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		teh_klev on March 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Volkswagen will kill the Beetle, squashes plans fo... As an former owner of a 1972 1602S Beetle, these travesties were never "Beetles", they were just glorified Golfs. So no love lost here.

CodeWriter23 on March 11, 2018 [–]

More like a Golf minus the pesky body roll. We have a 99 Turbo Beetle, I can corner 15-20 MPH faster than my ‘03 GTI VR6. It stays flat where the GTI would have the inner rear wheel 6” off the ground.

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