I must confess a soft spot in my heart for the VW Beetle. The first car I ever owned was a tan 1968 Bug. We lived in Hawaii and it took me to school and surfing and Clover to the hospital to have Cristy. We drove up the slopes of Haleakala to see the sunrise, down the 2 million curves to Hana, and everywhere in between. It just ran. You put in a little gas, changed the oil periodically, and it just ran. I washed and waxed it every week and drove it proudly around Maui with the windows down, wing vent kicked in for some extra air flow, and CCR on the AM radio.
Volkswagen is rolling out a new version of the Bug. The family resemblance is still there although the creature comforts have been amped up a little. It is also still aimed at the lower end of the market. I wish VW well. It was a great first car for us and for a lot of Americans.
www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/04/volkswagen_introduces_redesign.html
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