2012 Volkswagen Beetle

  • 2012 Volkswagen Beetle

    The Volkswagen New Beetle has had a good life - launched in 1998, it's carried on for the past thirteen years virtually unchanged. Okay, so that's not quite as impressive as the original, known variously as the Volkswagen, Type 1, Beetle, Bug, Käfer and many more names throughout the world. Unsurprising that it garnered so many names, since production continued from launch in 1938 until 2003 with over 21.5 million manufactured. 2011 sees the launch of a brand new Beetle in Shanghai, Berlin and New York, and it offers levels of equipment that owners of even the last version would be...

  • 2012 Volkswagen Beetle
    2012 Volkswagen Beetle: 2011 New York Auto Show

    After more than a decade a replacement for the ‘New Beetle’ has finally arrived, making its world debut initially at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show and then again at the 2011 New York Auto Show just a couple of days later. The latest car drops its New tag and is just called the Beetle, or...

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