Super Cool VW Beetle Dune Concept Car

I want this to become a reality, it is just too cool! We like the new (but not New) Volkswagen Beetle quite a lot. But while the stylish Bug is plenty of fun on paved roads, it lacks a certain set of skills possessed by some of its ancestors, namely the ability to put a smile on a driver’s face on sand, dirt or other bits of rough terrain.

Enter the VW Beetle Dune Concept, a car we showed you preview sketches of last week. The Dune Concept is, as Volkswagen says in its press release below, a “Baja Bug for the 21st century.” Using the Beetle R-Line and its 210-horsepower, turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder and six-speed dual-clutch transmission as its base, the Dune sports an extra two inches (50 mm) of ground clearance, while also being wider, 0.8 inches (20 mm) taller and half-an-inch (13 mm) longer than the production model.

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