Volkswagen Beetle (A5)

The Volkswagen Beetle (A5) is the compact car Volkswagen manufactured and marketed from 2011 until 2019 under the Beetle name, also sold as the Käfer, Coccinelle, Maggiolino and Fusca in some countries. It was introduced for the 2012 model year as the successor to the New Beetle, with a lower profile and a more aggressive appearance that still homaged the shape of the original Type 1 Beetle, an attempt to distance it from the New Beetle of 1997 to 2011. It shares the A5 (PQ35) platform with the Jetta (A6) and was built alongside the Jetta and the Golf Variant at the Puebla plant in Mexico. At 4,278 mm it is longer than the New Beetle, 12 mm lower and 88 mm wider, with a 310 litre trunk, and a convertible followed the hatchback for the 2013 model year.