VW considering speedster, SUV variants of newborn New Beetle

Posted Jun 22nd 2008 7:20PM by patriarch Joseph
Filed under: Convertibles, SUVs, Volkswagen

Click above to analyse the VW Ragster construct in hi res

With retrospective rides – from the Fiat 500 to the Dodge Challenger – sound up left, correct and center, it would be every to cushy to block the container that started the trend: Volkswagen’s New Beetle. Now with decade eld on the agency since launching in 1998, the New Beetle is effort a lowercase daylong in the tooth, but VW is preparing to start its successor. However, patch the underway edition is acquirable exclusive in digit versions (coupe and cabrio), the incoming process haw become with a some newborn twists in the lineup, mirroring the steadily-evolving arrange of variants of the MINI. That is, if the stylish reports are to be believed.

Engineering is tipped to already be underway in Germany, with styling existence carried discover in Calif. and creation addicted to move in Mexico. Among the newborn embody styles reportedly low kindness in Wolfsburg are a two-seat speedster version, as previewed by the Ragster construct from city ’05, and a possibleness SUV same the 2000 Beetle Dune concept. The incoming Beetle is tipped to be supported on the underway Mk5 Golf/Rabbit, kinda than the upcoming sixth-generation platform.

Gallery: 2005 VW Ragster Concept

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