http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6494593.stm Porsche has continued to make air cooled rear engine cars all these years. I can only hope that Porsche control will bring back air cooled rear engine VW Beetles and other vehicles!

Are the new 911s water-cooled too?

why would porsche bring back aircooled beetles? they went watercooled themselves several years ago... actually i think it's been more like 10 now.

I don't think the aircooled beetle is ever coming back now  :cry:

My last Porsche was a '69 92 in 1986. That shows how much I have keep up on Porsches. I thought the 911 was still air cooled.

Maybe Porsche would at least bring back a true people's car that looks like a real Beetle as Dr. Porsche designed. Maybe it could be based on the Fox http://www.volkswagen.com/vwcms_publish/vwcms/master_public/virtualmaster/en2/models/fox.html. I don't think VW did a very good job with the New Beetle. It is not true enough to the original in looks or price.

Hey Coastie,   Watch what you say.    Fox ?   ( son of Dasher and other terms) :lol:  :lol: .  The older Audi Fox and the VW Fox are evil twins :twisted:

This Fox is just VW's base model in Germany. I would like to see a "new" Beetle that looks more like the original and lower cost. If Toyota, Kia, etc. can sell new cars for around $10,000, you would think VW could too.

Phaeton !!   Why ?    They tried this a few years ago and it was a turkey. I cannot see why anyone would pay $85,000 for a W12  VW.  I have talked to a few Techs that had to work on those electrical nightmares.
    I think that if VW brought a up dated air-cooled car on the market like our old Bugs , They would find a way to screw it up much less trying to get it to pass the emission laws. You would have a 250lb engine with 400lbs of anti-smog "junk". It ain't going to happen.  As far as I,m concerned VW hasn't built a decent air-cool since 1974 excluding some of the Mexis and even then you had no clue to what left over and out dated parts it was built with. Not a bad car, but try to buy some parts in this country.
     Bottom line is just restore your old faithful German built Bug/vanI  You won't find a better built car for the money.
     I haven't checked the VWAG site in a while. When did VW re-issue the Fox as a base model ? I thought the base model was the Polo.
     The whole deal is that VW has lost their way. If I am going to ride around in a $85,000 sedan its going to have a 3 pointed star or a Opel logo on the hood.
      I was over to the VW Store Friday and saw Hal sitting in a brand new BIG Audi with enough ET junk to check a Nuke plant in his lap trying to find out why this $80,000 beauty wasn't doing right. Hmmmmm

Hey VWGirl,  Coastie is correct. The new Fox is the base model VW. Google VW Fox and it will take you to VW/ UK and you will see what types of VWs that are available all over the world except the good old
U.S. of A .  Go figure.
     Thank God the new Fox is not the same car as in the past.  Ck out the fuel mileage. That ought to get the Hybrids attention.
     Like I said before VW has lost its way in the USA. Who is to blame
 VWAG or VWoA ? :roll:

I think that if VW brought a up dated air-cooled car on the market like our old Bugs , They would find a way to screw it up

:cry:

Bottom line is just restore your old faithful German built Bug/vanI  You won't find a better built car for the money.

 

VW Girl,  I rest my case.  That just  shows you what kind confused state of mind that VW is in.  Sort of like the "Stuff" that the Germans used in WW-2.  Mostly good, not enough production and deployed in all  the wrong places.  As Coaste said : If the Japs can do it, how come the Germans can't. I have already written the U.S. auto Industry off.
     Darrell Waltrup(?) said it all when NASCAR fans got upset when they let Toyota jump into the all American Race. He stated that the Dodge Charger was being built in Canada, The Ford Fusions were being built in Mexico and get this, The Toyota Camery was being built in Kentucky. The only American built car in the Nextel Cup series and they are not doing well at all. Go figure. :lol:  :lol: