New Beetle

The strong reaction of the public, the company has safely to move the car in production, and 1998, the Volkswagen New Beetle, designed by J Mays and Freeman Thomas by the company in California Design Studio. The New Beetle is the original that the name and appearance (including the absence of a car emblem script with the exception of the VW logo): under the hood, this is a car of all modern means, based on the Volkswagen Group A4 platform (Volkswagen Golf MK4).

However, he contributed numerous design features in conjunction with the old Beetle: separate wings, Vestigial Trittbretter steep headlights and large round tail lamps and a high rounded roof, sufficiently high to offices driver.

In a striking contrast to the original, the U.S. Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, the New Beetle the best rates for security in his class at the time of its introduction.

The Volkswagen New Beetle was Motor Trend "the import of cars of the year" for the year 1999. A convertible version of the New Beetle began two years after its launch, after a large number of buyers, after conversion.

For the United States, were the engines of 2.0 litre-Online-4, for the base model, the TDI turbo 1.9L inline-4, and 1.8-liter turbo inline-4, for the "Sport" Model, which includes a sport suspension, and more wheels and tires.

For the model 2006, to the outside world has been slightly revised, with more than bumpers, and with a 150hp 2.5L I5 20V engine, as we have seen on the A5 Jetta V and V. rabbits

The New Beetle is currently assembled in Mexico and in Houston, Texas, is the point of entry into the United States.