Time keeps on slippin’ into the future, and cars keep on gettin’ bigger. The Volkswagen New Beetle<\/a> was shown at the LA Auto Show<\/a> in various Final Edition<\/a> guises, and the second word on the next edition is that it will be built on the Jetta<\/a> platform. The first word was that Volkswagen<\/a> wants the bubbleback’s next design to be more masculine, which probably means – and this is just a guess – you can kiss that flower vase goodbye.<\/p>\n All of this rumormongering comes out of the UK’s Autocar<\/em> magazine, who opine that an increase in size would also help up the masculinity factor and make for more room in that Leprechaun-sized back seat<\/a>. The current Jetta’s wheelbase is 101.5 inches, whereas the New Beetle measures up at 98.80 inches. Those 2.7 inches don’t sound like a lot of extra room to play with – especially when considering the New Beetle’s rainbow canopy – but with some imaginative design and innovative packaging, a noticeable improvement doesn’t seem out of reach. <\/p>\n [Source: Autocar<\/a>]<\/p>\n Report: Next Volkswagen Beetle to use Jetta platform<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8ad77_vwnewbeetlebigger.jpg\")
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