The crowd-pleasing revival of an all-time Baby Boomer favorite, the New Beetle won honors from both sets of judges. Only later did problems surface with the automatic transmission and hard-to-service maintenance items. Reviewers complained about its pokey performance and called it a car that was better to be seen in than to drive. It is getting a major redesign for 2012.
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