1. License the body design of the '72 Beetle from Volkswagen
  2. Build the bodies/chassis in Mexico and ship them to Canada
  3. Outfit them with electric motors.
  4. Sell 'em
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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  1. Fall afoul of modern crash test standards, and have to sell them as "off-highway utility vehicles".
  2. Profit anyways, probably.
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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oh yeah, these things are deathtraps.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They could modernize the underlying structure to keep the same body shape while massively improving safety like they did in the 2000s. It already has a curved hood for pedestrians, and the main issue with the originals was the front end collapsing like tin foil in an accident.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Yeah it's not like the WV Westfalia that had you sit over the front wheel where the only choice for crumple zones was your legs.

    When they made the new beattle it had a very similar shape as well. I see no reasons why it couldn't be made with modern safety standards with very minimal changes to the exterior body. Obviously, I'm not a member of the SAE.

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