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THE Beetle is back.

Teesday aticrnoen the rain
held off just long eneugh atop:
Burnaby Mountain tor the
official arrival of Volkswagen
Beetles to Vancouver. Lower
Mainland VW dealers arrived
at Hortzon’s Restaurant in a
multi-colored convoy — of
Beedes. Emerging from the

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cars, dealers had huge smiles
on their fees —- ane sales
dancing in their eyes,

Apart from its name, the
1998 Volkswagen — Beetle
shares little with its classic
nainesake.

The new one’s engine is in
the front; the original’s was in
the rear. (Ditto the trunks}.

Friday, March 13, 1998 — North Shore News ~ 29

sion). The old one? Let's just
say vou could buy a few of the
originals for the price of a new
on:

Despite their differences,
though, the neo generations of
German design share a power-
ful similarity: millions and mil-
lions of the old ones were sold;
one look ar the new ones as

The new one is front-wheel
drive; the original was) rear-
wheel drive.

The new one is water-
cooled; the original was. air-
cooled.

The new one has a fully gal-
vanized body with a 12-year
warranty against corrosion or

ust perforation; the old one

would, could and did rust.
The new one kas a CD
changer; the old one had an
AM radio.
The new one’s suggested

they wound 2xound Burnaby
Mountain, sad ir was safe to
say VW will produce and sell
millions and millions.

The line forms at vour local

listed price is $19940 (and — dealer.

$21,685 for the diesel ver- — Andrew MeCredic

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THE new VW Beetle arrived on Lower Mainiand
streets Tuesday as an RCMP escort led a multi-color
Parade to the top of Burnaby Mountain (above). A
1966 print-ad campaign entitied “Wil! we ever kill the
bug?” (right) is still appropriate.

Will we evor kill the bug?

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