2012 Volkswagen Beetle 2.0T Turbo
I couldn't help but be a bit disappointed when, near the end of my week with the Mustang Boss 302 (arguably the manliest car to pass though the Car Tech garage this year), I learned that the next car I'd be testing would the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle. I mean, the first generation of the New Beetle was a car best known for its dashboard-mounted flower vase. "What," I asked myself, "have I gotten myself into?"
Fortunately, my fears were allayed when the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo rolled into the Car Tech garage (the "New" prefix has been dropped for this second generation) sporting massive 18-inch wheels, an eye-catching Tornado Red paint job, and new, more aggressive styling that looks better in person than it does in photos. Beneath the hood, I was happy to find a rev-happy 200-horsepower, turbocharged engine connected to a performance-oriented DSG gearbox. The icing on the cake was VW's Fender-branded premium audio system, which already wowed us in the Volkswagen Passat .
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