# RIP VW Beetle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-vw-beetle/836771 "2019-07-09T14:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-vw-beetle/836771/21 "2019-07-10T23:52:07Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > Well they are bringing back the VW Bus > > [http://newsroom.vw.com/vehicles/future-cars/official-the-vw-bus-is-back-and-its-electric/](http://newsroom.vw.com/vehicles/future-cars/official-the-vw-bus-is-back-and-its-electric/) Hey, if the discontinuation of the modern front engine front wheel drive Beetle counts as the “last Beetle”, then arguably they still make the [VW Bus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Transporter_(T6)). Just not the same one they made in the 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-vw-beetle/836771/22 "2019-07-11T02:01:32Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Me too! My family had a red one when I was a kid - in the late 60s. At the time we had 5 people in the family plus a dog and a cat. We’d head up to the cabin with all of us (pets incl) and a week’s worth of groceries and clothes packed in that Beetle! I’m not sure how my mom did it - I remember we had stuff under our feet, one sister was in the boot, one sister was probably sitting on my mom’s lap (no car seats or seat belts back then). Great times! I’m sure my mother would beg to differ. When my sisters moved to Oregon they drove there from Michigan in a VW bug – the two of them plus five kids aged three months to six and a half. The baby was in the lap of one of the two adults, and the other kids (the youngest was three) were in the back seat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-vw-beetle/836771.md?page=1)