[PhillipM]

Looks better than the last one.
But then that looked like a jelly on wheels.