Aw Crap - The Beetle Lives
Seems I was so caught up in my excitement about the end of the VW Beetle in my post of June 23 that I missed a key point. It isn't the entire line that's coming (has come) to an end - just the old, original Beetle design that was still being manufactured in other countries. Due to safety and noise, that model hasn't been legal in the US since 1977. Unfortunately, this means we still have the neo-retro new beetle fouling our visual space.
Damn.
I knew it was too good to be true.