Volkswagen Beetle: car review | Martin Love

VW's quirky coupi(C) has been rejuvenated, and this time it's gone right back to its roots. Just don't expect to impress your kids

Price: from 17,370
Top speed: 126mph
0-62mph: 8.7 seconds
MPG: up to 65.7
CO2: 132g/km

For anyone born before the end of the last century, VW's Beetle will hold a special place in their affections. It's a car garlanded in nostalgia, and every panel reveals another colourful milestone on its long journey from people's wagon to hippy transporter to pseudo-retro city slicker. However, if you were born in this century, like my teenage daughter and members of her netball team, then it's just "a bit of a crap car that's a weird shape".