Driven: 2012 VW Beetle Turbo

It's to finish now. The long awaited replacement representing the Volkswagen New Beetle is to finish hitting dealer lots.
And we had the good fortune to drive solitary. Our test car was a chocolate white Launch Edition Turbo. Having driven and owned many of the outgoing New Beetles since 1998, the modern 2012 edition is a delightful addition to the VW kin. Many of the New Beetle's downfalls own been addressed as well as size, use and power.

First issue you notice is the size difference. At chief glance, it doesn't appear to be much better, but the more you look next to it, the more clear it becomes to facilitate this isn't the small Beetle of old. You are furthermore drawn to the elongated cover to facilitate more compactly resembles the real thing Beetle. One styling cue I am still demanding to adjust to, is the squared sour front profuse to facilitate is part of VW's modern design chromosome. It truly doesn't scream Beetle what time you look next to it. But who am I to argue? Moving to the characteristic we discovery solitary of the unsurpassed styling cues adapted to the Beetle yet, pillarless doors. They really suit the Beetle's design. The roof, much sink and elongated furthermore carreis a a small number of styling cues from the Beetle of the 1970s. An appealing styling stroke is the partial roof panel attached tot the rear originate. This adds the second rear seat headroom. Out characteristic, it furthermore carries the roof mounted tentacle, accepted larger than from the preceding New Beetle. The tail top of the car we discovery a quantity of horrendous styling skin tone. A actual dual exhaust usage with polished tips. Large, while not surrounding tail lamps look after own a a small number of design cues from the precedent as well. Another pleasant stroke is the addition of the VW emblem/trunk emancipation seen on a quantity of other VWs, but not at all adapted to the preceding car. This is a much delightful addition.

Our test car was furthermore equipped with the voluntary 19 crawl wheels wrapped in Continental ContiPro Contacts and the Turbos featured red brake calipers. 4 helm disc brakes with ABS on all 4 corners. Unlike the preceding New Beetle, the 2012 skin tone a modern fully outside 4 link rear suspension and a MacPhearson Strut front suspension. A Sport suspension package will be offered as an option. The turbo is equipped with a 2.0 liter 4 cylinder to facilitate has 200 horse power. Our test car came equipped with the voluntary 6 zoom DSG automatic.

Moving to the interior, you are greeted by deep bolstered sport seats to facilitate show your face standard on the Turbo. The fit and varnish of the interior is top notch compared to the VWs of old. I was surprised to discovery troublesome surfaces representing th top of the dash, but the quality of the equipment used are outstanding. The modern dash design is outstanding, a really pleasant trait is the body dyed flap, dash and steering helm accents to facilitate really collapse the interior a quantity of splash. Storage is solitary issue at hand is rejection lack of in the Beetle. My detail favorite cargo space corner is the "KaferFach" glovebox. It captures the panache of the real thing Beetles dash flawlessly. The driving view is suited flawlessly as solitary would expect from a car as sporty as the Beetle. And the totally bottomed steering helm is an appealing stroke. The rear spaces area is greatly improved furthermore, supplementary head and crutch extent is a large plus, as is the modern 50/50 split rear seat in opposition to. The New Beetles solid rear seat back. The trunk area is almost doubled in size. The sink rim of the trunk opening is almost flush with the trunk floor making loading and unloading easier. The rear freight shelf attaches with twine to the rear originate to elevate without human intervention truly as in the Golf/GTIs. Under the trunk floor hides a chock-full size 16 crawl standby tire and a chock-full tool kit. Of the whole interior, the single beast comfort missing to facilitate I would own liked to distinguish was the addition of a focus armrest. Outside of to facilitate at hand were very a small number of.

The driving characteristics are very Volkswagen. Its fun to drive and packs a load of power and handles like a make for cart. We plunk it through its paces on a quantity of twisty roads and were very impressed with the cars characteristics. It stays planted on the road with single a crumb of larger than steer. Performance was fast in both chock-full automatic and in guide alteration modes. There is minor road clamor with the windows up credit to the better wheels and low profile 235/40R19 Continentals. Cruising around, we managed 23 miles for every gallon. While VW toll the 2.0T next to 22 City, 30 Highway. During hasty, I was very happy with the modern 2012 VW Beetle.

A special thank you goes improbable to Billco Volkswagen representing charter us consume of their car representing this reconsideration.