VW Beetle to buzz in New York
And Shanghai.
The 21st century cult hero is being revealed on Wednesday in a simultaneous unveiling on opposite sides of the Pacific.
The shape is much the same as the original 'new Beetle', but the 'new- new Beetle' is not built on the mechanical package of the Golf and that should mean far fewer compromises.
Carsguide will be at the reveal in the Big Apple and is ready to report on a car that is longer, lower and wider than the born-again Volkswagen Beetle of 1998.
Other early details include a body design overseen by Walter de Silva with a windscreen and roofline set further back and a boot capacity lifted from the silly 209 litres of the current car to 310 litres. The new-generation Beetle, as the car is called, will be on sale in the USA in the third quarter of this year and Australians can expect it sometime in 2012.
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