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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Jezza-7 on June 17, 2011, 08:48:36 AM

Title: New beetle R
Post by: Jezza-7 on June 17, 2011, 08:48:36 AM
Does anyone think this looks slightly like a porsche?
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: hayesey on June 17, 2011, 09:32:58 AM
beetles always used to!
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: Justin14100 on June 17, 2011, 10:45:12 AM
got to remember that the original was designed by ferdinand porsche himself before he set up his own company so just carrying on the spirit i spose!
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: Jezza-7 on June 17, 2011, 11:03:29 AM
ah didnt know that.

http://images.pistonheads.com/nimg/23774/Volkswagen-Beetle-1461111340161371600x1060-L.jpg

I think that it might as well be a porsche. This one looks more like one than any of them.
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: scotsjohn on June 18, 2011, 06:53:56 PM
Way back when, the name of the game was to fit a Porsche/Corvair flat six in your Beetle. This was relatively easy and made for an entertaining drive when you got to the first bend.
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: Richg40 on June 18, 2011, 07:39:37 PM
Looks awful.
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: johnyG40 on June 19, 2011, 10:47:15 AM
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23774

more info
Title: Re: New beetle R
Post by: scotsjohn on June 19, 2011, 02:17:42 PM
Looks to me like it's had a lot of dimensional changes, maybe a roof chop. It's the first one I've seen that seems to replicate the old air-cooled beetle.