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This week in New York, Berlin and Shanghai indicated that VW is intent on making as big a splash as it did when the New Beetle began sales in 1998.


The new 2012 VW Beetle design brings more of the retro-styling into play as we can see from the low-resolution images provided by Motor Trend. We already suspected a flat-roof design from previous teaser photos and spy shots. The 2012 Beetle will sit about .5 inches lower, 3.3 inches wider and 6 inches longer than the outgoing model.



The 1.6-liter turbo diesel engine delivers around 105 horsepower while returning 65.7 mpg on the EU scale thanks to a start/stop and intelligent battery regeneration system. That equals out to around 54 mpg on the U.S. cycle, though the EPA may have something different to say should the oil burner show up in the States