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    You can’t buy love, bug

    Oct 26, 2018 2 minutes
    Mark Rechtin

    @markrechtin

    Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, so goes the saying.

    Object lesson: Volkswagen’s decision to retire its new Beetle after 20 years on the market. It’s a bit of a shame, but reality bites.

    loved the New Beetle, naming it our 1999 Import Car of the Year upon its launch. After the original Bug’s absence from the U.S. to make it as iconic as the original.

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