New beetle R

[Jezza-7]

Does anyone think this looks slightly like a porsche?

[hayesey]

beetles always used to!

[Justin14100]

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!

[Jezza-7]

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.

[scotsjohn]

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.

[Richg40]

Looks awful.

[johnyG40]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23774

more info

[scotsjohn]

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.