{"id":60628,"date":"2023-07-05T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/?p=60628"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T19:02:35","slug":"volkswagen-electric-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/volkswagen-electric-beetle","title":{"rendered":"There Won&#8217;t Be an Electric Beetle as &#8220;It Had Its Day,&#8221; Says Volkswagen CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"custom-first\">Despite an appearance in Netflix&#8217;s upcoming animated film, the electric Beetle concept is not happening.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, there has been a significant absence in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/cars\/volkswagen.htm\">VW<\/a>&#8216;s lineup in the last few years \u2014 the Beetle. The famous car was introduced in 1938 as a cheap and reliable model, yet it was discontinued in 2019 due to decreasing sales. That said, given the manufacturer just launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/tag\/id-buzz\/\">ID. Buzz<\/a>, reviving the Type 2&#8217;s legacy, many assumed the Beetle would receive the same electrified treatment. Not to mention VW also introduced the E-Bugster Concept in 2012 and recently collaborated with the creator of the &#8220;Miraculous:\u00a0 Ladybug and Cat Noir&#8221; animated film to feature a cartoon version of the electric Beetle in the movie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60655 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Miraculous-Ladybug-Cat-Noir-The-Movie-VW-ID-Models-1.jpg\" alt=\"electric Beetle concept\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Miraculous-Ladybug-Cat-Noir-The-Movie-VW-ID-Models-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Miraculous-Ladybug-Cat-Noir-The-Movie-VW-ID-Models-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Miraculous-Ladybug-Cat-Noir-The-Movie-VW-ID-Models-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Miraculous-Ladybug-Cat-Noir-The-Movie-VW-ID-Models-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/675;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that won&#8217;t be the case. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/volkswagen-ceo-rules-out-beetle-revival-retro-dead-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autocar<\/a>, VW CEO Thomas Sch\u00e4fer says the Beetle had its day and will not be revived. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think so because there are certain vehicles that have had their day. It wouldn&#8217;t make sense to bring it back,&#8221; said the CEO. In fact, the same opinion stands for another iconic VW product, the Scirocco.<\/p>\n<p>Sch\u00e4fer essentially said he doesn&#8217;t want VW to do the same thing over and over again. The manufacturer wants to build something new instead \u2014 the idea of investing in something old simply does not align with the brand&#8217;s current vision. &#8220;Going forward with balancing all these technologies and the cost that is associated with it, you&#8217;ve got to invest money in the best possible place,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the German carmaker has clarified it would rather invest its money in developing something new and exciting instead of focusing on the past. While VW surely has a rich heritage to be proud of, it believes it&#8217;s not the only thing defining the brand<\/p>\n<p>And with that, there&#8217;s only one thing left to say \u2014 so long, Beetle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-60680 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Volkswagen-Beetle-2017-1600-05.jpg\" alt=\"VW Beetle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Volkswagen-Beetle-2017-1600-05.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Volkswagen-Beetle-2017-1600-05-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Volkswagen-Beetle-2017-1600-05-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Volkswagen-Beetle-2017-1600-05-768x432.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/675;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/volkswagen-ceo-rules-out-beetle-revival-retro-dead-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Source<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite an appearance in Netflix&#8217;s upcoming animated film, the electric Beetle concept is not happening. As we all know, there has been a significant absence in VW&#8216;s lineup in the last few years \u2014 the Beetle. The famous car was introduced in 1938 as a cheap and reliable model, yet it was discontinued in 2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":60657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5395,10518,6638],"tags":[10657,9783,273],"class_list":["post-60628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-automakers-suppliers","category-bev","category-volkswagen","tag-beetle","tag-germany","tag-volkswagen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>There Won&#039;t Be an Electric Beetle as &quot;It Had Its Day,&quot; Says VW<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a recent interview, Volkswagen CEO Thomas Sch\u00e4fer said the Beetle had its day and will not be revived as an electrified retro model.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/volkswagen-electric-beetle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"There Won&#039;t Be an Electric Beetle as &quot;It Had Its Day,&quot; Says Volkswagen CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite an appearance in Netflix&#039;s upcoming animated film, the electric Beetle concept is not happening. 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