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Article: VW Beetle returns to U.S. shores; price is a nice surprise at $15,700. (includes related article on Volkswagen's manufacturing plans)
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- January 12, 1998
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The 1999 Volkswagen Beetle may not carry the cheap price tag of its heyday, but Volkswagen expects to reconneet with its lost customers by charging $15,700 for the base model.
The figure includes the $500 destination charge.
The new Beetle comes in at considerably less than the $18,000 that initially was bandied about.
Yes, the Bug is back, a dramatically improved version that will be on sale in the United States by the end of March.
Unlike the spartan, entry-level Beetle that was all the rage during the psychedelic 1960s, the 1999 Beetle is thoroughly modern, based on Volkswagen's Golf chassis.
Volkswagen plant in Pueblo, Mexico, is the ...