IT'S always good to see a new car that breaks fresh styling ground while successfully re-interpreting old styling themes. The VW Beetle is a bold, likeable design that brings smiles to frazzled drivers in peak-hour traffic. It is a quality car, very much like a Golf to drive (it shares mechanicals) although it's no rocketship. The downsides are a lack of back seat space, the small boot and a rather lofty price.

VW Beetle
Released: 1954
Ended: 1976
Family Tree: BeetleThe last Beetle to be sold in Australia was never officially called a Beetle. With a 1.6-litre air-cooled "boxer" engine mounted behind the rear axle it was anything but conventional. Despite having substantially less power than the new car, it was also less economical and less spacious.
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