Official: The Beetle Picture Post

[moodylucy]

Denim Blue:

Thanks for sharing! I like it. Still not sure, I've got time to decide.

[SMG8vT]

Uh oh... It looks like the fenders are metal rather than plastic now. The plastic fenders made slamming the older NB's a dream, you could rub all day and never worry about rust.

[EUROBORA8V]

I want a bug.

[RidinRetro1973]

[silverspeedbuggy]

Uh oh... It looks like the fenders are metal rather than plastic now. The plastic fenders made slamming the older NB's a dream, you could rub all day and never worry about rust.

CONFIRMED: the fenders are STEEL.

[silverspeedbuggy]

Saturn Yellow:

[EUROBORA8V]

God i love the Beetle!

[interna]

Vamos a la playa!

[pehero]

Lookilook:

>>> Colorful. ...

[UTE]

El Beetle!

(Hah! See, I did learn something in Puebla, Ron. The only other Spanish I know is the name the other workers called me, Senor Estúpido. I figure it is probably some sort of honorary title.)

Bill

[ridgemanron]

El Beetle!

(Hah! See, I did learn something in Puebla, Ron. The only other Spanish I know is the name the other workers called me, Senor Estúpido. I figure it is probably some sort of honorary title.)

Bill

Yes! And if you return there for their 'Cinco de Mayo' Festival later this Spring I'm sure you will
be carried through the streets on the shoulders of the townspeople. Just don't mention your
18 'loves' to them, for it might bring out a 'tad' of anger. Just wear a St. Guadalupe medal around
your neck, smile a lot, and if you prefer, carry one of your Venus Fly Traps in a vase. P.S. - The
'Flytraps' are partial to Tequila but no more than ' half-a-jigger ' a day for safety's sake.

[AbuNigel]

Uh oh... It looks like the fenders are metal rather than plastic now. The plastic fenders made slamming the older NB's a dream, you could rub all day and never worry about rust.

Could rolling/pulling the fenders be more controlled too though?

[SMG8vT]

Better for full-blown custom work on the fenders? Yeah probably.

Nothing's easier than just grinding the inner lip off with a Dremel and never worrying about rust though.

[Suspekt]

[ridgemanron]

The 'Moody One' has informed her husband that she has, after long deliberation,
brought her favorite exterior color selection down to 'one of nine' (actually ten when you
realize there are two blacks offered)...........and wheels & interior are nowhere as close
to a final decision yet. I can just see her salesman showing her a car arriving at the
dealership with exactly what her last stated selections were, and her saying, 'Hmmm! I'm
not sure about this......what else can you show me?'

[pehero]

White/Blue:

[pehero]

Black/Orange:

[UTE]

Love that white interior on the RS Beetle.

Bill

[ridgemanron]

Love that white interior on the RS Beetle.

Bill

Yea, but put an 'all out bulletin' for his missing rear headrests ! The 'Cadenza Man'
has a bloodhound that need only take one sniff of that rear backrest to track down
the culprit. He's never needed more than a day to get results.

[bandi53]

That black/orange one is giving me ideas.

[a6m5zerosen]

Check out the single gauge pod with the clock....lots of possibilities there...

[pehero]

Denim Blue with Circle White:








Merci, SKRINk_skrink!

[Buran]

I'm a GTI owner, but here's my turbo service loaner. The guys at my dealer are awesome and knew I'd love this. Sounds different vs. my GTI even though it's the same engine (though I have an FSI and not a TSI).

Haven't seen many of these on the roads yet.





No wheel controls, which did surprise me.

Even better: The service was free (Mechatronic recall). I get to play with this thing all weekend

[KNEWBUG]

I'm a GTI owner, but here's my turbo service loaner. The guys at my dealer are awesome and knew I'd love this. Sounds different vs. my GTI even though it's the same engine (though I have an FSI and not a TSI).

Haven't seen many of these on the roads yet.





No wheel controls, which did surprise me.

Even better: The service was free (Mechatronic recall). I get to play with this thing all weekend

The Black Turbo Launch Edition comes with the RCD-310 sound system which does not have the controls on the steering wheel. The 19" wheels come on that edition. They were a preordered model where only 600 were able to preorder on a VW website starting last June 2011

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[Buran]

It does have the RCD-310, which isn't bad. I miss my retrofitted RNS-510 (my car's an '07) though. But it looks like the 510 would fit in the Bug. I do like the 19" wheels -- 18" is just about right on my GTI, but I think those wheels would look too small on this Beetle.

I definitely am not big on the long doors in two-door cars, but it's a fantastic weekend loaner to have.

I do wish that the thumb knob to change the lighting on the door speakers worked on the dash lighting, too. I miss the '00-'09 blue dash lights already!

Is the "TURBO" graphic a launch edition thing, or do they all have that? If I were to buy one of these, I wouldn't want the label.

Almost had to give it up for a 2.5 as the dealer had a customer that wanted to buy it (and they were going to send someone out to trade cars with me!) but the customer decided at the last minute to go for a different color. Still, the 2.5's a pretty good engine -- I recently drove a 2012 Jetta with it and it had a lot more spunk than I'd imagined.

[UTE]

Is the "TURBO" graphic a launch edition thing, or do they all have that? If I were to buy one of these, I wouldn't want the label.

Comes with the Launch Edition models only. It is an available accessory through the VW catalog, though.

Bill

[Son]

I'm surprised how it can pull both the retro look and the modern sporty look that we saw on the modded white Turbo with GT3 RS style graphics.

I would love a Denim blue with those white wheels. That color isn't available in my country, though.

[KNEWBUG]

Westlake Village California.....








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[KNEWBUG]

Leather interior, NAV and FENDER sound, PADDLE shifters on steering wheel. Has been lowered 1 inch by Nuespeed in Camarillo California. Only problem is it came with three tires of one brand(HANKOOK) anmd one tire (BRIDGESTONE), he is waiting to here from VW on what they are going to do???






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[ltlebug]

Leather interior, NAV and FENDER sound, PADDLE shifters on steering wheel. Has been lowered 1 inch by Nuespeed in Camarillo California. Only problem is it came with three tires of one brand(HANKOOK) anmd one tire (BRIDGESTONE), he is waiting to here from VW on what they are going to do???






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The red looks awesome and even more awesome lowered! How does a car have different wheels! Does not add up! I hope VW gets it together soon.

[KNEWBUG]

More pictures from SUPERCAR SUNDAY, Woodland Hills California, last Sunday of every month:

http://rides.webshots.com/album/582404183sgqURq




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[spongebob_squarepants]

Curious if the Beetle handles as well as the current GTI. Love the style though!

[silverspeedbuggy]

Curious if the Beetle handles as well as the current GTI. Love the style though!

The Turbo is close to GTI feel, but softer. VW wants the GTI to always be their best handler. But since the Beetle is based on the Golf/GTI, many have considered swapping in the GTI bits to more closely mimic the handling.

[UTE]

The Launch Edition Turbo Beetle which comes with Sport Suspension/19" wheel package actually pulls more G's than a GTI on the skid pad*. But, the Beetle is less aerodynamic. As a result, they tie in the slalom.

* per Cars.com which compiles test results from multiple sources

Bill

[KNEWBUG]

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