Volkswagen Beetle 2012
Once upon a time the Beetle. What we drove in Berlin today is much more of a reinterpretation of a retro car time. The Beetle car was true of the third millennium, modern, non-elite and the price, almost identical to that of a Golf, is there to prove it. A car for the people, therefore, like its predecessor. A nation of fans, of course, able to look at, appreciate and love a car like this. It is because this beetle leaves its mark, no doubt. It works by Walter De Silva, Klaus Bischoff, respectively responsible for the design of the Volkswagen Group, that have reshaped from a blank sheet of paper.
Reinterpreted. Muzzle inspired, as always, sympathetic. Stand the round headlights with LED lights that make them look eye. The profile is almost equal to that of the first Beetle, with the more upright windshield and back from the last series. Below the doors there are two straps, modern-day interpretation of the sill of a time. But the real treat are the fenders, large, bulky, made separately from the rest of the body.
Sporty driving position. Inside the car can still be found the spirit of the past. The short dash and vertical, painted the same color as the body releases the design, sets the tone and brightness to any interior. Cabin that is anything but small. In front there is plenty of room, but behind it is not bad at all. The driving position is sporty with the steering wheel is small enough and vertical (cut down version of the TSI with 200 horses tested by us) and the well-contoured seat that holds good in every situation.
Historical quotes. The instrumentation is formed by the large circular speedometer, which incorporates a multifunction display, tachometer and fuel gauge and the half-moon shaped cut, so to speak style, Porsche 911, a tribute to Walter de Silva said in Ferdinand Porsche, creator of the first Beetle .
Engine. The 2-liter supercharged four-cylinder, derived from the Golf GTI, pulls well. He has so much torque in the low response delay (turbo lag) practically non-existent, and pulls out a pretty grim when it is pushed to the limit speed. Coupled with the dual clutch DSG six-speed transmission, ensures a good ride comfort when you go up and a nice sporty verve when driving. The House says a top speed of 223 km / h and a 0 100 km / h in only 7.5 s. To be sure the DSG is not exactly fast, but still fits well with the spirit of this sporty Beetle.
Rims monster. Equipped with sports suspension, wheels with even 19-inch (turbocharged version of Black and White), the car seems very well planted on its wheels. The steering has a good load, and is sufficiently fast and accurate. Well the brakes at least we could see in this first brief reality check. Recall that the Beetle, as well as 2-liter turbo engine with 200 horsepower we tested (price Euro 28,050), is also proposed with an interesting 1.2 supercharged 105 hp (price Euro 19,700), to be followed by the 1.6 turbo diesel and 2.0 liters.
Close to the recent past to bind to double strand to the remote. And ‘this is the strategy chosen by the leaders for the new generation of Volkswagen Beetle, which, to cut down even more sharply with his predecessor, even name changes. In Italy, therefore, fished out the legendary “Beetle”, which was dubbed by popular acclaim, while abroad could be the turn of the various Coccinelle Käfer, Fusca, and so on, which brought the German entire curves in history to sell over 21.5 million pieces.
MIXED It is not just a matter of marketing or label. The machine actually is inspired by the ancestor, far more than did the model launched in the second half of the nineties. Volkswagen Beetle (who call it bad: the car will be female but also the “beetle” is much better …) it says goodbye to the New Beetle and curved toy lines dusts off more serious and tense. The present form is less feminine and more unisex, with a touch of sportiness that, depending on the outfit and accessories, can be enhanced as desired. Measures also provide a glimpse of this metamorphosis, 4,278 mm long, 1,808 wide and 1,486 high, the machine gets longer (+152 mm), widening (+84 mm) and lower (-12 mm) and is the most planted on the road.
DISTINGUISHING MARKS Beetle In particular the signs are many, from the shape of the pavilion, which starts with the windshield up, remains flat over the cockpit and then descends gradually on the tail. The pillar does not draw a bubble like the Beetle, but the outgoing stretches a little ‘over the rear passengers, to give more room to cut their heads with a coupe anyway. Another element of continuity with the past are the wings of flesh, connected by a bumper in the middle that makes the running board to the sill of ancient memory.
FRONT AND BACK The Volkswagen Beetle keeps the muzzle unmistakable expression, even if the hood is given to stretching and the look is more sullen and grim than the wild-eyed and a little ‘ditzy progenitor. To break a little ‘with tradition is instead the B-side, with a decidedly modern-style lights and especially with a spoiler at the base of the rear window to reiterate, if he had not yet understood, that in addition to ants, even the Beetle in Their small, sometimes catch fire ….
Nostalgia ‘s “Operation Nostalgia” continues inside, where the Beetle once again finished a bridge by a horizontal band that can be colored or with the outside-like carbon. In front of the passenger space is a little old-style cassette (below, in a classic, there is a second), while holding forth in front of the pilot instrumentation with three indicators. Other information may come from the trio of small to place any additional instruments on the console, as well as the navigation display, optional on all versions. The set fulfills the sight, touch and the new Volkswagen is not excited, everything is mounted with the usual painstaking care, the controls are of excellent quality but the plastics are rigidine as a reminder of the proletarian origin of the machine.
Cinquini If aesthetics is placed in between the past, present and future engines hosted on one platform cousin of the Golf and Jetta are all of the latest generation, turbocharged and direct fuel injection. At the launch, which is scheduled for November, with a classic open weekend on 19 and 20, will open the dance two petrol units: the small 1.2 TSI 105 hp and 200 hp 2.0 TSI lending, coupled with dual-clutch gearbox DSG. The offer will be completed in the months following the entry in the list of the 1.4 TSI with 160 hp and two turbodiesel engines, the 1.6 TDI with 105 hp (variation in fuel-saving BlueMotion technology) and two-liter TDI with 140 hp. For all these engines, BlueMotion aside, it is possible to mount the optional dual-clutch DSG automatic gearbox.
BLACK & WHITE In Italy there are two versions already well set up, while our borders remain out of the Beetle based, rather than minimalist sold in Germany for example. Our entry level will therefore be the Design, already standard front armrest, alloy wheels 16 “, air conditioning, cruise control, fog lights, stereo with CD/MP3 player and steering wheel covered in leather. At the top there will be instead Sports standards, among other things, 18 “wheels, automatic air-conditioning, parking sensors front and rear sport seats and multifunction steering wheel. In the launch phase and only about 2.0 TSI DSG are also provided two packages called Black and White Turbo Turbo. As you might guess, play on black and white (in contrast with mirrors) and fitted 19 “wheels, interior details in the body color and chrome exterior elements, in addition to the logo turbo.
FROM 19,700 EURO Needless to say, the Beetle can be customized at will. Twelve body colors, any alternative to leather upholstery fabrics, a variety of circles ranging from 16 “to 19″ and various gadgets allow you to sew on the machine, a little ‘as with other neo-classical, the Fiat 500 and the Mini. If you let yourself get carried away the bill may rise by up to much as the price Volkswagen Beetle at this time starts from 19,700 euros of the 1.2 TSI to Design and reaches 28,050 euros of the 2.0 TSI Sport DSG. Compared to some competition, we are not even on exorbitant levels but I would have liked to see a variant economic, naked, able to restore meaning to the equation = Volkswagen people’s car.
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