On the left you can see the New Beetle (Type 9C) with its ancestor VW Beetle (VW Type 1) on the right.
Both have long since been discontinued in production. The New Beetle already after almost 13 years (10/1997-07/2010).
The dimensions are incidentally, what the height is only very marginal, 2mm is the New Beetle higher, but by 24 cm wider and about 15 cm longer.
New Beetle
length: 4288 mm
width: 1825 mm
height: 1502 mm
wheelbase: 2540 mm
VW Beetle Standard 1950
length: 4140 mm
width: 1585 mm
height: 1500 mm
wheelbase: 2420 mm
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…