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Super- "Beetle"

VW Beetle is not just legendary or popular, it is rather a symbol of the outgoing era and at the same time a monument to its creator. There are many low-profiles, beautiful and not very, inexpensive or prestigious, common or to some extent exclusive, and there is also VW Beetle, better known as a beetle, although in a German catalog it passes as kafer. This car has an amazing fate and a completely unrealistic circulation, it was produced in several countries, but at the same time it has always remained almost the most popular car of all time. Probably, there was a will from above, otherwise than explaining the fact that the unpretentious and far from the most ideal car in terms of quality and dynamic characteristics was able to achieve such amazing successes. And how can you explain the stably high demand for this model and, it seems, a completely failed New Beetle career. However, we will leave the right to understand this phenomenon to analysts and tell you better about one unique copy of this very beetle.
 
This Beetle, which appeared in Minsk just less than six months ago, today knows almost the whole city. Liqui Moly, it seems, has become known for most Minsk residents thanks to this car. The red-blue beetle on wide tires and with a huge anti-winged behind has long become popular in the city. The car itself is very colorful, and here is also the action of catching up with the Beetle held by the Belarusian representation of the company. By the way, the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating an advertising car occurred to the Belarusians, and it was appreciated by colleagues from other representative offices. However, not only they - almost everyone who saw a car passing by, turned after him. But the car has been driving along the streets of the city for six months! Imagine what was happening in the early days ...
 
Of course, if it were an ordinary, standard Beetle, then even in such a bright coloring he would hardly be able to attract so much attention. Another thing is a copy after tuning. Thanks to the incredibly expanded wings and decorative thresholds, the machine turned out to be much more colorful than its serial brother, although the appearance of a serial beetle also cannot be called ordinary. After such refinement, and even on incredibly wide wheels, the car in some angles became like another relative - Porsche 911, who also had a similar layout and an air cooling engine. By the way, the changes affected the salon, especially its posterior part. Almost the entire space in this car is given to the most powerful speaker system, and the native seats gave way to sports buckets with four -point belts. Literally the entire interior is sheathed with red leather: the ceiling, door panels, the central console and even the inner door handles. It is unusual and somehow very nice to see all this, especially after the same plastic interiors of modern small-sized. The metal knob of the gearbox lever and the floor incredibly hard pedals completes the picture of a real car, designed in those distant times when the word ergonomics seemed to be a medical term for many. And you know, it is incredibly pleasant that this beetle is completely different from the same, absolutely not suitable for any camps. I really want to put on thin shoes on thin leather soles to feel the vibrations on the pedals, find racing paint and hear the legendary gentleman, start the motors ...
 
Well, we will do it. A protracted howl of the starter and ... the motor started up, shuddered, came to life - the rumbling of the engine flooded the entire salon, drowning all the other sounds. Not very loud, but clearly heard every note published by the engine. The vibrations transmitted to him to the body, like a pulse - on the dispersal, he becomes more frequent, turning into a small trembling, and at a traffic light, catching his breath, gradually gradually returns to normal. And what a sound! Still, no matter what experts say there, there are two big differences - sound accompaniment obtained as a result of the use of a specially -minded muffler, or simply the sound of the motor itself, without any special effects. What is heard in the salon of this beetle, even the sound of the motor is difficult to call, rather, this breath is pure and deep. It is only a pity that it really could not be traveling by car. Wide tires, almost like slugs, and snow porridge on the roads are not the most successful combination, especially since the presence of ABS or electronic system of distribution of brake force in this case could not. However, I was not very upset about this, because the purpose of such cars is to deliver aesthetic pleasure rather than hit the imagination with incredible technical indicators or the presence of a spacious trunk. And with this task, in the sense of aesthetic pleasure, VW Beetle copes with the best possible.
 
Text: Pavel Kozlovsky
 

A source: Auto -Gazeta / N 3 (349) dated 30.01.02