What went wrong?

>>17545412
what didn't go wrong.

>>17545412
Engine is in the front.

>>17545412
Nothing.

>>17545412
Did anything go wrong with it? It's just another VW Golf. And you pretty much either like them or you don't.

It's fwd

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>>17545412
>OG beetle was designed by Ferdinand "Gas the Kikes, race war now" Porsche
>it was a Porsche at heart, with the drive wheels being at the rear like God intended and the engine at the rear to minimize drivetrain loss and provide weight
>modern beetles still retain that goofy porsche face but are wrong wheel drive
>they don't even have Porsche tuned versions to live up to their legacy

>>17545412

VW overestimated the market for cute cars that remind people of the 60s

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at least it doesn't look like the modern car design

(((THEM)))

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Went to drive in one..
I point to the dash "what is that?"
"oh you can put a flower in it, its a vase."
got out of the car.

my family has a turbo 2002

the interior is broken as shit and the ruberizing they put on the plastic parts turns into black sticky good that gets everywhere, the electrics are all sorts of fucked and are always giving us trouble, and the engine isn't particularly reliable

the car is, however, extremely fun to drive
it accelerates quickly and corners nicely
I like the way it looks and think it gets a lot of unnecessary hate for its looks (it looks better than most sedans these days)

also, I really like the flower vase
when I was driving it I kept fresh flowers in it
it's nice to surround yourself with green living things

>>17545412
First gen was a hit, stylishly cute econoboxes aren't plentiful. Second-gen is less cute than the first, and too big and heavy to be a thrifty purchase so why not just buy one of the 9001 angular/weird crossovers.

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>>17547643
>(it looks better than most sedans these days)

are you fucking blind? front of the car looks like the face of a hippo.

>>17548215
better than bland sedan #48
at least the bug has character

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>>17546390
what? where?

what did you see? genuinely curious.

>>17545412
The problem with the 2012 Beetle redesign wasn't the redesign itself. The redesign is great and addresses every single problem people had with the previous New Beetle.
The problem is no one paid attention and as a result, people assumed it hadn't changed and assumed it's still the same friendly girly car.
The fact they promoted it with a Britney Spears music video and gave a bunch of them away on Oprah didn't help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sxSd1uwoU

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>>17548744
nvm, i see it's for the second-gen only i think

Absolutely nothing went wrong - they set out to provide an updated version of the Beetle, as an efficient fun car. They succeeded. Worked for VW for a year and drove plenty; I would never personally own one, but I will not deny they are a fun car to drive.

>>17548752
Only 1998-2011 Beetles had the vase.

>>17548776

>only

>13 model years with this gay fucking feature

kek

>>17548810
>gay
it's nice
do you not like surrounding yourself with items of nature's beauty?
flowers aren't gay, they're beautiful

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>>17548826
this guy gets it. Plus, the turbo versions are fantastic fun and great sleepers.

>>17548847
>great sleepers
this
so much god damn fun to drive and nobody thinks they're actually fast(ish)

when I was driving my family's turbo bug people would give me shit all the time about "faking" a turbo decal on it

plus they can do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMwNuf2cTLI

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>>17548215
It was a Porsche. In fact, the Beetle was the Porsche Type I "Volks Wagen".

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>>17548847
honestly, the stigma against the new beetle is a blessing in disguise.

tons of beetle turbos out there waiting to be bought for cheeps.

>>17548877
The important question is, can they tear up the touge? I'd love to assemble a team of FWD sleeper meme cars and terrorize the local teams like the Myogi Night Kids or the Akina Speed Stars.

No true baja bug with silly wheel sizes.

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>>17548847
>and great sleepers

not fast, not even moderately quick

faggot autistic car like the HHR and PT Cruiser

fat old men in sweatpants love these cars, no one else.

>>17548909
nice autism

>>17548810 >>17548752
that's not the 'Beetle' that's the 'New Beetle' you dumbass

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bumg

>>17547643
>my family has a turbo 2002
that has barely anything in common with the current model

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MFW I see a jew driving a VW.
The old logo was best logo

More reliable than the classic Beetle. Less attractive than the classic Beetle.

It's a better car, desu.

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>they made 22 million of these things
>every local one of them being sold for 7K+
why couldn't people just learn to take better care of their goshdarned property

>>17551088
>More reliable than the classic Beetle
lel, are you on drugs?

>>17551076
that's a neat emblem but why are the top and bottom wings so oddly shaped?

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>>17551196
why not?

>>17551223
i dunno, symmetry?

i guess it'd look like a big no-no nowadays but i don't understand why they mangled it in the past

>>17551196
faulty svg

>>17551136
What do you call the "I know wut I got" tax on classic VW beetles and buses? I really want a VW bus

>>17545412
It's important to make the distinction between the current model and its predecessor. The 1998-2011 "New Beetle" might be the worst fucking car to ever come out of a Volkswagen factory.

The 2012+ Beetle is fine, but it's also yet another Golf derivative that no one really needed. Personally I think it would have been better to resurrect the car as a subcompact/supermini, more in the frugal spirit of the original, and to get some coverage in that segment that VW is currently lacking (in the American market).

>>17548873
The Porsche designation of the original KdF-Wagen was Type 60. "Type I" was the name as a Volkswagen, which came later.

>>17551746
They're rusted out shitheaps that got scrapped in droves because they were a garbage car. If there is anything left of one that's still worth driving at this point, it's going to fetch a premium just due to how rare pristine models are. You can still lowball the fuck out of those assholes because they know exactly how much it costs to make them driveable and why theirs isn't.

>>17551824
what if theirs is? :^)

>tfw my gf purchased a 2005 beetle
>Find any excuse to drive it

Quite a fun car to drive.

>>17551958
Can only believe this if its a tarbo

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>>17551967
>Can only believe this if its a tarbo

I-it's not. It's only a 1.6

>>17551958
>implying you have a gf
lol

>>17551980
Not glorious 2.5 i5? Lol how is that fun

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>>17551993

>>17551995
No way in hell she can get insured on that as a new driver.

>>17552012
>WMAF
ew
enjoy your lil elliots

>>17551995
I had a Jetta with that I5. Not the most spirited engine, but it was tough as hell.

>>17552012
she seems cute tbqh

>>17545918
Everything about this post screams retarded autist.

Gas yourself, faggot.

>>17545918
You mean the Porsche cars were Beetles at heart

>>17552029
My golf has that same engine and the ~170hp it puts out is plenty for my needs

>>17551746
i've since discovered that price ranges seem get much more tolerable if you're looking in flyover states

>>17551824
the point is why couldn't people have maintained them better

>>17552027
i'm not familiar with this meme- please introduce me

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>>17552363
>i'm not familiar with this meme- please introduce me
Elliot Rodger was a hapa, the son of a white male and an asian female, WMAF.

>>17552363
>i've since discovered that price ranges seem get much more tolerable if you're looking in flyover states
try dailylister.com, it's a craigslist aggregator that works on the national level

>>17548752
>>17548776
>>17546390
What the actual fuck is this true?

>>17551980
Get lost, froposter, this isn't the place to shit your ebin maymays, gb2/b.

>>17552840
yes. 1998-2011 New Beetles had a vase to the right of the steering wheel for a flower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Nxk55DXQs

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>>17554694
>mad