2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Test Drive
2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Road Test Review
By Bob Plunkett
Not a cloud clots the vivid blue sky above Florida's Gold Coast as we troll the palm-lined Las Olas Boulevard of Fort Lauderdale for a drive test in Volkswagen's 2013 Beetle Convertible, a roly-poly-cute 2+2 bug car with the electrified lid lowered and warm sunlight splashing across a curvaceous car body tinted to a vivid shade labeled Tornado Red.
The new Beetle Convertible, derived from the new third-generation Beetle hatchback, has front-wheel-drive orientation and three powertrain choices including a fired-up Turbo and high-mileage Clean Diesel.
There have been drop-top variations of Volkswagen's original Kaefer (German for Beetle) beginning with the type 15 Convertible from 1949 and extending to the New Beetle Cabriolet (2003-2006) -- all were curvy cute yet downright tepid in the power department. [Full review]
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