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Volkswagen Beetle Impersonating a Porsche 911 Is Downright Offensive

Over the five decades it has spent refining the rear-engined configuration, the Porsche 911 has had its fair share of jokes about it being an over-glorified Beetle.
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Given the nature of the German machine, this kind of humor doesn't even come close to putting a dent in its performance aura.

The Beetle itself has also seen tons of people trying to alter its spirit. This VW was built to be the true car of the people and any fiberglass attempt of turning it into something else will, most likely, end up being an offense to the original.

Then again, with about 21.5 million units having been produced between 1938 and 2003, the Beetle had nothing to worry about.

However, the contraption in the image above somehow manages to make a very good effort in terms of offending both camps. And this is how you take a classic gifted with an air-cooled boxer and rear-wheel-drive and turn it into a drivable issue.

When we look at this abomination, we see a Beetle that tries to be a bit like a Porsche 911, and this means the vehicle has a place in the "cannot be unseen" category.

Checking out the details of this four-wheeled identity crisis reveals the attention that has been paid to making this VW stand out. Nevertheless, it seems the vehicle does miss one simple thing.

We're talking about a sticker. As Zuffenhausen aficionados know, stickers can be an important matter in the 911 world, with certain RS models using these instead of badges in their extreme quest to save weight.

Well, the sticker this Beetle should wear should be focused on size, not weight, as we think it needs one massive "please kill me" sign. One that would set it apart from the other Beetle overkill projects standing next to it, which are just bad.

P.S.: To lighten things up a bit, we'll remind you a 90-second version of the Porsche 911 history has been the delight of the weekend.
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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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