Not really and at least the Brazilian ones were true rear engined air cooled beetles.

I admit that some of these are good. Some are quite interesting. Some, “burn it!”.

“Nuke the entire site from orbit—it’s the only way to be sure”

Those ones with the Ford Ka headlights...

Breakfast sounded good until I scrolled through these monstrosities (although the 3rd one is arguably palatable).

The Ford Ka and Peugeot 207 headlights seem to be the most popular conversions, no?

1911 Gaylord

 So you have read the brochure!

You mean the bike’s Seamless Panoramic Sunroof? That’s a feature! Look in any direction you want — you’ll never see a pillar.

And a heater/AC, seats with back support, cargo space, safety belts and airbags, decent entertainment system, and stability. Cars superior, motorcycles inferior.

Ignore the comments about VAG reliability* in the US. I have learned that up there the definition of reliability is remembering to change the oil once a decade and have nothing go wrong. Anything less than that is too troublesome and should be sent to the junkyard.

My 2001 V6 Passat wagon was bought 16 years ago to bring my son home after being born. 223000 miles with normal maintenance. One caveat... window guides busted on the front windows and had to be replaced years ago.

I’m close to 40k/yr in my Jetta wagon w/ >170k. Haven’t had to do fix/replace jack on it. Its been incredibly reliable to date. Though I think the alternator (battery light turning on/off at highway speed) is starting to act up.

I’m somewhat relieved you wrote this before I had to. As a European, I never understand all the VW-bashing on Jalopnik.

I bought a brand new 1987 VW Fox sedan. I can confirm it was excellent. Overall, the best car I have ever owned. I had it for 11.5 years and 193K miles. It was totalled when t-boned by a distracted driver.

They must not have electronics in them then! Just kidding. That seems to always be a big complaint. I put 40k on a used GTi in a year and a half. My biggest issue was the a blown turbo valve...twice. anecdotally my own experience has been good and I had a friend that blew way past 200k in his Jetta with mostly just…

Most of their experience leadership was removed and what remained was largely inept but politically reliable. The Red Army also went with a plan to copy the Successful German Blitzkrieg strategy in a terrain that was wholly unsuited for that strategy. ie remote forested regions with little to no road network. And they…

And this war was shortly after Stalin’s Great Purge of most of the Red Army’s Senior Leadership and over 30,000 officers of all ranks.

Ugh. I had lost my login information here for a while, and ended up accepting that it was good fortune— that I spent too much time arguing with folks here in the comments, but I just couldn’t help myself this time. I figured out my login info just for this.