1979 Volkswagen Beetle Base Convertible 2-door 1.6l - 65k Original Miles Ca Car on 2040-cars
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Body Type:Convertible
Engine:1.6L 1584CC 97Cu. In. H4 GAS OHV Naturally Aspirated
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Number of Cylinders: 4
Make: Volkswagen
Model: Beetle
Trim: Base Convertible 2-Door
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Drive Type: RWD
Options: CD Player, Convertible
Mileage: 65,495
Exterior Color: VW River Blue Metallic
Interior Color: Black
This car is in excellent condition in all regards. It was manufactured in December, 1979- the end of an era for VW! I bought this car last year from San Francisco and have had it restored to immaculate condition. The following are the features:
Exterior- New top, pad, headliner and seals on top frame and around windows. New paint and clear coat in original River Blue Metallic color. New chrome trim. New German running boards and gravel guards. Newly powder coated wheels and brand new tires. Original German glass all around as well as tail lights and running lights. Original German chrome bumpers and guards. This car has no rust, have never been in an accident, and has rust free floor pans.
Interior- New seat covers, new carpeting, excellent original door panels, 80 watt stereo cassette, original CA visors, window chrome perfect, all seals and plugs, glove box with original key and lock (rare). 1 inch crack on dash has been repaired.
Mechanical- Totally rebuilt fuel-injected engine with current CA emissions compliant equipment (new lines, filters, catalytic converter, etc.), new brakes (drums, shoes, lines, master cylinder), new clutch, new struts and shocks, tie rods, bushings, aligned (no shimmy or imbalance whatsoever), new ball joints, and more.
Electrical- all switches and gauges work- the original clock still keeps correct time!
Other- all records of maintenance since car was NEW, original owners manual and booklets, original convertible top boot, owner history, clear NC title.
There is nothing left to do to this car but drive it.
This car is valued over $20k (see info at hagerty.com) due to it's condition and low original mileage.
Call me at 704-517-6747 for serious inquiries if you like.
Volkswagen Beetle - Classic for Sale
1978 super beetle convertible, karman ghia
2004 volkswagen beetle tdi 2-door 1.9l
Classic vw beetle
1972 vw bug convertable
Classic, volkswagen, beetle, convertible, champaign edition
1963 volkswagen beetle base 1.2lAuto Services in North Carolina
Wheel Works ★★★★★
Vintage & Modern European Service ★★★★★
Victory Lane Quick Oil Change ★★★★★
Valvoline Instant Oil Change ★★★★★
University Ford North ★★★★★
University Auto Imports Inc ★★★★★
Auto blog
CEO says Volkswagen's buying spree is over
Mon, 03 Sep 2012
After adding Italian motorcycle icon Ducati to its stable and spending $5.6 billion on the rest of Porsche, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn says he's done shopping for a while.
"We have enough to do at the moment in taking our twelve brands to where we want to be," Winterkorn tells German newspaper Handelsblatt.
World Car Of The Year down to its final four
Wed, 13 Mar 2013
Judges for the World Car of the Year Award have narrowed down the finalists to just four vehicles. Out of a total of 42 entries, only the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT-86 and Volkswagen Golf remain standing. For Volkswagen, this marks the second consecutive year the company has had an entry among the finalists, and the fourth time since 2009. In order to qualify, a vehicle must be on sale on two continents during the span of time between January 1, 2013 and May 30, 2013. A panel of 66 journalists from 23 countries then vote on the finalists.
Three vehicles have made the cut for the last round of voting on the 2013 World Performance Car as well, with the Cayman/Boxster and FR-S/BRZ/GT-86 running against the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. Meanwhile, the Renault Zoe, Tesla Model S and Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid are duking it out for the World Green Car Award. Finally, the World Car Design of the Year Award is up for grabs between the Aston Martin Vanquish, Jaguar F-Type, and the Mazda6. Check out the full press release below. Overall winners will be presented at the 2013 New York Auto Show.
VW to relax ambitious US sales targets?
Fri, 16 May 2014The Volkswagen brand sold 407,704 cars last year, a 6.95-percent decline compared to 2012, and it's down a further 8.36 percent through the end of April 2014 compared to this time last year. In order to to put the sales football between its Strategy 2018 goal posts, the brand would need to add 100,000 more sales every year to achieve the lofty 800,000-unit target. Coming to grips with how unreasonable that is, VW US CEO Michael Horn has said, "For now, we have to have realistic targets."
The reasons for the brand's slow-down are imprecise, but lots of folks are throwing lots of reasons around. Last November, VW Group Chairman Ferdinand Piech told Bloomberg, "We understand Europe, we understand China and we understand Brazil, [but] we only understand the US to a certain degree so far." Analysts say the brand hasn't had midsize and compact SUV offerings, especially an overdue retail version of the CrossBlue, and the ones it does have are priced too high for their segments. It "didn't introduce enough new engines, or alternative technologies or model variants" for the Passat and Jetta. It devoted so many resources to China that the US market suffered. It was being outspent two-to-one on advertising by competitors. Its J.D. Power dependability ratings aren't high enough to overcome its past. It "has never really taken the US customer seriously." And so on.
There's still no official admission of defeat concerning the target, but reading between the lines there are some VW execs that appear to accept it won't happen short of some deus ex machina. Still,