VW Beetle idea: Great balance between tradition and modernity

The Volkswagen of modern times has arrived – finally. 60 years after the debut of the original Volkswagen Beetle did in 1998, the New Beetle to the market. It should reflect the traditional values ??of the ancestors in a modern way. This was only partly success was the sale after the initial euphoria, then returned later. That the beetles will continue to play a special role in the pilot program was also to stop production of the New Beetle already clear. In April 2011, then was the cloth over the new interpretation of the original Beetle aired – at the same time in Shanghai, New York and Berlin celebrated the enthusiastic audience with a Beetle, not the more appropriate had the genes of the ancestors can teach. Here, the makers of a great balance between tradition and modernity has succeeded – back to the roots of the beetle.

“The New Beetle was the idea of ??the geometry, the play of the half circles in the foreground and the result was in his time also very attractive,” explained Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Volkswagen brand group, business development, while the driving performance in Berlin. “The Beetle, we have yet solved it, and the line again brought closer to the original, while we have clearly determined, masculine, made bullish.” The opposite New Beetle significantly wider track the successor makes much stronger stand on the street, especially if the 18-inch alloy wheels mounted under the wings are typical of large beetles.

The total effect of the 21 Beetle Century, much successful than its predecessor. The first impression is confirmed then the facts: The front end has become longer, the windshield and posts are moved back and now stand upright like the original Beetle. Today, the Beetle attaches a length of 4.27 meters. The designers have set the proportions of the Beetle with pinpoint accuracy, thus implement the perfect design of a new beetle can. Little attention on the brink: who ordered the new Beetle can also choose between the word “beetle” or “Volkswagen” (surcharge € 49) on the tailgate.

“Close to the Machine”, say the Americans, if they feel closely connected to the car. True, it makes you feel right at home behind the wheel of the Beetle – and finds himself very handy, nimble and agile. The technique is based entirely on the golf is just reliable and proven. Steering, brakes and chassis have been adapted to the new Beetle, a perfect balance of sporty driving dynamics and feasible locomotion. And nice that you have also thought about the sound that the 2.0 TSI (200 kW PS/147) even somewhat reminiscent of the Beetle the first hour.

Speaking of memories that are awakened when Beetle already, but only through the outer shape and the feeling inside. In contrast, the Beetle is not technically related to the beetle. Already have moved out of the rear engine in the front car and the many electronic devices make the Beetle driver much less work than it was many, many years of daily struggle sometimes. Between the beetle-riding comfort of the 70th years, and the worlds are today – and this is of course not surprised. “The Beetle was a car from the same mold, a product that has emerged from a holistic philosophy out. He was well thought out in every detail, he was extremely reliable and economical, “says Ulrich Hackenberg. “The new Beetle takes on all these strengths again.”

The fact is, the new Beetle is not an arbitrary fashion car. No, the Beetle is a practical car for every day and not a posh car, with the thought of how he came onto the market again in 1938. However, with the crucial difference: Today, the Beetle everything, absolutely everything much better. Only fair that calculates the price for Volkswagen Beetle with the € 16 950 in its standard version scarce. For comparison: in 1957 cost the standard Beetle 3770 €, “which was the lowest value ever. Which we can achieve with the Beetle is no longer natural, “said technical director Hackenberg. That with the new Beetle is a success story lives on, should come as no surprise, except that the complete definition of a legend succeeded so completely that already.