I currently own a 1960 Beetle. Yes, 36hp, converted to 12 volt, maybe 60mph on a good day, down a hill, off a cliff with a tail wind. When you drive there are only 2 positions for the accelerator pedal, all the down when you are rolling or all the way up when you are stopped. It sounds like you are going 80mph, but when you look at the speedometer, you are only going 25mph! There is no tachometer. The New Beetles are simply reskinned Golf's. Really a styling exercise for a particular buyer, mainly women they found and older people, another reason they redesigned it a few years ago to appear more muscular as they said less and less men were buying them, even with the Diesels.
