Do you want to buy a 500? Buy a new Ka, it's the same underneath, it is better to drive, cheaper and has more optional extras as standard than the 500.
Or you could buy a roomier, cheaper Panda.
But why you don't? Because the 500 is the 500.
Why you buy a Mini? Because of the way it drives? Ok, but for that price you could buy a Fiesta which is almost as good, and spare some money. And maybe then buy a motorbike to have fun in the weekend.
But no. A Mini is a Mini.
The Beetle is the same. A "normal" car underneath (the booooooring Golf 6 in this case), but with a fancy exterior. If you want a Golf, you buy a Golf. If you want a sporty Golf, you buy the Scirocco. If you want a roomy/-ier Golf, you buy a Golf Plus or a Jetta. If you want a fancy Golf, you buy a Beetle. It's as simple as that.
To whom says that who's nearer to the 20's than the 30's is tasteless (yes, you, ATHome): in Italy we say "Non è bello ciò che è bello, ma è bello ciò che piace" (roughly "it isn't good what's good, it's good what you like"), or as the Latin's would say "De gustibus non est disputandum" ("You should not argue about taste").
You don't like the latest Beetle, it's ok to me. But I think it is very impolite to say that we don't have taste.
It would have been enormously less rude if you said: "Do you really like the new Beetle? It's not my case at all, I think etc. etc. etc".
Still, unless it has the traditional rear engined rear wheel drive setup, it won't be interesting, as it will be another overpriced but less practical Golf in disguise...
Wob wob wob.
