The first time I drove a Volkswagen Beetle was on a whim. I was in college, and one of my roommates was a VW club member. I thought the Beetle was the coolest car I had ever driven, and it was.
I was born in the fifties and had my first Beetle (a black and white Beetle with a yellow sunroof) when I was three, and I think my first VW was a yellow one from when I was a teenager. Since then, I’ve owned three Beezels (two red, one blue), three Beetle-based cars, and one of them was a very old blue Beetle. I also have a pair of yellow sunroof Beetle rims.
The Beetle is one of those cars that people think of as “only” an SUV when in fact it was a “luxury” car that people also owned. It was a car of many roles, and the Beetle was the best of them. No one had ever seen the inside of one, and that was a big selling point. People were amazed that a car that was so basic could be so beautiful.
The Beetle came with a manual, two-speed, automatic transmission with manual clutch, and a manual gearbox. You could also get a manual transmission, but a manual clutch would cost twice as much. The manual transmission was a godsend for the Beetle. It made the car feel that much more efficient, and you had to be a bit of a jerk to screw up, but you could do it.
The Beetle wasn’t perfect, but it was a great car. It had a great manual transmission and was a great car, but it was also a mediocre car. The manual clutch was great, but didn’t last for long, and the 2.0-liter engine wasn’t really as efficient as the 1.5-liter engine in the original Beetle.
I still love the Beetle, but I have come to realize that the manual transmission wasnt really meant to be the best. It wasnt meant to be the best of all time. It was just meant to be the best of all the cars of the time. And its a shame that the manual transmission wasnt the best.
VW is a company that has changed very little since its first great Beetle. Its still a great car, but as one of the few carmakers that have sold cars with manual transmissions, as well as the only carmaker that sold a diesel version of their Beetle, I think VW deserves a lot of credit for improving both manual and automatic transmissions, while making the 2.0-liter engine a very efficient and inexpensive engine.
The manual transmission isn’t as bad as it used to be, but its not perfect either. After the first couple of decades of VWs, this transmission was a bit of a joke. Its a bit of a shock to the system when it’s suddenly stuck into the transmission hump. It has a lot of gears, and the shifting doesn’t always feel quite right. It’s also not as quiet as it’s been in the past.
The manual transmission is a bit of a joke, but its not that bad. With the 2.0L V-6 engine, the transmission works very well, but at the cost of making the car quieter which can be a bit of a drawback. It will still feel more pleasant to drive than the automatic. The manual transmission is not perfect either, but if you are going to spend that kind of money on a car, you should at least consider it.
This is the first car ever to be offered with a manual transmission. You also get the option for a five-speed automatic transmission which is surprisingly nice. But it seems like the manual transmission is the only way you can get the V-8 engine to rev up to its max. You’re not sure how much the V-6 engine needs to be revved up before you can get the V-8 to go louder.