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Elon, please buy the production rights to this and put it back into production, exactly as it was, no changes, bolt-compatible with the original. Interestingly

Elon, please buy the production rights to this and put it back into production, exactly as it was, no changes, bolt-compatible with the original. Interestingly, they had prototyped an add-on electric powerplant back then, too, which, sadly, never made it into production.

pravda 11y ago
I don't think it would pass emissions. Interestingly (?), Dr. Porsche 'borrowed' the design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_97 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_97
- WalterBright 11y ago
  It wouldn't pass the crash testing, either. Bugs fared poorly in crashes. The idea was that it was nimbler, and better able to avoid accidents to make up for that. Bugs also were relatively high maintenance. Few would care for that these days.
- jshufro 11y ago
  The first Porsche was basically a clone of the Type III fastback: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/957632.jpg http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/957632.jpg
  - dchuk 11y ago
    The first Porsche predates the Type III by quite a few years. Also, Ferdinand Porsche designed the original Beetle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche#Relationship_with_Volkswagen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche#Relationship_with_Volk...
- walshemj 11y ago
  James may did an interesting show about classic cars recently and drove one the surviving beetle protypes.
KamiCrit 11y ago
The Tesla Beetle, if they made that it might beat out the Model T sales count!
weinzierl 11y ago
There is the New Beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_New_Beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_New_Beetle