VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CABRIOLET (2003-TO DATE)福士甲虫cabriolet(2003年至今)
It?s hard to believe but the Beetle Cabriolet has been a rather underplayed card in Volkswagen?s hand.?收盘难以置信,但已相当轻描淡写cabriolet甲虫卡福士?收盘订单. The Beetle hatch was initially a must-have item but when the fickle hand of fashion moved on, it was left scratching about for sales.最初的龟甲舱口必曾手项目但当轻薄时尚推移,据左刮约销售. The smart set moved onto Smarts, MINIs and 1 Series?聪明智慧集走上,MINIS的1系列? and when Volkswagen launched the drop top version of the Beetle, sales were rather disappointing.当大众推出了最高版本的甲虫下降,销售者相当失望. This is a shame, as the Beetle probably suits a convertible body style even better than a tin top.这是一种耻辱,因为甲虫大概西装兑换体风格比一天顶. What it means for used car buyers is a number of affordably priced examples in the network that are well worth tracking down.它所使用的手段购车负担得起的价格是多少的例子,是很值得追查网.
HISTORY历史
Quite why it took Volkswagen fully four years to launch a Cabriolet version of the Beetle hatch is open to conjecture but the upshot of it was that they had missed the initial raft of early adopters and instead had to settle for rather more modest sales.为什么花相当四年来福士充分发动cabriolet版本的甲虫舱口开放的结果,但据推测,他们已经错过了早期初级筏领养而不得不退而求其次销售较为温和. In early 2003, Volkswagen at last began imports of the eagerly awaited Beetle Cabriolet in either 1.6 or 2.0-litre forms and 1.4-litre and then 1.8T engines were also added to the cabriolet .A 1.9-litre diesel also appeared in the drop top car, giving it a distinct Beetle thrum.2003年初,大众汽车公司终于开始对进口急切地等待甲虫cabriolet无论六月一日或2.0公升形式和1.4公升引擎,然后1/2还增加了cabriolet.了1.9公升的柴油也出现下降顶车使它具有鲜明甲虫线头. Just from the wrong end.从刚刚结束的错误.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
There?s something ineffably appealing about an open topped Bug.?大约有一个公开呼吁ineffably收盘突破飞虫. Dewy eyed romanticists will hark back to Jerry Garcia, Mama Cass and the Summer of Love, recalling their psychedelic ragtop Beetles and all the good times they signified.带露眼睛会重提小子贾西亚浪漫派、中国社会科学院、妈妈夏天爱回顾自己迷幻药ragtop甲虫和所有的好时代标志. The latest car isn?t going to spark a return of tie-dye and sandals, but it will reintroduce a whole new generation of buyers to open top driving, Volkswagen style.最新车渡?笔会引发回归扎染、凉鞋、但重新整新一代的买家开顶驾驶福士风格.
Ignore the fact that the Beetle is merely a Golf with a pretty set of clothes on.无视事实的甲虫只是高尔夫球漂亮衣服一套. Bin the rose-tinted spectacles and you?d have to accept that the original Beetle was crude, noisy and uncomfortable, with a choice of engines less sophisticated than you?ll find in many lawnmowers these days.宾玫瑰--茶色眼镜,你呢?四要接受原甲虫是原油、嘈杂、不舒服、选择与引擎精密比你少?当地许多lawnmowers找到这些日子. The current Beetle Cabriolet borrows the heritage, the silhouette and the blue sky from the original but fuses it with the sort of fuel economy, safety and creature comforts that the modern buyer demands.目前甲虫cabriolet借用文物而蓝天的身影,而是从原来的导火索与燃油经济类、安全服美食,现代买方需求.
Take the hood mechanism.以方巾机制. Raising or lowering the hood will only take 13 seconds thanks to a slick electrohydraulic system.提高或降低方巾只需13秒经过一个滑头电系统. All you?ll need to do is release a pair of latches on the windscreen header rail and press a button.所有你?当地唯一要做释放了一双铁锁存于挡风玻璃头按掣. The hood itself is a cloth-lined three-layer construction that does a surprisingly good job of cutting down on wind noise when in the upright position and includes a proper heated glass rear window.本身是一个布盖内衬三层建筑,居然没有一个好方法减少噪音,当风力在直立位置,包括正确屋后窗户玻璃加热. You do lose a little of the hard top car?s geometric perfection with the hood in place, but drop it back and your Beetle Cabriolet will look a million dollars ?你失去了人的辛勤顶车?完美的几何与方巾到位,砸了回去,但你看现在就吃cabriolet万元? a fair return, we think you?ll agree, on a car this affordable.公平回报,我们相信你?当地同意,在此得起轿车. Although the hood doesn?t disappear neatly into a cranny in the bodywork when in the down position, the overall effect isn?t unpleasant, being vaguely reminiscent of the original.虽然方巾不惜?裂隙消失笔成整齐的下跌位置在车体时,肖国整体效果?笔不快,依稀想起原来.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
Prices for the 1.6-litre Beetle Cabriolet start at £13,000 with later 04 plated 1.4-litre cars starting at £13,500.价格为1.6-1.3公升甲虫cabriolet与后来1904年开始在英镑镀1.4-车每升1.35英镑起. Early 2.0-litre cars can be found from £13,750 with the 1.9-litre TDI diesel now starting from £14,500 on an 04 plate.年初2.0升轿车可以发现从13750英镑的1.9升TDI的柴油现在起就1904年14,500英镑板块. Insurance for all models is distinctly reasonable, starting at Group 9 and topping out at Group 11.保险是所有型号明显合理,晚上在平顶组第九组和11.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
The Beetle mechanicals have been proven over the years in Golfs, Boras and Passats, so there are no great surprises here.已证实的甲虫机电多年来golfs,并不可信passats,这里有没有这么大的惊喜. One feature which bugs Beetle owners no end is the headlamp switch mounted between the driver?s door and the steering wheel.其中一个特点是没有尽头的昆虫甲虫业主前照灯开关司机之间展开?收盘门方向盘. Anyone with longer legs will soon smash this dial into the fascia with their knee, and it doesn?t come back out easily.长脚很快粉碎任何拨号进入这个筋膜与其膝、而不惜?笔轻易回来了. If possible, avoid the cream cloth trim, as jeans can easily leach their dye into the seat material, making it look pretty secondhand in short order.如果可能,避免霜布料修剪,牛仔裤的染料容易溶解到座位材料二手使它漂亮总之秩序. Finally, with automatic models check the automatic boxes.最后,自动模式自动检查箱. Many of the early cars feature a four-speed ?box which allows ?Drive?许多早期汽车专题四速?信箱允许吗?径? to be selected and then lets the revs build for a second before lurching forward unceremoniously.被选定的,然后让摩擦兴建了第二前晃向前狼狈. Check that you can get along with this feature on your test drive.你可以检查你相处试驾这一特点.
Also check that the car has a decent service history and is free from parking knocks and scrapes.同时,检查车内有像样的服务是免费的,从历史、停车、拍冲突. The hood mechanism is one of the more sturdy of its ilk, but it?s well worth checking it for rips and discolourations.方巾的机制是一项较为坚实的之流,但它?收盘值得检查它与核糖discolourations. Operate it fully a few times to ensure that it stows and raises properly.它完全操作几次,以确保stows倍加妥当.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 2003 2.0 manual) Despite its more individual appeal, parts prices for the Beetle are standard Volkswagen fare.(基于2003年大约2.0手册)尽管个别上诉零件价格为福士甲虫是标准收费. A clutch assembly is around £170, while an exhaust system with new catalyst is just under £700, while front brake pads retail at just under £100.离合器装配了约170英镑,而排气系统与新催化剂仅差700英镑,虽然在前面刹车皮零售略低于100英镑. Rear pads are £27 a pair and a new radiator is £140.港口后方有一双27英镑和140英镑的新散热器. A replacement headlamp unit sells for around £115, or you can buy just the lens section for about £40.更换前照灯单位售价115英镑左右,或者你可以买到镜片组仅约英镑40.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
There?s a choice of five engines, the 75bhp 1.4-litre, the 102bhp 1.6-litre, the peppier 2.0-litre 115bhp unit, the 150bhp 1.8-litre Turbo or the 1.9TDI diesel.?收盘选择五个引擎,75bhp1.4-公升102bhp的1.6公升,peppier2.0公升115bhp股150bhp的1.8公升柴油涡轮或1.9tdi. There?s also an option of a six-speed automatic gearbox with the 2.0-litre petrol engine.?收盘也可选择6速自动变速箱的2.0升汽油发动机. Alternatively, you can opt for a proper Beetle thrum in the form of the 100bhp 1.9TDI PD diesel-engined car.或者,你可以选择适当的形式的甲虫线头100bhp1.9tdi钯柴油引擎汽车. None of the engines, bar perhaps the 1.8-Turbo, will fling you up the road with any great alacrity, but that would be missing the point of the car.没有引擎,也许吧1.8-涡轮,你会掼出了一条十分乐意与任何,但这一点是失踪的车. The Beetle Cabriolet is built to cruise.兴建邮轮是cabriolet的甲虫. Hammering one around with the foot to the floor seems slightly cruel, so we won?t bother with the usual 0-60 data and so on.与周围一击的脚楼似乎略有残忍,所以我们赢了?笔理会通常0~60数据等. Suffice to say, the 1.8 and 2.0-litre options are the better choices if you plan on overtaking, but the 1.6-litre car and the oil-burner have plenty enough to keep up in quick traffic.我只想说,182.0公升,如果你选择了更好的选择方案超车,但160公升汽车和石油燃烧充裕,足以维持快速交通.
Unlike many open-top conversions, this Beetle doesn?t flex like a wobbleboard when the road is anything less than billiard table smooth.像许多开蓬改建、这甲虫不惜?当笔展示像个wobbleboard道少于台球桌上顺利. The Golf-based chassis is renowned as one of the stiffest around and the decapitation process has retained much of that torsional rigidity.高尔夫球型底盘是被誉为造就斩首过程和周围的许多保留,扭生硬. The rear view mirror doesn?t get an attack of the DTs when you pass over an expansion joint nor are there the sort of creaks associated with the final moments of a Bond villain?s lair when you negotiate a speed hump.<倒后镜不惜?笔拿到了进攻的DTS当你经过一个伸缩缝也没有什么联系的最后时刻响了浓厚坏人?当你的巢穴谈判速度驼峰. Thanks to that huge windscreen, front seat occupants are well protected from wind buffeting, but anybody in the rear seat will get more of a leathering at speed.由于这巨额挡风玻璃,前座占用均能从风抖,但有人在后座更在一leathering速度.
Rear seat accommodation for two isn?t too bad unless the front passengers have extremely long legs.后座住宿两渡?笔都太差,除非前排乘客腿部极长. Headroom is an issue at the back with the hood up, but then it is in a hard top Beetle in the first instance.通行问题是出在后面的方巾、不过那是在打顶甲虫在初审. There?s even a usefully sized boot.?即使是有益的大中型剖腹产.
OVERALL 总体
The Beetle Cabriolet is the best convertible in its price bracket.甲虫cabriolet是最好的,其价格可兑换托架. It?s well made, looks good and is even agreeably spacious.?收盘很好,好看,甚欣然宽敞. As long as you?re not too hung up on being at the cutting edge of automotive fashion, you should be perfectly happy with one.只要你?再就不太红,站起来的前沿汽车时装你应该十分满意.
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