the new 2012 beetle

nelds wrote:

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/article_2913.shtml

OMG. Soo nice

I was looking at it earlier. I like it. It's a mix of new scirocco and old new beetle with the odd nod towards the original. The roof line is more like the original now. I like that it's a coupe aswell. It's still no type 1 though.

todd wrote:

I was looking at it earlier. I like it. It's a mix of new scirocco and old new beetle with the odd nod towards the original. The roof line is more like the original now. I like that it's a coupe aswell. It's still no type 1 though.

I thort that its like a big mix of a porsche bettle and scirocco

it nearly made me sick in my mouth when i saw it thismorning on facebook

I actually like it, black paint, some nice wheels and a decent drop would be great. Looks more and more like a porsche...

its f*****g disgusting.

It's interesting.
I like the little turbo/oil/temp pods on the dash and the interior layout is nice.
Not sure about the gloss interior bits though, especially on the red model...
http://www.vwvortex.com/gallery/gallery3.php?mode=view&album=/Volkswagen/New%20Beetle/2012%202nd%20Generation/Launch%20Press%20Photos&pic=2012-volkswagen-beetle-055.jpg&start=&dispsize=1024

If you look at it on its side profile, the porsche-shape is insanely apparent.
And the nod towards the old Porsche Fuchs is in there too...

It looks more like something the koreans builts to look like a Porsche using bits of metal and random lights they found kicking about.

It just looks like a cut and shut car to me, using different cars
for the front and rear lol

matty_mk1 wrote:

It just looks like a cut and shut car to me, using different cars
for the front and rear lol

Surely that's just about every modern VW/Audi?

That red interior is awful, looks like someone just threw up bright red paint all over the dash... New mini wannabe!

jimmymidnight wrote:

Surely that's just about every modern VW/Audi?

I'm pretty sure it goes back as far as the MK3 Golf.
Probably further.

Stampers wrote:

jimmymidnight wrote:

Surely that's just about every modern VW/Audi?

I'm pretty sure it goes back as far as the MK3 Golf.
Probably further.

Really??

matty_mk1 wrote:

Stampers wrote:

jimmymidnight wrote:

Surely that's just about every modern VW/Audi?

I'm pretty sure it goes back as far as the MK3 Golf.
Probably further.

Really??

MK3 Golf Cabriolet > MK4 Golf Cabriolet.
Mash-up of a MK3 and MK4 with minimum effort to actually make a MK4 Golf Cabriolet.

I don't know whether they did it any further back than that but i wouldn't be surprised.
Take one popular car, splice on some other bits of a popular car and sell.
A bit cheeky really.

Stampers wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Stampers wrote:

jimmymidnight wrote:

Surely that's just about every modern VW/Audi?

I'm pretty sure it goes back as far as the MK3 Golf.
Probably further.

Really??

MK3 Golf Cabriolet > MK4 Golf Cabriolet.
Mash-up of a MK3 and MK4 with minimum effort to actually make a MK4 Golf Cabriolet.

I don't know whether they did it any further back than that but i wouldn't be surprised.
Take one popular car, splice on some other bits of a popular car and sell.
A bit cheeky really.

Well yeah but thats a totally different point to what i was making. Atlease the 3.5 front suits the rear and so on.

But wiht this beetle, you can see from the widscreen foward doesnt flow the the rear. Its abit like when max power people put s15 front ends on civics etc

ah. see what you mean dude, yeah, agreed, it looks gash.

matty_mk1 wrote:

Well yeah but thats a totally different point to what i was making. Atlease the 3.5 front suits the rear and so on.

But wiht this beetle, you can see from the widscreen foward doesnt flow the the rear. Its abit like when max power people put s15 front ends on civics etc

You mean much like people putting Bora front-ends on a MK4 Golf?
Or vice-versa?

I do see what you mean though.
The Beetle will always be a controversial style since the original as it is such a loved/iconic car.

Stampers wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Well yeah but thats a totally different point to what i was making. Atlease the 3.5 front suits the rear and so on.

But wiht this beetle, you can see from the widscreen foward doesnt flow the the rear. Its abit like when max power people put s15 front ends on civics etc

You mean much like people putting Bora front-ends on a MK4 Golf?
Or vice-versa?

I do see what you mean though.
The Beetle will always be a controversial style since the original as it is such a loved/iconic car.

Erm no. a bora and mk4 are hardly completely different cars like i said are they? thats a 20min socket set job

I don't think it looks like 2 different ends put together but maybe the lights on the back are a bit off compared with the fronts. I expected it to have slightly unround headlights more like the rears but I like the front.

The car doesn't have the instant rightness about it that the new cinqy had when it was first shown. I do like it not as a bug but taken as a new car that shows the brands heritage a bit.

It seems that from reading different things about it the old new beetle owners don't like it and they are saying they have spoilt it which I find ironic!

its not a beetle, the engine is in the front and has water in it. I get angry every time i see a picture of one

It's odd that beetles weren't badged as such with a few exceptions such as GTs and these will be badged as beetles but they definitely aren't beetles

matty_mk1 wrote:

Stampers wrote:

matty_mk1 wrote:

Well yeah but thats a totally different point to what i was making. Atlease the 3.5 front suits the rear and so on.

But wiht this beetle, you can see from the widscreen foward doesnt flow the the rear. Its abit like when max power people put s15 front ends on civics etc

You mean much like people putting Bora front-ends on a MK4 Golf?
Or vice-versa?

I do see what you mean though.
The Beetle will always be a controversial style since the original as it is such a loved/iconic car.

Erm no. a bora and mk4 are hardly completely different cars like i said are they? thats a 20min socket set job

I agree, it's not a hard job and it's the same platform.I meant it as flowing from the front to the rear.
MK4 Golf with a Bora front end doesn't flow (IMO). It fits, but from my aesthetic point of view, it certainly doesn't flow.
And a Bora with a MK4 golf front end.... well... just no.

Each to their own I guess.

there's no vase to put a flower in either















I'll get my coat

after a little photoshop it's grown on me

I like the photoshops

If I was looking for a new beetle I would still prefer this. About as close to new as you can get.
http://www.volkszone.co.uk/VZi/showthread.php?t=706788