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Description
There was really no reason for the New Beetle to exist, other than to appease anyone who missed the original Beetle that had departed the North American market by the late 1970s. Visually, the revival version was loosely based on the original, but used the same front-wheel-drive platform as Volkswagen’s Golf as well as the same four-cylinder gas and optional diesel powerplants.