In fact, one of the simplest ways to tell if you have a Super Beetle is looking under the hood — and not the rear engine ...

Here's a 1971 Super Beetle in a Colorado wrecking yard. The build tag says this car came off the Wolfsburg assembly line in June of 1971, but it has the engine lid and steering wheel from a '72-up ...

Big deal. As a car, the Super Beetle is just as obsolete as all the rest of the regular VWs. It's still twitchy in crosswinds, engine noise is excessive, and the interior has more the dimensions ...