Summer is Here!

In honor of the fact that it is now summertime (for those of us in the northern hemisphere), I thought I should do a post on...

The Beetle Cabriolet!

(credit: www.caradvice.com.au)

It's a Beetle, a car created to scam thousands of Germans living under the Nazi regime into donating their Reichmarks into a little book, under the promise of their very own car. It also looks a bit funny.

The drop-top is important on a convertible car, but I think VW thought that it wasn't on this late model:

(credit: autoevolution.com)

Even on the newest 2017 model, it still looks like someone stuck a bolster on the back of the car! That... erm... unfortunate roof is nothing compared to the price.

For a base model cabriolet, VW expects you to shell out $24,725. For nearly the exact same money, you can get a Dodge Dart Limited. I certainly know which one I would choose... On another trim level note, apparently there is, and I'm not making this up, a #PinkBeetle trim! Why would anyone want a pound of pink Beetle? Of course, it's Hashtag Pink Beetle (still don't know why we don't say "pound sign" on Twitter). For that reason alone, I would certainly not get a Beetle.

Some of the special editions are fairly questionable. Click here and scroll down to section 3 to see what I mean.

A Beetle in '55 was 160 inches long. A Beetle in 2017 is 168 inches long. So, the Beetle is a bit like the FIAT 500, it was tiny, then it got fat. And expensive. (like fat Elvis!)

Also, it has the engine in the front, and it is front wheel drive. So, it's just a Golf (which is just a newer VW Rabbit) that looks like a Beetle. This wouldn't be such a big deal with other cars (Challenger and Charger for instance) but isn't the point of the Beetle to be rear engined? I suppose it doesn't matter now that the Beetle uses a Monocoque chassis and is unable to be turned into a beach buggy.

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