Well crap. Yeah, I saw the New Beetle at the VW dealership that put my bus back together. It's not bad. They said they were trying to make it more masculine. That boggles my mind. How do you make a car masculine, short of slapping a set of ballz on it? --- On Tue, 2/8/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: Small Comforts To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 7:18 PM Those are designs that have been around for quite a while. VW has killed the projects as far as I know. I can tell you that tey cannot sell those designs in the U.S. because by our safety standards a driver can’t sit over or above the front axle. That’s why all the mini-vans have huge dash areas. VW may change their minds tomorrow, they teased a new new beetle at the Super Bowl. From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of kelly dosch Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 5:58 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: Small Comforts After a 32 year artistic coma, somebody at Volkswagen is back on track. http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/12/nostalgic-styling-take-on-2015.html Let's hope these designs stick without too much corporate dilution. It would create a new peak of interest in the old Type 2's that might raise the market value. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html