VW discontinuing the Beetle

[jeffrey8164]

I heard that on the radio just now. Hmmm

[scottyrocks]

Old news.
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[Glenn]

They stopped making the Beetle in Mexico in June 2003.

You're 15 years late.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-classic-vw-beetle-rolls-off-the-line
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[Zundfolge1432]

Good riddance to the water cooled piece of crap that tried to capitalize on the original cars name and likeness. 🖕

[oprn]

I actually like the looks of the latest version. I almost signed up for one until I found out the convertible cannot be ordered with a standard shift gearbox!

[e&m_ghia]

I've gotten 3 or 4 New Beetles as rental cars, in recent times. The fact that Avis is buying them, is probably an indicator that they've fallen out of favor in the full-price-retail market...

Actually I kind of like them as rentals... Cute, and they seem to handle pretty well, compared to (more generic) Asian compact cars that the rental car companies typically provide. At least among the cars my company will pay for. I have no clue how the prices compare in the retail market, though.

[oprn]

I have never owned a New Beetle but being a VW owner of various other models over the last 40 years I can assure you that the water pumpers are far superior to the air cooled engines in every respect!

[Glenn]

[anthracitedub]

I’ve seen some of the latest versions that looked pretty slick...I owned a 2000 year model and it was a good car, I drove the wheels off of it using it to drive to school and work for a few years. I’ll stick to the Aircooled versions though, I think that’s where most of our hearts are at.

[ZENVWDRIVER]

... was a good idea, to bring it back - just never liked most all Beetles after 1965.
Heard they will come out with 2 special editions as a temporary, "good bye"...
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[iamdonquixote]

if they had a performance 'ultima edition' that would be cool, like maybe a gti version or something. but I'm sure they have figured the sales would be too low to spend time doing an interesting last edition.

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[ach60]

21 years was a hell of a run, the Germans were concerned they wouldn't get 5 years out of the run.
Ultimately the discontinuation of the New Beetle is/was just another symptom of VW Group, and VWoA continued stupidity in the North American market.
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