They must be made in Brazil, too. I was down there last week and VW’s were everywhere. Lots of old style Beetles and vans. Quite a few body styles from VW and others that I’d not seen before, too.
The general consensus is the classic Bug needs to be babied along but the New Beetle is a very reliable car. The next generation New Beetle should interest male buyers put off by the first generation’s cute look. 1st generation was on the Golf platform and the 2012 is on the Jetta platform. I don’t think it can float. ;-)
And, Pennsylvania had a VW plant around the same time.