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Old 09-14-2018, 05:43 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Isn't it just a Golf with a Beetle looking body, anyway? Maybe they want to try to sell cars Men will also buy?
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Old 09-14-2018, 06:10 PM
 
Location: West Des Moines
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Audi used the basic VW Mk4 platform to build a truly great-looking car, the original Audi TT. The ones with the 3.2 liter VR6 engine had the same AWD drivetrain as the R32, and the same superior suspension parts.

VW has, on several occasions, offered sporty prototypes at auto shows which could be put into production and sold at a modest price (or at least more modest than the Audi TT). The EOS was the only one which was actually built and sold in the US, and it has now been canceled because of low sales numbers. The Scirocco is sold almost everywhere else except the US and Canada.

With the cancelation of the Beetle, VW has the spare capacity to build something much better than the Beetle -- either a sporty four-passenger car like the Scirocco or a low-cost two-passenger roadster like the TT or the Mazda Miata. I'm not sure either of those would sell in the current market though.

Perhaps something similar to the Subaru Crosstrek?
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Old 09-15-2018, 05:44 AM
 
Location: Metro Detroit Michigan
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Audi used the basic VW Mk4 platform to build a truly great-looking car, the original Audi TT. The ones with the 3.2 liter VR6 engine had the same AWD drivetrain as the R32, and the same superior suspension parts.

VW has, on several occasions, offered sporty prototypes at auto shows which could be put into production and sold at a modest price (or at least more modest than the Audi TT). The EOS was the only one which was actually built and sold in the US, and it has now been canceled because of low sales numbers. The Scirocco is sold almost everywhere else except the US and Canada.

With the cancelation of the Beetle, VW has the spare capacity to build something much better than the Beetle -- either a sporty four-passenger car like the Scirocco or a low-cost two-passenger roadster like the TT or the Mazda Miata. I'm not sure either of those would sell in the current market though.

Perhaps something similar to the Subaru Crosstrek?
Im going to have to find out what VW is going to do with the assembly plant their he works for VW the company itself not a VW dealer. He works out of their Auburn Hills Michigan office.
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Old 09-15-2018, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Dessert
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End of an era. I remember reading the classifieds in the mid '70s; a 1961 Beetle was $100. A '62, $200. '63, $300...
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Old 09-17-2018, 09:21 AM
 
Location: D.C.
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Are they made in the Mexico plant? They announced recently the GTI is going back to Germany as well from that plant, which started making the GTI in 2015 for the north American market after years of importing them from Germany. Seems like they're either winding down Mexico in general or gearing up for something totally different?


Either way, VW needs to create something more than just the GTI/GLI to keep their "performance" edge. They've pulled the T'reg from our market, and now the Beatle, leaving the Passat, Jetta, Golf, Tiqqy and Atlas. Granted nice cars (I've had 3 GTI's since 2009, currently own a 2015), but somewhat bland for an automaker who wants to be the biggest in the world for a market that represents capitalism at it's finest. They seem "exposed" now with the loss of the Beatle to keep their uniqueness edge. Shame, because they've made some great/fun/unique cars in the past that have helped to define generations and fill memory banks!
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Old 09-17-2018, 04:46 PM
 
Location: West Des Moines
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Volkswagen sells trucks, large and small, just about everywhere else in the world. It sells van, commercial and passenger vans. It sells the Golf and Tiguan everywhere else with options unavailable in the US and Canada.

My point is that it could sell a much broader range of products and it could build some of these in the soon-to-be-unutilized assembly plant in Puebla, MX.
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Old 09-17-2018, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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On a personal note...of all the car models produced during my lifetime the New Beetle holds the distinction of being the only one that would cause me to automatically assume the owner is probably someone I won't hit it off with and don't want to get to know.

I'm sure it's probably just an odd coincidence but all the coworkers I've had who owned one were just troublemaking, dreadful, extremely superficial and petty women. I can't say that about any other car.

Classic Beetle owners and TDI owners on the other hand have all been stellar employees and upstanding people in general.

Not kidding.
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Old 10-01-2018, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Apex, NC
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Are they made in the Mexico plant? They announced recently the GTI is going back to Germany as well from that plant, which started making the GTI in 2015 for the north American market after years of importing them from Germany. Seems like they're either winding down Mexico in general or gearing up for something totally different?


Either way, VW needs to create something more than just the GTI/GLI to keep their "performance" edge. They've pulled the T'reg from our market, and now the Beatle, leaving the Passat, Jetta, Golf, Tiqqy and Atlas. Granted nice cars (I've had 3 GTI's since 2009, currently own a 2015), but somewhat bland for an automaker who wants to be the biggest in the world for a market that represents capitalism at it's finest. They seem "exposed" now with the loss of the Beatle to keep their uniqueness edge. Shame, because they've made some great/fun/unique cars in the past that have helped to define generations and fill memory banks!
They make the Golf R. That’s their top performance offering.
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Old 10-01-2018, 09:18 PM
 
Location: West Des Moines
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They make the Golf R. That’s their top performance offering.
Volkswagen Golf R400 project could be revived - report - CAR magazine
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Old 10-02-2018, 05:09 AM
 
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Was my first new car purchase. 1968 VW Beetle for about $1800.00.
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