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VW: Report on cult car comeback - brand fans see mega-flop: "Please don't"

2021-01-21T07:37:39.409Z


Volkswagen is on the way to the electric age at full speed. The group could possibly also revive an icon. This makes for biting ridicule on the internet.


Volkswagen is on the way to the electric age at full speed.

The group could possibly also revive an icon.

This makes for biting ridicule on the internet.

  • Volkswagen

    plans to invest around 75 billion euros in the electrification and digitization of its fleet in the coming years.

  • Among the numerous new models, a

    cult car

    could also

    celebrate its comeback.

  • But in the social networks, the considerations cause biting

    ridicule

    for many

    .

Update from November 11, 10:54 a.m.

- The prospect of a possible comeback of the

VW

Beetle as a pure electric car is causing biting ridicule in social networks.

“Please don't”, begs one user, “No one needs it, not as a combustion engine, not as an electric”, judges another.

Many others see it similarly.

“The Beetle / Beetle was cute, never practical,” it says on Facebook.

The design also takes some getting used to: "The shape is from the day before yesterday".

"It looks like a dreamy baby princess," write users on Facebook.

In addition, many are wondering why the group should even think about a new edition despite the moderate sales of the predecessor model, which was discontinued in 2019.

The Beetle was an “overpriced

kissing ball

with moderate sales,” it says on Merkur.de.

In the case of a new edition, the target group would be “only the rich eco-friendly, affluent bourgeoisie”.

In any case, the

model policy of

the group

causes

biting ridicule.

"Finally.

I was worried that

VW

wouldn't make a

fool of

itself ”.

“Exactly, the Passat is to be crushed and the Beetle is to be brought back.

Absolutely illogical, ”commented another.

Volkswagen

wants to remove the Passat sedan from the range.

The popular

VW

Passat Variant should continue to exist.

According to a report by Autobild,

Volkswagen

could

possibly revive the cult car, which was retired in 2019.

Thereafter, the Beetle could celebrate its comeback in 2023 as a pure electric car based on the modular electrification kit (MEB), speculates the portal.

Will the cult VW car soon make its comeback as an e-car?

There are already sketches

First report from December 7th, 10:28 am

- July 10th, 2019 was

a sad day

for fans of the

Beetle

.

The

last Beetle rolled off the assembly line at the

VW

* plant in Puebla, Mexico.

To say goodbye, the employees stood in line in T-shirts with the words “Gracias, Beetle”, there was confetti and a mariachi band sang the classic Cielito Lindo, “Canta, no llores” (Sing, don't cry).

“With the Volkswagen Beetle”, the company wrote somewhat sadly at the end of the cult car, “

Volkswagen

de México

is closing

a very important and successful chapter in its history”.

Although there are no plans to replace the Beetle, it was said at the farewell.

But the then governor of the group for the region kept the door a little open to be on the safe side: "Never say never," said the then head of

Volkswagen

Group of America,

Hinrich J. Woebcken,

in July 2019 as a precaution.

Now the group could possibly revive its cuddly mobile - as a Stromer.

At least that's

what Auto Bild

speculates about

.

After that, VW could launch the Beetle based on the modular electrification kit (MEB).

VW: chief designer with sketches for the E-Beetle

Corresponding sketches have been around for a long time.

The British industry website Autocar had already published corresponding sketches by the then chief designer of the

VW

core brand

,

Klaus Bischoff

, in

2018

.

Bischoff has been responsible for the design language of the entire

VW

group

since the beginning of April

.

Instead of a two-door model, Bischoff saw a possible new edition of the icon in his study as a four-door model - with larger wheels, but with a slightly longer exterior and rear-wheel drive like the legendary

VW

Beetle

.  

When it

comes to

technology, the engineers could

fall

back

on the

ID.3

platform

.

The E-Golf, with which CEO

Herbert Diess

drove to Lake Garda in August, is available with 150 or 204 hp drive power.

The corresponding range would be 330 and 550 kilometers, depending on the version.

VW: So far no decision to build an E-Beetle

The decision about a possible start of series production is “of course still open,” emphasizes the newspaper.

Before 2022, however, a possible

VW

ID.Beetle

would

hardly roll

off the assembly

line, they say.

In the group's portfolio there would be room for the successor to the group icon.

In addition to the

ID.3

,

which has been available since September, and its SUV brother

ID.4

, which is due to come onto the market at the turn of the year, the group is now also planning a Stromer in the Polo class *.

With the

ID.Buzz

, there will be an electric version of the popular

VW

Bullis

from 2022

.

"An E-Beetle would be a logical step," writes the portal.

The

Volkswagen

Supervisory Board only gave the

green light for medium-term planning in

mid-November

. According to this, the Wolfsburg-based company intends to invest a total of 150 billion euros by 2025, around half of which should go into e-mobility and digitization.

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen Digital editorial network.

Source: merkur

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