Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Why Did Volkswagen Kill The Beetle?" video.

  1. Because it's a fine 1930s car but not a fine modern car. They're easy to rebuild in primitive conditions, but not long lived. The liquid-cooled A1 era Rabbit etc single cam four cylinder is a vastly better engine in every respect. Beetles act like sails on windy days, are slow, their heaters work poorly and they're deathtraps in a crash.
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  2. T Model Fords matched and beat that but they're forgotten today, being made into more specialty vehicles, truck conversions, farm equipment, "gow jobs" (the ancestor of hot rods), hot rods, tractors and other farm equipment, and their drivetrains used for industrial and light power generation. Beetles are cool but very much like T Models became quickly obsolete.
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