My MOTHER, of all the people, called me the other day and said she saw
on the news or something that the last ones already rolled out....
Jan
JLSL wrote:
>
> Right, Mexico is the only producer of the old beetle (bug), however they
> will stop production for good later this year (in August?).
>
> "Rafael Plonka" wrote in message
> news:bdbvqr$a9o$1@nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE...
> > As far as I know, the only place where they still produce the old beetle
> (and the only place where they produce the new beetle, too) is the
> > Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. Before they changed the total
> production to Mexico, the car was produced in Germany. I didn't know that
> > there were any Brazil-made beetles... Or at least they did not tell me
> that while I was working there as internship.
> >
> > btw: http://www.vw.com.mx tells you also, what you have to pay for a brand
> new old beetle (there it is officially called "sedan"): 76,427.00 or
> > 77,134.00 pesos, depending on the color. That's some 6.000EUR... What this
> means in your currency: check by yourself on http://www.xe.com/ucc/
> >
> > Hasta luego,
> >
> > Rafael
> >
> > Eduardo wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Where in southamerica... ? in chile, argentina and brasil, expect
> > > to pay around US$1000 for a decent Brazil-made beetle. Parts are cheap
> > > but non-engine parts are sometimes unobtainable (front bumpers, for
> example
> > > are nowhere to be found since last year).
> > >
> > > Best bet for parts are 1978 to 1982 models. You can get a 1300L with
> > > disk brakes for around US$100 more...
> > >
> > > I know in Peru and bolivia there are lots, but dont know prices. Uruguay
> > > would be simmillar to argentina and Paraguay is a strange country
> because
> > > there are huge amount of ilegally imported cars there, so beetles
> > > probably are scarce..
> > >
> > > German made beetles are double what a brazilian is and parts are scarce,
> > > except where a brasilian part fits...
> > >
> > > North of Peru I dont know :)
> > >
> > >
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