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New Generation VW Beetle Sliding Next Year
Good news for fans of VW Beetle, for generations they will be reborn and will be launched next year, with more focus on the dynamics and the reduction retro style. The plan, as reported by Autocar, 22 March 2010 at the latest generation VW Beetle will begin to be marketed in the UK starting in May 2011, which will be assembled at the VW Puebla factory in Mexico, along with Next VW Jetta.
Both these models (Beetle and Jetta) will share the front driveline and drive a few other combinations. This makes the Beetle chassis with wider track and longer wheelbase than the current model. We’ve never seen how the choice of the design team to update the VW Beetle, however, one person in the VW tried to illustrate how the architecture and design of the latest generation of the VW Beetle is.
Will be more contoured, with added features and outline definitive restructuring that is used to help break the surface of the body is simple and without the character models like the present. But, of course, unique characteristics of the Beetle would not be eliminated just like that, like bulatannya, with lights that are also rounded, and a separate spatboard on each wheel that makes Beetle look fat.
In response to criticism from the display and Beetle interior dimensions, particularly for the design of the dashboard and the lack of rear space, VW will also re-examine the interior. VW is also preparing several options for the New Beetle engine, which powered 1.2-liter engine 105 bhp, 1.4-liter-powered 160 bhp and powerful 2.0-liter 210 bhp, and 1.6-liter diesel engine-powered 105 bhp and powerful 2.0-liter 140 hp.
Whereas for the U.S. market, VW Beetle also provides the latest engine development configuration 5-cylinder that is not common with a powerful 2.5-liter capacity of 170 bhp, And last, a hybrid engine will be developed, with a drivetrain similar to that found behind the hood of a VW Jetta CC, An engine-powered 1.4-liter 150 bhp with a turbocharger and an electric motor-powered 27 bhp.