Volkswagen Beetle: THE Car of the 20th Century - XCAR
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The Original Volkswagen Beetle was one of the most significant cars in history. Is the new model worthy of its name?
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5:23 WHAT a straight 4 ? Come on
it's not the only mistake-he says the 2CV has a modern version-it doesn't
Also, 0-60 mph was more like 15 - 18 seconds, not 35! My 1970 1200cc was faster than that...
mk win I agree...my beetle was not that slow, and mine had 48 HP not 30...
i see everybody noticet that :D
Boxer flat 4 NOT a straight 4!
I am a proud owner of a 1998 Mexican Bug. Since I was a kid I was surrounded by aircooled VWs as most of my family members had one: 5 bugs, 1 Brasilia, 1 Kombi. I set myself a goal to fulfill my dream of having a brand new one here in Mexico. When they stopped producing it in 2003, I literally cried as I had no way of getting my bug, since I was 18, in high school, and I didin't have a job, and if I had it, by no means I would've afforded it.
I bought my 98 3 years ago and I'm trying very hard to keep it as preserved as possible. Though if I ever buy a 2003 in pristine conditions, then I will be able to fulfill my dream.
+VochoTalacha as all of us do.
+montgomery scott I bought my 1980 Mexican Beetle in Celaya Mexico for a window airconditioner and two large Barbie doll houses. I have had "Max" for 6 years now and I have had nothing but a major repair every month I have had him. So far completly rebuilt the engine, rebuilt tranny from mexico, end of the mastercylinder blew the brake light sensor out. Since it has only a one chamber brake system had no brakes. Brake line blew out. 3 clutch cables, carb, dizzy, engine fan, fire, I have learned more about automobile engines than I ever did owning a 1950 ford a 1966 ford a 1954 chevrolet a1955 Buick. It hates me!
+Stephen Whited My dad had a 1985 bug and a 1975 Brasilia. I grew up more fond of the Brasilia, but the bug also has a piece of my heart.
5:22 u mentioned that the beetle is a 1.2 straight four? Last time I checked my engine it was a boxer...
The new Beetle is good but will never replace the original. I say VW go back to the original design(rear engine, rear wheel drive)and I'll buy one.
Unless you're in the US, there is the new Renault Twingo, Rear wheel drive and rear engined, but if you're from the US, the Smart Fortwo which will be launched there shares 70% of the parts with the Twingo.
Canada doesn't have this Renault as they are not sold here.
They still do
It's the Porsche 911
Not even close. If I had the cash I'd buy a 911. Please don't compare these two cars!
david dykeman But you can still have the smart Forfour, which is a Renault Twingo badged as a smart.
That was a great video. Well done.
One of the greatest videos i've seen. Long live the Volkswagen. If you never driven one of these, force yourself to do so. It might just be the last car you ever drive.
+Chicken tikki masala it is my first car i ever drive, i have a funny story behind, i did have another car but is not as fun to drive as my beetle.
Chicken, make sure you drive the original versions, air-cooled. You haven't lived until you've driven something with the pedals coming out of the floor! HAHA...quite a sensation.
i had an option a Honda Civic in an exelent condition or to buy my old beetle, and i got the old beetle, not exactly perfect, i had to repair a lot of things from brakes to the engine and even so, i love my bug, is something i can not explain, i had a Geo Prizm before but it was a car this is something more, and alway is a joy ride in my bug,
"It might just be the last car you ever drive" Correct because the engine is in the back, they don't have airbags and the engine will come smashing through the back to kill you in a collision.
Gunther Ultrabolt Novacrunch yes has a the engine in the back as the Porshce, Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, Bugatti and the air bag only increase the posibility of you survive 10%, i do not see your point, and besides that is car that you actually enjoy to drive. and if you get one you will love it and never want to drive any other car,
Can't wait for mine to be ready in the summer :D anyone who's reading this that hopes to have one someday, it will happen, you just gotta work for it :)
I just bought my 3rd beetle (74 super conv) it my first one since 1995( 74 super hard to) which I've always missed 1st was in highschool 1988 it was a "59" but with this new one I'm happy as can be
Always owned a beetle would never be without one!
Most manufactured car of all time = Toyota Corolla. The beetle was at one point, yes, but not for twenty years or so. Flat four, not straight four.
Love what you guys are bringing us with the car videos! Its nice to actually learn the history of the car too!
+Craig “ToyotaYoda” Kulig i was hoping that someone would remember that the beetle is no longer the most sold car in the world. also it hasn't been quite 20 years yet only 18.
Toyota and Golf = same name but many different models. The VW Type 1 closest most produced rival?..........Lada Riva/ Fiat 124, then the Ford Model T
Craig Kulig That is true, the Beetle is not the most sold car of all time, but it is the most sold car model, since it stayed pretty much the same over its lifetime
Nice work.
History of the Bug AND a tour of Downs Barn? You're spoiling us XCAR!
Cur8or88, I'm glad you pointed that out. I thought 'wait a minute', but then I just watched a clip on the last VW bus and they were using straight 4 water-cooled engines. In the US, and as far as I know world-wide, they were using flat four technology until 1979 here. I don't know about when/if the Mexico plant went to the in-line 4 engine with water cooling. Interesting video though. I had a 1974 Super Beetle. Funny how then it didn't see that slow....but in retrospect, wow, my TDi is a race-car in comparison. :-) Happy memories.
ERROR: Beetles had FLAT 4's, NOT Inline 4's.
So what
Still work ed for years just fine air cooled no need for antifreeze
Actually the "new" front engine beetle does have an in line 4.
So its no true beetle (Type 1)
Great video
now i want to drive a beetle!
i do drive one of those last generation of beetles made in Mexico in 1995 and i for me is the best car ever. and it will be with me for as long as i live, is more than a car, is more than a mean of transportation, is something else, and i am proud to own a Volkswagen beetle. (please learn to say it like a Germans do, is FolksVagen thanks.) .
***** cna you be more specific, a lot of cars are assambled in Mexico, more information is required, thanks.
***** no, was not the Pinto made and design in the USA and it was a piece or garbage, a long side with other shity designs of USA, due to so many failures in design. can you be more specific, a lof of cars are assembled in Mexico, an a lot of them are well assembled, if is a bad design is not the problem of who assemble it is fault of the design and designer a long side with some other people.
no, it is not, your commnent have a tone of chauvininsm for so called American cars. are so many cars made and design in USA with fatal flaws, but you will denny such information, could you be more specific. one of the Ford factories has won several awards on quality, and is in Mexico, yes the one that make the Ford Escort, but I assume that you are one of the Japanese car entusiast, i will not deny that i do like the cars from Germany, like Porsche, Audi, Bmw, Mercedez, and i love my Volkswagen beetle. Can you be more specific about or is just your pride is the one is answering my comment.
***** thanks, I do not have anything to add, once more thanks and farewell, live long and prosper.
Heh! The narrator also mispronounced Porsche. He pronounced it like Porsh! It's a two syllable pronunciation.
Great video! Yes yes
Mostly fond memories of both my high school teenage-years Beetles...had a 1967 beetle that I rolled whilst racing another beetle...then a 1974 Super Beetle tnat I fantasized as a 911...complete with metallic silver paint, simulated Fuchs 5-spoke wheels and a mini ducktail...
Exelent video
I learned to drive in a 1961 black VW beetle ill never forget that i wish my family still had it
At 5:23 you say it features a straight 4 engine in the back?
Straight 4? Dont you mean Boxer engine?
he's on crack! 77 had a 1.6 liter flat four! 65 had a 1.2 liter.
Francisco Teixeira he meant flat 4
We get the point stop being critical it makes you get the flu virus
Love that car want now give it to me cuz I deserve it and will take care of it for the next 50 years
@@mrbadx19 crack? Then he can get an omvi and it is a boxer engine not in line
Lovely ♥
@3:17 the narrator is wrong ; VW did honor the stamp book savers before the war later with eventually getting cars. I remember reading it in A book that quoted A credible source.
Like art, true appreciation of this vehicle occurred when production finished. People bought this car mainly because it was cheap and reliable, like the Toyota Corolla of today. It's the history of the vehicle people appreciate. I can guarantee you no one would have a old air cooled beetle as a daily driver to get you from A to B........ The VW golf platform does this perfectly to meet modern standards. Imagine driving a MK1 beetle down the M6 everyday lol
+carfection please make a video review featuring the vw polo
4:27 Another beetle! (The modern one!)
wait, straight 4? i thought they had flat 4
I do very much like the look of the new New Beetle...just wish they would have kept the faith and put the engine in the rear...
Yeah,and made it air cooled
I've always liked the original and now the gen 2 beetle, never did like the new gen 1 version, glad they put more design thought into it!!!
Its a bugs life love my 68 bug. thats a super beetle.
Yeah the bug doesn't have a straight four, it has a flat four.
Hello, congrats about the video , very nice!
What do you say me about the car VW BRASILIA , its very popular here in brazil but I dont see this car in USA. Do you think this car is ugly? Thanks!
5:04 LOL! I can't remember the last time I saw anybody pushing a car to a gas station. In fact, I can't remember anybody changing their own flat tire (even if it comes with the car).
That’s not a Beetle...it’s a sad attempt at an bored rebirth....sometimes, you just can’t improve upon perfection, and to ever try, is to welcome failure. I was born in 1968...so we had quite a few Bugs in the family, but my favourite was my older sisters semi-automatic (remember those? Changing 3 gears with no clutch/ so much fun!). She’s 6 years my senior...in the winter, living Toronto, we;d wait until a snow storm, Hope in her Bug, and go snow drifting off the back of the car and she did circle after circle, as the little engine that could, did, and I went flying into many a fence! Lol! But those wonderful, heartwarming memories ONLY belong to that are of Beetle, and that wonderful sound those 2 little mufflers made. I bought the newest beetle last year, and was so disappointed, traded it in for a Porsche, because the new Bug is basically a cheap copy of one, so I figured, why it but the real thing?, and I sadly realized nothing will ever compare to my sisters Bug, which was totalled by her now boyfriend at the time. He got hammered, and thought it wise to see how fast he could get “that Nazi mobile’ (as he called it, and he was born in Germany!) to go on the highway...until he lost control at 130km/h, hit a concrete centre divide on a sharp corner, was ejected through the sunroof (that leaked constantly) 250 metres, landing in a field filled with hay, and walked away without one bloody scratch, but the Bug aka Herbie, was now a flattened chuck of steel! Wish Herbie was the one that hit the hay, and idiot brain the concrete! Dammit I miss that car so much....that was over 30 years ago, and I still love that car, but I just can’t find one in decent shape here in Toronto, and I’m no mechanic, so I’ll drive my little sports car (don’t be impressed, the bank owns it, I just pay a small fortune each month to be allowed to drive it!), but if I find my Herbie, I’d ditch the Porsche in a second, and relive my youth with my sister!
Whats the music in the introduction?
The factory in Mexico is in Puebla not "Pueblo" Nice video btw , love the bugs or like we call them in Mexico the "vocho"
6:53-6:59 Does this look similar to a scene from Herbie fully loaded?
The spirit of the Beetle is very much alive. However, its no longer in production. Its alive in the millions of Air Cooled beetles still on the road today that survive with the largest aftermarket of any other production car in history.
It's funny how the original Beetle came out as a cheap and economical vehicle for everyone, and the new Beetle is neither those (at least to the same extent)...
they also made convertibles in the karman factory until 1979
$6 for gas! Outrageous! ;) Great job guys! Keep it up.
It's about what I paid in gas for my Yamaha V Star 250 when gas prices were high. A 100 mile trip cost me
Thanks for using the Metric system
Love how the gas fill up is $6 (non inflation adjusted)
Today, it only costs $17. to fill up my 76 beetle.
Can someone explain to me why Fender, the guitar company, is written on the fender of the new beetle??
Fender doesn't make car audio equipment so it partnered it Panasonic which does the hardware side and fender did the software part of the system.
@5:20 So the Beetle has a straight-4, huh?
Ya , straight sideways
It's a flat four engine not a straight 4 lol whoops
A pre 1970 Beetle is not cheap but a good value. A front engine beetle you can get for a hand job, and will last about as long.
wow , crazy , consider that GM is the first to allow car payments , they had there form of car payments in Germany. Great Idea .
THEY KILLED THE LITTLE BUG!!!!!!!!!!
For a channel that calls itself Carfection, the information provided was far from perfect.
I love my 1967 beetle
What year is this beetle
Although the spirit of the beetle will never die, it will take a corporation that sees profit as an afterthought to build a true successor to the beetle. To be honest, it might even take a closed capital corporation to do that.
I'd really like to see the Beetle with a straight 4 engine in back.
And the new New Beetle? Sorry, it's not a Beetle, and it's not that beautiful.
At 5.20 did he say straight four?
hey XCAR ! wheres "Singer Vehicle Design: Porsche 911" video ???
+XCARFilms Could you imagine a Singer VW beetle.
I'm going to get one and mod it into a track toy.
EDIT: Hey I drive a new beetle and its not shit!
CLASSIC BEETLE IS GOOD CAR, IF YOU TAKE CARE YOUR BEETLE YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR LIFE TIME, EVEN YOU GIVE YOUR SON TO DRIVE YOUR CLASSIC BEETLE, MAY BE YOU WILL SEE YOUR GRANDSON TO DRIVE IT !
JUST BECAUSE SUCH Q AND PRETTY, EVERYBODY LOVE IT ! MAY BE A LITTLE NOISE( ENGINE SOUND ), BUT IT'S BEETLE SOUND ! THE CLASSIC BEETLE WILL TELL YOU HOW'S FEEL ! FEEL GOOD OR FEEL BAD ! AND DRIVE CLASSIC BEETLE IS A LOT, LOT, LOT FUN INSIDE, YOU CAN FEEL IT AND ENJOY IT ! EVEN DRIVING YOU CLASSIC BEETLE IS LIFE AND STYLE !
They'll last forever If taken care of.
Most influential car
VW definitely needs to go back to the rear engine, RWD layout in the Beetle. I would have no trouble buying one if that were so.
Then you would get into Porsche amounts of money for a chassis like that. And to be honest, we have 911 to cover the gap the Beetle has left :P
Mzn T No you wouldn't. Where do you get that from? The Renault Twingo is rear engine and it is far from Porsche money.
I exaggerated... a lot :P
What could that thing _possibly_ have to do with vintage Fender musical instruments? It's about as logical a combo as Rocky and "Shamrock Meats".
Germany was not defeated, the treaty of Versailles simply blamed and placed responsibility on them
I heard "straight 4"...Try "Boxer" or horizontally opposed. This guy, although a great host, has no idea about the mechanics of the old Beetle. He refers to the drum brakes being challenging. I could be wrong, but by 1977 front discs should have been standard. If the brakes (even if they were 4 wheel drum) would only be difficult to deal with, if they were not working properly.
60fps please
I want a 1967 VW beetle.
Is he standing on the set of the 3rd Indiana Jones movie? You know, when they get on the motorcycle?
I liked the '66 I had over 50 years ago.
1.2 litre straight four engine eh? Funny, I thought it was a flat 4 boxer.
EDIT: This comment is about the New Beetle that is demonstrated from 6:46 of the video. VW China is recalling New Beetle produced between 2012 and 2013.
This is the beetle that has a non-independent rear suspension that will snap. The same suspension is fitted to 580,000 examples of Sagitar, Jetta for Chinese market. 40 failures have been recorded on Sagitar, featuring entirely disconnected rear suspension beam off the chassis. Such a death trap.
you ignorant!, the beetle has a non multilink independent rear transaxle suspension ¬¬ if cars in china had failed suspensions it sure is because of the horrible build quality and quality control they have in china
BIOGENA Oh yeah, explain this, sunshine:
VW recalls 1.1 million cars in North America, China over suspension issue
Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:15am EDT
(Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) said it is recalling more than 1.1 million cars in North America and China to correct a potential problem with rear suspension parts.
VW said it had received no reports of accidents or injuries relating to the issue.
The company said Friday the recall covers about 442,265 cars in the United States and 126,000 in Canada, including 2011-2013 VW Jettas and 2012-2013 VW Beetles.
Earlier Friday, VW announced a similar recall in China of 581,090 locally made Sagitars, a Jetta variant, as well as Beetles, over the same issue.
A VW spokesman declined to say how many Jettas and Beetles may have been recalled for similar problems in Europe, Mexico and South America.
If the affected cars are involved in a rear or side collision, they may suffer a cracked suspension arm which, if undetected, could lead to a crash, the company said.
Dealers will inspect the cars and either replace a broken part or install a metal support to protect the part.
VW chose to give Chinese market non-independent suspension to save money, and it bit its arse nice and juicy. And some those suspension that failed did not subject to collision at all.
Nanorisk But that's the 2012-2013 Beetle.
JackpodyDK Aha, VW China is recalling imported Beetles produced between 24/4/2012 to 14/7/2013, exactly the batch you mentioned.
I was talking about the new Beetle in the original post, not the classic ones, in case anyone wonders.
You never specified the model Beetle and yo're on a video about old Beetles. You also said "This is the Beetle" as in that Beetle in the video. You're seriously not making any sense.
"James May's Cars of the People" - anyone?
A straight 4 engine? Not a Boxer?
5:20 flat four engine*
RIP New Beetle
5:20 a "straight four engine" ? Am I really the first one to notice this mistake?!
I agree with him about the up! car - too bad we Americans can't buy one!
If the guy with glasses doesn't talk I turn off lol
a 100km a not all models traveled at that speed some at 40 km
I have a BMW beetle 2003 convertable
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4:21 you hooked me 7:05 you lost me..
Vw superbeetle was my first car and seeing it now still makes me cringe. As your first car you both love and hate the car at the same time. Eventually it turned to all hate. Now a 1985 Honda Rebel is my daily driver and I love it.
A straight 4 wtf. Some weird English beetle perhaps
The car's name is not beetle, but Käfer.
It is actually pronounced (folks-vawg-in) not (volts-wag-on)............... Wouldn't have a problem with it if the host didn't say "or in German...."
Well, both are incorrect actually. I would not know how to spell it out. So I canot do better.
Ronald de Rooij I was trying to spell out how it should be properly spoken in English, sadly I do not know phonetic script, like what is in a dictionary... The presenter butchers the pronunciation ironically right after saying "or in German..".
Ronald de Rooij In fact most English speakers do this.. pronounce it as if they are saying the English words volts and wagon.
Damian Yoss Yeah, you are right. The problem is that the English language does not have the long "a" and the "g" that the Germans have. Would Folkswaakn do the trick?
+Ronald de Rooij no it's Volks fagen with a long a
Never in the creation of puff did any VW Beetle have a straight 4. Can we take any of this documentary as correct ?
Is that a Porsche steering wheel ?
The name of the engineer was "Porsche", not "Porsch".
beetles just cant be replaced by anything ellse, same hapens with other nature maste. pieces .Its sad to see costly, unreliable and complex cars bearing the name.
Thats not the Type I, that's the Typ 11 !!!
you mean a 1.4 liter flat four
bring back the Karmann Ghia!
The "new beetle " is no BEETLE !
He got a lot of stats wrong
it was not humble beginning, KDF Wagen
Straight 4? It's a boxer engine, how could you make this mistake?
VW should have just kept the old beetle look. They can make modifications with their new lines of other cars but should have left the beetle alone. It seems like thry aint even paying attention to what the consumers are saying lol... 🤨
It's Puebla, Mexico not "El Pueblo" lol!
VW definitely NEEDS to go BACK to the REAR engine, RWD layout in the New Beetle. If they want to SELL more cars. The powertain is already available from Subaru.
I beg your pardon? a STRAIGHT four engine????