The New Beetle is NOT being replaced with a rear-engine car. It is also NOT a seriously flawed car. The up! Concept, on which the new New Beetle will be based has been changed to fwd. My New Beetle has 178000 miles on it with no breakdowns and it gets 45 MPG and no, it does not handle like pig. It is flawed from your perspective because ever since I have been on this list, which makes 8 years, you've been prejudiced against anything new VW made. On 11/10/08, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com> wrote: >> Arrgh!!! I'M Canadian, and that p***es me off! What a piece of crap. A >> Chrysler in VW clothing. Another jelly-bean. They all look the same. :-( >> I was SO hoping for a retro microbus image, like they did with the beetle. > > The New Beetle is a seriously flawed car, which is why it's being > discontinued and replaced with a rear-engined design. A shrunk-down > pseudorepro T1 would be at least as badly flawed. > > Bring back the T1!! > > Oh, of course y'all know how "Routan" should be pronounced. To rhyme > with "tootan". > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" |
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