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VW Up
So, is it rear engine/rear drive like the Bug? No. But rumblings around Wolfsburg suggested it was tantalisingly close to being so - the Germans decided that all-new architecture was too pricey so settled on trad front-engine/drive underwear.
You'll get to choose between two three-pot engines at launch, and there's an electric e-Up coming in 2013. Both the petrols are very very clean, though - in BlueMotion flavour with stop-start tech they'll return 4.2 litres/100km and emit less than 100g/km of CO2.
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VW Up
You'd be forgiven for assuming that the both the new Beetle and the new new Beetle descend from the original, err, Beetle. But let's face, their kettle of fish is a very different one. They are fashion-conscious styling exercises. They are resolutely not tiny, cheap people's cars.
But the new Up, which was unveiled today four years after the concept landed, could be (though it's officially called the up! [sic], but we won't tolerate such grammatical trespasses). Built to replace the Fox, it is small (3540mm long and 1640mm wide), it is cheap and it is pleasant to look at. And it will be landing in Australia in the last quarter of the year.
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