Baby got a new set of wheels!

[Z-man]

Got a new toy for my wife:

Got boost?

'Concept color' interior:


Specs: 2003 new Beetle 1.8 Turbo (left-over on the showroom floor). Concept leather interior, Electronic LSD, ASR traction control, sunroof, CD changer, 17" wheels.

It may not be a Porsche, but it puts on smile on my wife's face. If she's happy, I'm happy!

-Zoltan.

[island911]

A wife with a happy face and a nice seat. . .what more could you want?

[singpilot]

A battery powered turbocharged toy for the wife.

I have always said WHATEVER it takes to keep a smile on their face.

Nice ride, BTW.

[84porsche]

Nice ride!!! - Brings back the Guards Red/Black Interior Porsches to mind.

[singpilot]

I just realized what the interior reminds me of.

The Designo interior on all the high end Mercedes Sports.

[turbocarrera]

Did they get the "turbo" emblem from Porsche!?!

[84porsche]

I think they are exactly the same - I was wondering the same thing.

[Z-man]

Originally posted by singpilot
I just realized what the interior reminds me of.

The Designo interior on all the high end Mercedes Sports.

Yep, very similar.

The Turbo emblem is similar to the Porsche turbo emblem, but the VW turbo starts with a capital "T"

-Z.

[Eric Coffey]

Speaking of similar, those seats look a lot like SC sport seats to me!

Oh, and I vote you should get her these wheels, but paint the centers red to match :

[blogic]

bump for a nice guy!!

[vash]

right on Zman! now be a nice husband and drop the car off at HPA performance for a "tweeking" session. those guys are insane!

[}{arlequin]

Originally posted by turbocarrera
Did they get the "turbo" emblem from Porsche!?!

if you go back far enough in Porsche history (early 70's) you'll see a connection between Piech (the nephew) and Porsche (the uncle and cousin). That's why the 914 was made under both Porsche and VW. That's why the Touareg shares parts w/ Cayenne. Piech went on to run VW and I think the "beetle" was made under his watch. The Turbo script is probably his own little joke (just for a chuckle) or maybe VW intentionally wanted to hold on to their Porsche connection. After all, 911s are beetles on steroids.

[azasadny]

Nice car, my wife likes them too!

[RickM]

Cool car.

FWIW, a friends wife had a Turbo Beetle, 2nd year out. They had a chronic problem with stalling at highway speed. They never figured out the problem. It scared them to the point of selling. I was told that it was a common problem at the time but that could be inaccurate.

I don't want to be negative just thought I'd share something you may want to be aware of.

[Z-man]

RickM:
From what I've read, the earlier new Beeltle Turbos did have electrical issues - that could be why your friend's wife had stalling issues.

I believe they've corrected this problem by now.

-Z.