VW New Beetle

"You were busting some major moves in that Beetle! Almost like blasting down that Autobahn thing they've got over there!"

- Chicago Announcer, winning races with the VW New Beetle

The Volkswagen New Beetle (or VW New Beetle) is a playable and unlocked car in Midtown Madness along with its sequel, Midtown Madness 2.

The VW New Beetle is based on the 1999 model that is a new, revived version of the Volkswagen Beetle. It is a cute-looking car with a light and compact body. It helps the car to quickly wind through heavy traffic and thus gives the user a good control. However, It has a really slow speed. It is available in yellow, blue, silver and red colors.

In-Game Description
"The nimble New Beetle ducks through narrow shortcuts and zips around heavy traffic."
 * -|Midtown Madness=Volkswagen New Beetle
 * -|Midtown Madness 2="Cute, fast and able to whip through traffic with ease. But be careful of its limited durability!"

Details
The VW New Beetle is a standard car which is unlocked by default, in Midtown Madness 1 as well as its sequel, Midtown Madness 2. It serves as a base model for two other default VW New Beetle models, the VW New Beetle RSi and VW New Beetle Dune (which are unlockable). In HQTM Team's Classic Madness mod, it was replaced by the original Volkswagen Beetle.

As a generic car, the VW New Beetle is one of the weakest performing cars in the game. It can be competitive early on in the game, however in later races, where vehicles are faster and more powerful, the New Beetle will struggle to keep up, so switching to a faster car is strongly advisable.

The vehicle is, however, unlocked from the beginning. Winning a race with this car earns 1,000 points as a professional. Average results are very poor of this car.

History
The Volkswagen New Beetle is a compact car, introduced by Volkswagen in 1997, drawing heavy inspiration from the exterior design of the original Beetle. Unlike the original Beetle, the New Beetle has its engine in the front, driving the front wheels, with luggage storage in the rear. Many special editions have been released, such as the Malibu Barbie New Beetle. In May 2010, Volkswagen announced that production of the current body of the New Beetle would cease in 2011.

In 2011 for the 2012 model-year, a new Beetle model, the Beetle (A5), replaced the New Beetle. It is often referred to as the New Beetle as well.

Races As An Opponent
All races with the VW New Beetle as a computer-generated opponent:
 * -|Chicago (MM1)=All races with the VW New Beetle in Chicago:


 * -|San Francisco (MM2)=All races with the VW New Beetle in San Francisco:


 * -|London (MM2)=All races with the Cadillac Eldorado in London:

Stats

 * Top Speed: 116 mph
 * Horsepower: 115 bhp
 * Mass: 2,833 lbs
 * Durability: Low

Trivia

 * The only problem with this car is its lack of speed. The car is relatively slow, and among 10 cars in the game, speedwise, its rank would be 7th (before City Bus, Freightliner Century, and Ford F-350).
 * The Beetle comes with a straight-4 engine. The engine layout differs from most of the cars in the game. Most cars use a V-8 engine, which affects its center of gravity and the Beetle's balance in the game. The straight-four engine is water-cooled and the fewest cylinders offered in the game.
 * This car is the relaunched and an inspired version of the original Beetle in the 20th century. It sold over 15 million in Germany and three million in Brazil.
 * Silver, blue, and red New Beetles don't have wing mirrors, only yellow New Beetles do. However, this is no longer the case in MM2 Revisited V6 (open beta 4 onwards), where its new model now has 3D mirrors on all paintjobs.
 * The New Beetle has new engine sound effects in Midtown Madness 2. However, the old engine sound effect can be reused by modding the game.
 * This was the only European car to be featured in the original Midtown Madness. Nevertheless, it is a North American specification New Beetle as evidenced by the square number plate groove on the rear bumper and the dual reverse lights.
 * If one looks closely at the rear wheels when steering, they turn a little bit. This also can be noticed with the 1998 Audi TT Coupe, the New Beetle RSi and the New Beetle Dune.
 * It is based on the GL model due to the absence of front fog lights, despite its showcase picture displaying the GLS or GLX model which has fog lights.

Sounds
All sounds for the VW New Beetle heard in-game:

Opponent Sounds

 * The engine sounds of the playable version differ from the AI version. The AI version strangely has the engine sound of the Panoz Roadster. However, this is not the case in Midtown Madness 2, where it does use the correct sounds for the AI version.

Quotes
All in-game commentary related to the VW New Beetle:
 * -|Chicago (MM1)= All Chicago quotes that apply to the VW New Beetle, provided by the announcer:


 * -|San Francisco (MM2)= All San Francisco quotes that apply to the VW New Beetle, provided by various announcers:


 * -|London (MM2)= All London quotes that apply to the VW New Beetle, provided by various announcers:

Gallery

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