Volkswagen Beetle hatchback review - CarBuyer

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The Volkswagen Beetle is a stylish hatchback that mixes modern mechanical parts with a look inspired by the big-selling original from the sixties. It's only offered as a three-door model and comes in standard, Design and top-spec Sport trims. There are two petrol engines available -- a 1.2-litre turbo and a 1.4-litre with turbo and supercharger. The Beetle shares its mechanical components with the Volkswagen Golf hatchback, but has a more flamboyant look.

[@kshans]

AYE!!! THE CARWOW GUY! Looking young there buddy.

[@selcukeser1268]

Did buy the beetle?

[@papasheev2497]

You mean Matt Watson

[@fish3461]

@@papasheev2497 from supermega??

[@Fr4ncM]

_"You don't buy a car like this to be used as a taxi"_ Mexicans: *"Hold my beer"*

[@naftal_nyakiongora_9257]

🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥

[@SarahKate365]

The smaller amount of head and leg room in the backseat isn't a problem if you're like under 5'10" or so.

[@GTO20122012]

Sarah D. I’m 5-11 and I fit just fine in the Beetle, has plenty of room inside.

[@larssmith404]

I’m 6’ 2” and there’s p-l-e-n-t-y of room. I have no complaint at all.

[@conniecrawford6429]

I'm only 5" tall. I love driving the 2019... I had a 1977 semi-automatic when I was in college..

[@SarahKate365]

@@GTO20122012 I meant the backseat

[@SarahKate365]

@@larssmith404 My brother is the same height and is not comfortable in the backseat. It's definitely tight back there!

[@stewartrood3633]

I bought one a Beetle Design and love it. It's fun to drive and handles as well. It certainly turns heads. There was a recall with regards to a window wind fault and I had the lights adjusted as they appeared to be too high and over to the right. The Fender system is something to die for and the Bluetooth is definitely a must have. I do not notice any wind noise and find it smooth and quiet. Average fuel consumption driving it sort of hurriedly is around 38mpg. Not cheap inside as suggested.

[@FiredEmpire]

I sat in one of these but I just couldn't believe the awful interior quality of this car. That was simply unbearable and unjustifiable for a car that costs 3 million+ yen ( about USD30,000), no matter how iconic the VW beetle is. I have no idea why VW didn't do the same nice job to this car as their Audis or other VW brothers which are known to have one of the highest quality interiors in the industry.

[@happilycraftingkelly]

This is my dream car, I'm 28 and have my test booked soon, the only thing that I'm apprehensive about is if I were to have children in the car, I'd love to know people's experiences with car seats.

[@robovac3557]

You pass that test and get that Beetle yet Kelly?

[@MR04B]

@@robovac3557 fr

[@joep4224]

Mat hasn't changed much. Always had an engaging presentation style.

[@captaincrumpet5558]

The only thing I like about that car is the mood lighting :/

[@karsenwall2772]

try a mini cooper the mood lighting in theres is way better and brighter

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Then you are an idiot. The whole car is very cool.

[@Whiponized]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 no not really...

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

@@Whiponized Yeah really.

[@Whiponized]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 nah are you gay? Not an insult just a question

[@bernardfrederick9462]

It's a lovely car! I wish they kept on producing them.

[@Pr1140a]

My dream that is so cutesy car I feel like drive. It's Herbie's many cousins. :D

[@claudiocilia]

I love your shirt in this video! :P

[@maldova]

But don't button all the way up

[@AsherPiesman]

I agree with you there, to be honest some people dislike cars that are unique and cool and prefer cars that are really generic and boring like Golfs and the Ford Focus

[@emirakbar8829]

my dream car..

[@leomullen6214]

emir akbar mine too :)

[@silversurfer233]

emir akbar I've just ordered one of these in pure white 1.4 tsi design..takes up to 5 months for delivery because it needs to be built in Mexico.

[@nicolascharalambous5164]

Saaaame

[@gametm4948]

Benimde ama bu yorumu yapalı 6 yıl olmuş la

[@kazesorany]

These review are so unique, i just watch them for fun.

[@michaelmccloskeyooi]

Am I the only one who wishes more car manufacturers would bring back retro designs and things like the flat dashboards

[@Narrowcros]

This car reminds me of Mr Bean

[@boy638]

I understand that VW wants to keep the Beetle name alive. But when that meant making a more odd-looking Golf with less practicality, then I can't see the point. Come on VW, at least make it rear-engine like the original Beetle!

[@coppu38]

I really really want this car! I have a sudden love at first sight of this. I don't know why, but it attracts me so much :3. But in where I live including all the tax, the price is $60,000 and trust me it'd go a little more than that. So...worth the money?

[@ashwin007bond]

I just test drove this today. It is so damn fun to drive!

[@Mfh4907]

Wait, VW invented the DAB?

[@OsbornTramain]

why do we need to see the driver yapping on about the car? Can't we actually see the car drive and handle while he talks? I feel that this is like a Top Gear wannabe.

[@JundaComputersGmbH]

For all you people who ask why isn't the engine in the back, the reason is because if the new VW Beetle has Rear engine, Rear wheel drive would be too similar to a Porsche 911, and that would severely hurt Porsche Boxster and Cayman sales, the Boxster and Cayman are considered the "Poor man's 911", but with a Rear Engine Rear Drive VW Beetle, more and more people would buy that instead, since it is very similar to a 911 and cost 1/3 the price.

[@snoopycharlie8718]

Interior plastic is like 90s Hyundai, WHY!? Total turn off for a nicely styled car

[@MultiDavid182]

I like the interior to my 2015 beetle especially with the red band matching the exterior colour, and it looks really cool in red with the retro alloys setting it off nicely. Personally I think it's really fun to drive very cumfertable fantastic interior a lot better than the old noddy bubble car version of it that was a girls car, this one on the other hand is more sportier very original you can see the old retro beetle in it it with a new twist mixed in. One thing that I do disagree with the bloke is that there isn't any wind noise coming into the cabin at the speed he mentioned to be honest there's hardly any noise coming in just a really nice smooth ride.

[@RealRaynedance]

It technically could be, but you would have to have driven one of the original models because they became cool and cutesy back when the New Beetle (the old new one) came out. :P

[@DanielMirk]

Its my mini Porsche :)

[@crazygamingyt7245]

You could pop up in a mood ring, rock a stack perm, roll a doobie and crash the stock market. Or, for a faster 70s vibe fix, you could just purchase the Beetle. Some fashions are timeless.

[@TheRicardo28]

I don't understand why several people mention that's is a Hitler's car. I thing it's a little stupid to make that observation. Of course that the first design was made when Germany is under the lidership of Hitler its a fact. But the VW Group was completed recoverd by the British government after the 2nd War when they are broken down and remains to the present day because of this help from the British. My grandfather has one in the past from the 70's and I missed that car so much until nowadays. I like more a lot this model of to 2012 until 2017 than the model of 2002 don't reminds me the older Beatles. Unfortunately I don't have money to buy it in the present day's and I feel a little sad about it. It would be a tremendous pleaser if I could have one opportunity to show one of this for real and only mine to my grandfather. This is my history with this brilliant car of VW. Cheers for all.

[@MrSuecudac]

I have a blue denim 2013 beetle, and it's a great car, its funny to drive it, the only bad thing: it only gives me 3 girls per mile ;)

[@carlitoxb110]

someone needs to iron his shirt

[@Berserkr01]

What is the point of owning one of these when it costs the same as the Golf and it's worst in many aspects. You gotta be really stupid to think the Beetle would be "expensive". Do some research kid. Now what's with the "your Daddy" thing? How old are you? 15? Go find a job, and buy your own stuff Daddy's boy!

[@ColteeYT]

Bitch carbuyer blows Top Gear and Fifth Gear right out the water without breaking a sweat. I agree this should be on a channel like BBC, but he shouldn't be a co-host of Top Gear cause he's better than that. He should have his own little series, called "Car Buyer". Duh right?

[@Luisgtm95]

All the american cars I've ever been into Fords(non-european), Chryslers and Chevys are hideously built and with the cheapest of the materials available. You or reviewers may not like cheaply built cars but must of americans don't mind if their cars will fall off pieces when the leasing contract ends.

[@shxkn]

Eh, didn't like the original beetle, didn't like the one in the last decade, and don't find this one that great either. basically don't like the Beetle, granted i'll take it this is the nicest of them all, but not on my list of cars that i'd buy. just personal preference.

[@koukosdreamer]

Sometimes i get mad with mat! he finds so minor problems and makes them bigger! that i want to punch him and all the other car journalist that they say "the interior quality of a car is touchable with soft plastic" yeah only the soft is quality product LOL

[@mx5hong]

"Knicker elastic" HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@RasputinReview]

I have a Golf with the same engine. it's very quiet and can be very fast in sport mode this car is very much form over function, but who wouldn't like to drive a car designed by Adolf Hitler?

[@HowkeyLL]

First Beetle was copy of Tatra V570 original car that Porsche used and later got sued for that and Volkswagen had to pay fine to Tatra. Now they embraced the old stolen car .... "nice" ?

[@pacquo]

The logo of the channel seems a bit annoying, being opaque and quite large. Previously it was transparent, and did not disturb the view. Nothing serious but noticeable.

[@Guitarnoob99]

basicly this car is shit. Did you hear the horrible sound when he closed the door 4:52 ? sounded like someone had hit the car instead of closing the door....i got the feeling its a cheap car

[@81giorikas]

Where are the racy dials exactly? Because all I see is a hard dash that would be severely criticisized as "cheap and nasty" in other brand cars.

[@emjayay]

The classic Beetle uses the windshield for an airbag and your legs as crumple zone.

[@81giorikas]

oh ok he did say that later on. I wonder where this beetle is built. Doesn't feel like a german made one. More like a chinese made one!

[@ssdivizion]

People's car? What a snob statement, VW it's not a people's car long time ago, of course, keeping in mind that the basic model of Golf costs about 15000 euros!

[@andyhillhouse9813]

They're worth it. Buy a new golf and nothing will go wrong with it. Then in 4 years time when you sell, you will make most of your money back because they hold there value better than any of its competitors.

[@DrSpike666]

Andrew Hillhouse Weather it's "worth it" or not it's still out of the price range of a lot of people.

[@SlipknotMaggot0526]

Why don't you go back in time and tell Hitler that it's a snob statement. Plus, that's what Volkswagen means...

[@ankbrq]

Andrew Hillhouse Nothing wrong with it? Really? DSG transmisson, aka "Direct SHİT Gearbox".

[@andyhillhouse9813]

ankbrq well that's your own fault for driving an automatic car. Why anybody would want to buy a car with a complicated and expensive contraption to do something you should be perfectly capable of doing yourself is beyond me.

[@AlexToma]

yeah but isnt sportish like Boxster/Cayman or the same quality and price so i dont know if it cant be the ''poor man 911'' the new beetle is like Fiat 500 or Mini Cooper

[@cobusl1]

Why would you buy a car as impractical as this?! The design might be "cool" but it's a waste of money - rather buy a Golf.

[@mecon2]

It's hard plastic because so they can paint it and give it a gloss. Coloured soft touch plastics would just look terrible

[@00kirbyd]

but then so will any car with 3 doors and big round headlights. Curves have always been more feminine than lines.

[@mustsilm]

I wasnt talking about practicality and what you say is wrong. There is more head and knee room in 2 door Golf.

[@resentertainment1990]

I don't see any similarities between the original beetle and 2012 beetle

[@farhat2tube]

Just got my deep black pearl 1.2 delivered, in some design trim with better looking alloys that that. Comes extremely well equipped for a daily driving monster. Small, eco engine but the punch it gets and the roar amazes me. Driving it and looking at the interior is the best part. I cant really compare this to any other cars, maybe the mini, as its those unique, novelty kind cars.

[@derbigpr500]

Fiat 500 is like a shoebox compared to Beetle. Its much smaller. Beetle is actually a pretty big car now, bigger than Golf.

[@Nbuilder1]

Yeah the motor should be in the back, Otherwise this car has no character like the original Beetle.

[@Babel368]

They put the engine on the wrong side of the car. It's not a beetle, it's a golf that looks like one.

[@MAXXFIGO]

i think that this car would be just perfect for a Rebecca's review!!!this is not a car for men!!!

[@AlexSmith-gq4te]

It is a Punch Buggy

[@DJzSith]

Wow, I actually like it. Much better than the horrid old one!

[@peterfi.]

LOL You mean that trim isn't exposed metal but plastic?? Where did they get that from, kia?

[@EternalEmpire]

Mat, after this review, I think beetle is a cheap car.. Interior's like the UP!

[@autonathan]

I really like this new Beetle. It definitely looks a lot more masculine than the last one.

[@carenthusiastlover453]

VW Beetle the best car in the world. I love Beetle very much.

[@cleanupinaisle3]

Matt, please do air guitar riffs in all subsequent reviews. Thank you. Sincerely, your entire audience.

[@miletanikolic3562]

I must get the rental car... But didn't never get it. Fuuuck.

[@sparkyauris]

the plastics are designed with the beetles biggest market in mind.... The USA

[@00kirbyd]

he seems to test the really new or interesting that generate the most views

[@shshshshhh001]

what's wrong was the VW designer thinking when he designing this new beetle

[@AbuAmprayil]

Engine's in the front... hmm... that rear slope ain't practical for a boot.

[@hgmoyle]

Why does he complain that one must upgrade to get the colour coded interior trim (which you want) but then complain in the Up! video that the colour coded exposed metal interior trim (which is obviously standard) is dated looking?

[@gandalfwiz20007]

this is made in Mexico just like the Jetta and no one complains! WHY?????

[@merryme9766]

Sister can't compete being daddy's girl since sonny boy soldier took driver's seat...🫒

[@Jameshoward999]

I’d still much rather have a mini tho

[@00kirbyd]

Just don't buy german and save yourself a few quid. End of story.

[@oigres223]

in mexico city they use it like a taxi. the original one anyway...

[@janrdoh]

sure it will cost more than its worth just like the other one

[@90HP_Reviewsofficial]

1:47 I never knew Matt plays air guitar 😂

[@miletanikolic3562]

I am going to rent this with 3.887 euro's!

[@howerover]

i am no wanna be because i want to be what you occused me of

[@benzbubblecat]

fugly car...looks like they mated the beetle with a Cayman.

[@flipo25rid]

Engine should be at the back! That's what the bug unique.

[@StefanoRodriguez210]

Dam mat Watson from car wow looks so young there

[@manar20001115]

You know that the Porsche was a beetle in the beginning

[@Ripix300]

cant compare a porsche with this car... dont be stupid

[@LRS905]

As Arnold would say, "GIIIRLY MAAAAAAN CAAAAA!!!!" lol

[@L.A.97.]

This summer, Rebecca should do a review wearing a bikini.

[@resentertainment1990]

This does not look like the original beetle, to be honest I think the one b4 this looked more like a beetle compared to this 1!!!

[@TMarcusify]

You say all these, but can your Daddy even afford it?

[@firstbrotherDK]

those wheels do look like the ones on original 911...

[@detsto]

lovely car, it's so cute!

[@stevehipster4741]

the engine should be at the back

[@MAXXFIGO]

this is girls car!!! so i would never buy this car!!

[@Zenpachi_HM]

MAT please do all the reviews on your own.

[@hahason167]

the car looks ugly extremely for the rims....yack

[@mustsilm]

Meh, i would take the 500 Fiat over this any day.

[@dunnockdan]

Still cool, I have a 1966 one, still rocking at 50 years old 😎

[@cheesletterbox]

i would woukd prefer the car in black though!!!

[@cassandraa143]

i want that car when i grow up :)

[@adelalsadi4349]

It's awesome

[@ccolivardia]

dayyyuuuummm the top commenter has skillz lol

[@LRS905]

Absolutely nothing. Where in the comment do you read something derogatory about women and/or gay people? It does look like something a girl or a gay person would like, and in no way means that liking it means you are gay or a woman. And if you go way beyond what a simple text means, you have a damn active imagination. Learn how to read, don´t infer.

[@SianaGearz]

One thing up front, i'm not a German, i'm a foreign engineer located in Germany and working for a branch of Volkswagen. Now that we have that cleared up... what kind of harmful and forbidden substance have you ingested to come up with the conclusion you posted?