The Volkswagen Beetle was conceived and developed mainly for the U.S. market, but that doesn’t mean that Europe takes a back seat when it comes to new ideas and additions of the lineup. VW has just announced “Exclusive” trims for Continental-market coupes and convertibles that will sit atop the Beetle’s “Design” and “Sport” models in the lineup.
Exclusive Beetles include 18-inch wheels as standard; the optional 19-inch wheels have white or black accents. The interior is distinguished by special, beautifully executed diamond-quilted leather available in beige, brown, or black. The door inserts are finished in black vinyl, and there are specific floor mats, stainless-steel door sills with “Exclusive” lettering, and front sport seats. Leather wraps the steering wheel, shift knob, center armrest, and handbrake lever.
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The Exclusive treatment can be applied to cars with Sport or Design levels of standard equipment, and all can be spec’d with a variety of diesel and gas engines. The more powerful options—160- and 200-hp turbo fours are restricted to Sport coupes and cabrios, however.
The “Exclusive” moniker is applied to a range of VW vehicles with uplevel and occasionally, as here, bespoke features; the program used to be known as “Individual.” The packages are developed by the same team that works on VW’s R-Line models, but where we sometimes see those cars on our shores, the “Exclusive” models won’t cross the ocean.
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