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2019 Volkswagen Beetle Final Edition
by Don Sikora II
Note: The following story was excerpted from the February 2020 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
The most recent Volkswagen Beetle went on sale in September 2011 as a 2012 model. It replaced the 1998-vintage New Beetle in VW’s lineup, and became the third iteration of the car that made VW famous. As this latest Beetle ended production—for the foreseeable future at least—Volkswagen sent it off with specially trimmed 2019 Final Edition cars.
2019 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Final Edition SEL in Platinum Gray Metallic
2019 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Final Edition SEL
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles Driven: 291
Fuel Used: 10.6
Volkswagen Beetle Dune
by Don Sikora II
Note: The following story was excerpted from the February 2018 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
Since news of “dieselgate” broke in September 2015, Volkswagen’s TDI diesel engines and the software that enabled emissions-test cheats have received tremendous attention. It’s probably an understatement that the resulting avalanche of bad press has overshadowed the company’s new-product news.
2018 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible 2.0T S in Bottle Green Metallic
2018 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible 2.0T S
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 324
Fuel used: 12.1 gallons
2018 Volkswagen Beetle Dune in Sandstorm Yellow Metallic (a $250 option)
2018 Volkswagen Beetle Dune
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 230
Fuel used: 8.1 gallons
2017 Volkswagen Beetle Dune in Sandstone Yellow Metallic, a $250 option
2017 Volkswagen Beetle Dune 
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles Driven: 182
Fuel Used: 8.2 gallons
What, exactly, does Kevin Bacon have in common with Clint Eastwood? Read on…
Few film genres employ characters more cookie-cutter and two-dimensional than do Westerns. Generally speaking, the whole good guy/bad guy, cowboys/Indians thing is the stuff of mediocre legend. Anyone who’s watched any Roy Rogers movie knows exactly what I’m talking about.
2016 Volkswagen Beetle Dune
2016 Volkswagen Beetle 1.8T Dune
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles Driven: 299
Fuel Used: 10.9 gallons
Our test Beetle is one of the only diesel convertibles Consumer Guide has ever tested.
2013 Volkswagen Beetle TDI Convertible with Sound & Navigation Package
Dates tested: 8/15/2013-8/29/2013
Miles driven: 312
Base price: $30,295 (not including $795 destination fee)
Real-world fuel economy: 33.2 mpg
Driving mix: 60 percent city, 40 percent highway
Quick Hits
The great: Super-fast power-top operation, fantastic fuel economy
The good: Impressive ride and handling
The not so good: Limited trunk space, limited rear-seat space
1966 Volkswagen Ad
In a previous blog, I questioned whether Shaquille O’Neal truly had enough legroom to fit in that Buick LaCrosse—you know, the one in the commercial that has aired incessantly for more than a year. Today, I stumbled upon this ad, which shows the late basketball legend Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain (who, like Shaq, was 7-foot-1) trying to get into a Volkswagen Beetle back in the late 1960s.
