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GusG=> I just got my first look at the 'new' bug. => It was on the side of the highway after being pulled over by a cop. Good start! May I be the first on this list to say that I think this New Beetle business is a load of hooey? It's a Neon squashed onto a Golf frame, with all the same features that make me never want to buy a new car again. No, thanks! The Arizona clubs have been getting a lot of attention from VW dealers this year so we'll help them promote the NB. I don't think any of us are laboring under the illusion that this is a new long-term relationship -- we have to plan on those dealers disappearing from the old-car scene again as soon as the campaign ends. They're doing well out of us, I gather -- we hear that the sponsoring dealership at Phoenix Bug-O-Rama sold 50 cars at the show, that's $25K in nonrefundable deposits in one afternoon. Not bad! Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ '66 KGhia 1600 that I really should be working on right now ...