| Retro styled vehicles are all the rage
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| | left], grow a beard [gents only, please]
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| today and Volkswagen's New Beetle was one
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| | and be prepared to step back in time to
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| of the first of many of these types of
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| | the days when the VW Bus was the people
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| cars to show up on the market. Given VW's
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| | hauler of the day. Peace, love, and stop
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| long running popularity, other long since
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| | the war you say? If VW has its way then
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| retired models are certainly worthy of
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| | around 2008 a vehicle very similar in
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| being copied, don't you agree? The
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| | style to the Bus will once again be seen
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| Karmann Ghia, the Thing, and the Scirocco
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| | cruising the streets of Haight-Ashbury,
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| are a few that come to mind, however they
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| | Greenwich Village, and every freaky place
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| aren't the ones slated for a comeback.
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| | you can think of, man! Just, groovy.
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| Yes, VW's famous "Bus" or Microbus is
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| | Featured at the 2001 Detroit Auto Show, a
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| scheduled to return, to the delight of
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| | concept Microbus evoked all sorts of
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| aging hippies everywhere.
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| | "ooohs and aaaahs" from visitors; it was
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| Okay, first a quick test. Can you name
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| | this same type of reaction that has
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| some of the recent retro vehicles to hit
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| | convinced Volkswagen to go forward with
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| North American highways lately? Besides
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| | production.
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| the Volkswagen's New Beetle, here are a
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| | As of this writing, there is a battle
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| few:
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| | raging within Volkswagen-land as to how
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| Ford: Thunderbird, Mustang
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| | much the Microbus will incorporate the
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| Chrysler: PT Cruiser
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| | retro look. Seeing how the New Beetle
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| Chevrolet: SSR and HHR
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| | succeeded in the US, but flopped in
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| To qualify as a true "retro" vehicle it
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| | Europe will VW have the courage to stand
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| cannot just borrow the name - like the
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| | tall and bring back the hippie hauler?
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| Dodge Charger - instead, it must take its
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| | Or, will VW cave in and produce just
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| styling cues from a vehicle from another
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| | another run-of-the-mill vehicle that only
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| generation.
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| | hints at its past glory?
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| Enter the Volkswagen Microbus.
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| | Time will tell, but my advice to VW is
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| Yes, open up your cedar trunk and take
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| | this: get it built now before us hippie
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| out those wild looking tie dyed shirts,
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| | dippy types are too old to climb into it.
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| your cavernous bell bottom pants, and
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| | Unless, of course, the Microbus can be
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| that pair of odd looking leather sandals.
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| | outfitted with a wheelchair ramp.
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| Let down your hair [if you have any
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