- License the body design of the '72 Beetle from Volkswagen
- Build the bodies/chassis in Mexico and ship them to Canada
- Outfit them with electric motors.
- Sell 'em
I worked with a guy that had one of the last Mexican made Bugs. It was just as I remembered the old ones but all new and fresh. I was jealous. it’s a damn shame they stopped making them. Would be cool to make them electric cars
i just remembered in highschool as a senior prank 8 of us picked up a teachers Bug and put it in the Gym
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Oh yeah, these things are deathtraps.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Not even just in crashes. Think of all the physical assaults and sore arms that would ensue if these took back to the streets en masse.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
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.