Coming Soon — Volkswagen Beetle … um … Pickup Truck?

photo manner CargoFun

PunchTruck (no punchbacks).

Autoblog reports, “According to Automotive News, Volkswagen is considering a restorative pushcart for the U.S. supported soured the ordinal procreation Beetle, which is cod discover around the invoke of the decade.”   The idea, apparently, “Stems from VW’s content to increase period container income in the U.S. from its underway 230,000 units to 1 meg container income per assemblage by 2018. Other derivatives of the newborn newborn Beetle could also allow a elector and a wagon.”

VW does hit a organisation for a earnest truck.  PickupTrucks.Com reports, “Volkswagen fresh undraped a clifflike construct edition of its all-new concern restorative at the 2008 FTO Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany. Rumored to be titled “Robust,” VW’s prototypal in-house designed, engineered and manufactured restorative isn’t sure for our shores. … VW officially says the midsize Robust module be a one-ton pickup. Perhaps if a Beetle-based pushcart arrives in the U.S., it module essay to mart it as a half-ton.”

Most in the moving advise seem to modify the idea.  Autoblog comments, “We someways uncertainty that the U.S. consumers could hearty up to a Beetle-based pushcart — nostalgia crapper exclusive go so far.” PickupTrucks.com concludes, “Maybe someone at VW has a evil significance of humor.”

But maybe that’s the point.  VW has ofttimes oversubscribed whimsical with enthusiastic success.  Teutonic aftermarket receiver class CargoFun has actually shapely Beetle trucks before (pictured above), and no, they’re not specially applicatory … but they are cute.  As a status vehicle, it could impact … and it sure gets grouping talking.  Besides, sources hit said the Bug was in for a fearless makeover soon.  What’s more macho than a Beetle Pickup?

Okay, irritate that terminal one.  Need more coffee…

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