You need to see the interior to know if an otherwise excellent Baja Bug at half the usual price is worth buying?
Joe Squirrel
joesquirrel
A near-perfect condition Baja Bug with all the accoutrements for four grand? California here I come!!!
Dammit, I missed out on the fun. Best I’ve got:
I love those 70s beaked front ends with the anti-pedestrian turn signals. That whole car looks like death coming at you.
Torch, you are everything right with Kinja.
RE: rear-engine / front-drive - I’ve been looking for an example for years when I noticed them lacking. There’s plenty of blatantly obvious drawbacks, but I can think of one possible advantage: it leaves plenty of space in the front for an axle assembly that’s steerable and powered, and still puts the transmission…
You’d hard pressed to find an old 4x4 this sturdy, or a sturdy beast this cheap. Add in decently maintained condition, virtually new set of excellent tires, and a whole other chassis you can negotiate our or sell at your leisure, and this is a great buy at less than nine grand.
I feel like the “traditional auto makers are going to be left behind by the tech industry” is a story financial reporters keep repeating because they want it to be true. They’ve seen in play out that way enough times that everyone wants to be the guy who called it when GM or somebody goes out of business, and they…
What do all of these girls have against shirts?
What is this, 2004? Where are my nineteen touchscreens and LED effect lights? How can they even call this a concept car...
A 700 horsepower almost-offroader you say? Exactly what I needed to ride into Valhalla. I hope they have a “shiny and chrome” trim package.
Why am I looking at Carlsbad Caverns?
“We are not talking about a one-off mistake, but a whole chain of mistakes that was not interrupted at any point along the time line,” he told reporters at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
“We envision this like a smart phone. The revenue starts once you get the device in the owners’ hands. We’re looking at subscriptions and apps and other opportunities.”
Unfortunately they’ll have to ugly up this rear end to meet the “two distinct tail lights” requirement.
1st Gear: Is anybody really surprised that MAN would be valued more than Bentley, Lamborghini or Ducati? There’s literally a million times as many cargo trucks and ship engines in the world versus luxury supercars.
THERMAL EFFICIENCY BRAINSTORM
Now -that- is how you hypermile. I’d love to see one of these things striped to the bones, like that 84mpg Beetle.
“We all choose a hill on which to die.”