They are cute but are they practical?
If the vehicles shown here had the original beetle car engines they would be grossly under-powered.
They would have had a horizontal apposed air-cooled engine with a displacement of about 1,130 cc (69 cu in) depending on when it was built.
We had a 1958 beetle that needed to be down-shifted near the Platte River bridge on I-70 between Lincoln and Omaha. With four people aboard it may have required down-shifting more often.
Would these micro-mini's have a chance in the mountains? Probably not.
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