Volkswagen has unveiled its new
Beetle on the eve of the Shanghai motor show. Another icon has gone under the knife and emerged, well, only slightly differently iconic, but the changes made to the 2012
Beetle are only superficially slight.
Volkswagen global marketing director Luca de Meo says of the car that was revealed simultaneously in New York, Berlin and Shanghai, "We worked on the entire packaging of the car, engine, trunk, interior, everything." Take a close look at it, and it's clear.
The new car, which goes on sale in the UK early next year, continues the retro-styling theme of the previous model, which was discontinued in 2010 after selling more than a million units during its 12-year production run.
VW boasts that the new car is closer in design to the
