Herbie gets a makeover as Volkswagen reinvents the Beetle

The Daily Mail ^

[Pan_Yan]

So basically they made it look like an Audi TT

I have no idea what you are talking about (cough).

[Paladin2]

"Except the timing chain was a &*#&^@ to change. "

My '66 had gears to drive the camshaft.

[popdonnelly]

Except that the heater was useless, it was about as noisy as the inside of a cement mixer, and it handled bumps like a bicycle.

[Darksheare]

TDI direct injection diesel gets 40 MPG or better and can be had in some VW models.
And it is possible to peel out with a TDI.

[al_c]

Somebody squashed the Bug!

Woulda been better if they had made it appear more chop-topped than just squashed.

[antiRepublicrat]

Now it looks like an Audi.

[Darksheare]

The original Audi TT was a VW Gofl frame from the side mirror on down with a different skin.
Somewhere in the second iteration of the TT they moved to something similar to teh Beetle frame which let you put TT bod panels onto the Beetle.
(Look up BeeTTle, a VW beetle with TT body panels.)

I suspect this is the reverse of the above trend.

[Beowulf9]

Uhm, actually...I didn’t own a bug. I drove 1970 Buick LeSabre. Grass is always greener...

Btw; that thing sure took off from a stop light!

[al_c]

So basically they made it look like an Audi TT.

In other words ... they made it look like what it already was.

[Vroomfondel]

Except the timing chain was a &*#&^@ to change.

Timing chain? On an old Beetle?

You know what else was hard to change on an old Beetle? The radiator.

[Constitution Day]

A matte black, chopped-top, flamed Beetle! I think I have seen it all now.

[Sir Gawain]

Looks like someone stepped on an Audi TT.

[bigbob]

Dumkoffs should learn: “never stop making the Beetle”

[listenhillary]

The cheap thermostat housing nuts were horrible also.

[wizr]

Of course, you know what is more difficult than getting a pregnant elephant in a Volkswagen.

[Obadiah]

The only car (that I know of) that has a flower vase built into the dash. My sons still laugh at this every time they see a Volkswagon because of this.

[Trod Upon]

Is it still basically a Golf with cosmetic differences?

[Lazamataz]

I looked for the broken water pump for days.

[reed13]

hmm - maybe this would explain some other things on that junker we had.