- License the body design of the '72 Beetle from Volkswagen
- Build the bodies/chassis in Mexico and ship them to Canada
- Outfit them with electric motors.
- Sell 'em
I worked with a guy that had one of the last Mexican made Bugs. It was just as I remembered the old ones but all new and fresh. I was jealous. it’s a damn shame they stopped making them. Would be cool to make them electric cars
i just remembered in highschool as a senior prank 8 of us picked up a teachers Bug and put it in the Gym
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh yeah, these things are deathtraps.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Not even just in crashes. Think of all the physical assaults and sore arms that would ensue if these took back to the streets en masse.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They could modernize the underlying structure to keep the same body shape while massively improving safety like they did in the 2000s. It already has a curved hood for pedestrians, and the main issue with the originals was the front end collapsing like tin foil in an accident.