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One of the more popular options for those looking to build a sleeper is the original Volkswagen Beetle, which is factory form is a total buzz killer. The owner of this modified Bug tried to keep the looks of the car as close to stock as possible, but underneath, it's a completely different story.
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Not to be confused with The Beatles, a little known British band that has all but faded into obscurity, The Beetles is a CD of car sounds dating from 1960 to 1978. And not just any car sounds: Volkswagen Beetle car sounds…
Yes, you can now rock out to such timeless classics as “Gears 1 - 2”, “Long Idle” and “Turn-Off, Handbrake”. With 30 tracks (well, 10 tracks spread across 3 different engines), your dad will be over the moon will this mass produced one-of-a-kind CD.
Mimicking the styling used on an electric guitar customized by Volkswagen Design, the Fender Telecaster, the bespoke Beetle study is painted in a high-gloss "Black" finish with a fine red line framing the side windows.
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However, this may soon change as Volkswagen is giving us the clearest indication of its future plans yet with the unveiling of the new Beetle R Concept at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show.
Beginning with the exterior, the Beetle R Concept sports a subtly aggressive design with newly sculpted bumpers that were widened by 30 mm, and blistered wheel arches widened by 15mm per side that house massive 20-inch wheels in the same “Talladega” design found on the Golf R and Scirocco R models.
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These savvy sleds get steering wheels, padded seating and cold resistant plastics, turning this old winter pass time into a whole new experience. The unquestionable stars of this collection though are the Lenkbob Snow Future GTI and Snow Flyer Herbie versions which are inspired from the Golf GTI and the Beetle Herbie respectively.
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It's the year 2054, GreatWall has just finished buying out GM, the last American owned car company, as Ford had been taken over by Tata a decade ago. In Europe, the German-Japanese-French car alliance that includes PSA, Renault, Nissan, VW Group celebrates its eternal CEO's, Carlos Ghosn's, centennial birthday by debuting the 12th generation VW Beetle.
Equipped with a NeoPlasma Magnetic engine, the 3.17 m long Beetle can accelerate from zero to 100 km/h (62mph) in 5 sec while it can achieve a top speed of 300 km/h. During the presentation, Ghosn, who is also the president of the EUR (European Russian Union), NATO, Greenpeace and the Union of abandoned East Timorian puppies, nearly had his 44th heart attack when he discovered that someone had put a real life flower in the dashboard vase as flowers are more expensive than a gallon of petrol in the second half of the 21st century.
All joking aside, this futuristic design was conceived by Carlos Agell. According to its designer, it measures 3.17 m in length, 2.25m in height and 1.4m in width. It's equipped with a laser gyrostabilization system and it has liquid metal body -whatever that means... Via: Motorpasion
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