Rally Racing | VW Of Canada Brings Back "Super Beetle" Name

VW hasn't sole a automobile called the "Super Beetle" given the last run of convertible Super Beetles sole in in the US in the 1979/1980 model year. we recollect lobbying for a as a child when my parents went automobile selling in 1980. They paid for an Accord. But right away VW of Canada is selling a "Super Beetle" book of the Turbo Beetle.

The new Super Beetle uses the 2L TSI engine creation 210 HP and 207 lb-ft of torque, that does make it over 3 times as absolute as the 60 HP Super Beetle of the '70s. It moreover seems to have a somewhat lowered position and a garland of other something good to eat similar to competition seats, large wheels, Fender-branded audio system, and nice, ketchupy-red stop calipers.

I arrange of similar to saying the Super Beetle name brought back, given I've always felt the ultimate incarnation of the 'new' Beetle looks hazily Super Beetle-inspired, with its wide-eyed front and large, winding windshield.

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And, for those of you wondering only what it was that done the initial Super Beetle so damn super, here's the deal: front suspension. The Super Beetle, starting with the 1302 model in 1971, transposed the typical Bug's torsion tubes up front with a more modern McPherson strut front postponement setup, essentially is to objective of stepping up the size of the trunk. And boy, did they. The Super's case was about twice the size of the aged one, and might be the only automobile in story to be called "Super" formed on case size.

As a nice aside, the handling became more "modern" with the McPherson setup, and many folks still ponder Supers a few of the best-handling Beetles, being really similar to 911/912s of the era.

In 1973, the Super Beetle really went all out and got a completely new winding windshield and a actual dashboard. You could roughly put things on tip of the dash! Holy crap!

But by far the many super of all the Super Beetles were the rally-racing array of mutated VWs constructed by Porsche of Austria for rallying purposes. They beefed up all and managed to fist 125 HP from the 1600cc Beetle engine, and done a really strong convene warrior that managed a flattering decent record. The merit their own post, so I'll save a few sum and only leave you with this great, oversteer-tastic video of the Salzburg Rally Beetles in action.