Carrera DIGITAL 132 VW Beetle "Group 5"
Item No.: 20030719
In the range: 2015
Order now in the club shop!
Beetle tuning…
What can one write about tuned Beetles that hasn't already been written about them in the last 70 years? Difficult... Let's take a different approach.
Pretty much everyone in my age group (40+) has had to deal with the knobby VW at some point, even if they didn't own one themselves.
Richard, a classmate of mine, had an orange 1303, which we almost set on fire at a class party. We were all drunk, so we put out the cable fire with beer (which didn't make the car any better, by the way).
25 years ago, there was a guy in my local bar who first drove a Beetle with a Coca-Cola livery; he even had Coke pay for the paint job. He drove the car for about two years, during which time he built his first "real" Beetle: 2.4-liter engine, lower, louder, Fuchs rims, Porsche parts, etc. etc. etc. That thing was the absolute bomb in our room back then. The guy was an electrical engineer, by the way, not a mechanic or anything. ;-) And that wasn't his last Beetle; as far as I know, he had several of those things and has been working on another one for some time. Somehow, it just doesn't let you go.
Today I know that he built and tuned a Type 4 engine back then. There's nothing you can't get for the Beetle. And that hasn't changed to this day: Beetle tuners still exist today, and there's still plenty of customers for the airboxer faction.
Now, most tuned Beetles are relatively tame in appearance. At best, they have wider fenders, are lower, and considerably louder. The only thing you can still drive on public roads without becoming a regular customer of those gentlemen in the green and silver cars (outside of Bavaria: blue and silver cars). Visually, there's definitely no comparison to the latest model from CARRERA: the RACE 4!
I'm sure the TÜV inspector would have some trouble registering the Porsche 935-style fender flares (after they revived it...). But the car isn't that unrealistic; in the '70s, some pretty awesome cars were on the racetracks.
The RACE 4's paint job is definitely contemporary; Chevy red was quite popular back then, and the VW logo fits, too. The color reminds me of the Matchbox Flying Bug, which looked similar. The Beetle's handling is familiar; the red racer may have a very short track, but its width makes it impossible to throw off course.
This thing is fun. Really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have fun
Your Lotus
Item No.: 20030719
In the range: 2015
Order now in the club shop!
Beetle tuning…
What can one write about tuned Beetles that hasn't already been written about them in the last 70 years? Difficult... Let's take a different approach.
Pretty much everyone in my age group (40+) has had to deal with the knobby VW at some point, even if they didn't own one themselves.
Richard, a classmate of mine, had an orange 1303, which we almost set on fire at a class party. We were all drunk, so we put out the cable fire with beer (which didn't make the car any better, by the way).
25 years ago, there was a guy in my local bar who first drove a Beetle with a Coca-Cola livery; he even had Coke pay for the paint job. He drove the car for about two years, during which time he built his first "real" Beetle: 2.4-liter engine, lower, louder, Fuchs rims, Porsche parts, etc. etc. etc. That thing was the absolute bomb in our room back then. The guy was an electrical engineer, by the way, not a mechanic or anything. ;-) And that wasn't his last Beetle; as far as I know, he had several of those things and has been working on another one for some time. Somehow, it just doesn't let you go.
Today I know that he built and tuned a Type 4 engine back then. There's nothing you can't get for the Beetle. And that hasn't changed to this day: Beetle tuners still exist today, and there's still plenty of customers for the airboxer faction.
Now, most tuned Beetles are relatively tame in appearance. At best, they have wider fenders, are lower, and considerably louder. The only thing you can still drive on public roads without becoming a regular customer of those gentlemen in the green and silver cars (outside of Bavaria: blue and silver cars). Visually, there's definitely no comparison to the latest model from CARRERA: the RACE 4!
I'm sure the TÜV inspector would have some trouble registering the Porsche 935-style fender flares (after they revived it...). But the car isn't that unrealistic; in the '70s, some pretty awesome cars were on the racetracks.
The RACE 4's paint job is definitely contemporary; Chevy red was quite popular back then, and the VW logo fits, too. The color reminds me of the Matchbox Flying Bug, which looked similar. The Beetle's handling is familiar; the red racer may have a very short track, but its width makes it impossible to throw off course.
This thing is fun. Really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have fun
Your Lotus
