VEHICLE ANALYSIS: MY2016 Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet - just-auto.com (registration)

The global market for convertibles might be in decline but there's still good business to be had in the UK. The out of production Eos hasn't been replaced and the facelifted Golf Cabrio won't be in showrooms until February, so the Beetle Cabrio... It’s a little hard to believe that the current Beetle is now more than four years old. Until recently, not a lot has happened in terms of updates, but the enforcement of Euro 6 emissions laws from 1 September mean some tweaked engines are now on sale. Build of this replacement for the New Beetle commenced in July of that year, and all cars are manufactured at Puebla by Volkswagen de México. Unlike the current Golf, this model uses the older PQ35 architecture, so think of VW324 (hatchback) and VW325 (Cabriolet) as being based on the same platform as the Mark VI Golf. In most of the world, it’s Beetle, but in Germany it’s The Beetle. The Dune, a crossover variant, will be launched in early 2016, Volkswagen of America announced at the New York auto show in April 2015. This was previewed by the Beetle Dune, a concept which premiered at the Detroit auto show in January 2014. The... The petrol-electric powertrain from the Jetta Hybrid had at one stage been planned to be added but this now seems unlikely given what’s been happening to fuel. Source: www.just-auto.com