Right, Mexico is the only producer of the old beetle (bug), however they will stop production for good later this year (in August?).
As far as I know, the only place where they still produce the old beetle
(and the only place where they produce the new beetle, too) is the
Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. Before they changed the total
production to Mexico, the car was produced in Germany. I didn't know that
there were any Brazil-made beetles... Or at least they did not tell me
that while I was working there as internship.
> btw:
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tells you also, what you have to pay for a brandnew old beetle (there it is officially called "sedan"): 76,427.00 or> 77,134.00 pesos, depending on the color. That's some 6.000EUR... What thismeans in your currency: check by yourself on
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> Hasta luego,
>
> Rafael
>
> Eduardo wrote:
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> >
> > Where in southamerica... ? in chile, argentina and brasil, expect
> > to pay around US$1000 for a decent Brazil-made beetle. Parts are cheap
> > but non-engine parts are sometimes unobtainable (front bumpers, for example
> > are nowhere to be found since last year).
> >
> > Best bet for parts are 1978 to 1982 models. You can get a 1300L with
> > disk brakes for around US$100 more...
> >
> > I know in Peru and bolivia there are lots, but dont know prices. Uruguay
> > would be simmillar to argentina and Paraguay is a strange country because
> > there are huge amount of ilegally imported cars there, so beetles
> > probably are scarce..
> >
> > German made beetles are double what a brazilian is and parts are scarce,
> > except where a brasilian part fits...
> >
> > North of Peru I dont know :)
> >
> >
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