That would be a cool idea but I'm gonna see what the staff members say before I put an 100 percent opinion on this suggestion
That is actually not a bad idea. We own a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle cabriolet that we are trying to restore.
As I've mentioned in the past, that thread it is very much useless, and every single suggestion there will just be ignored and forgotten. The only thing that tread contributed, was related to the T-Series, and that's it. I think it should be either locked or deleted. I'm in favor of either one. Anyway, from what I've seen on the wiki, there might be a chance that another ETK is made. I think something like a VW Beetle/Type 1 would be great, but it's entirely up the the vehicle developers to decide.
It's there so that threads like this aren't spamming the suggestions. I also took a look at the wiki, there's no "In development" part under ETK? Please link
Good point. I think it can also mean that if there is another vehicle in development, nothing about it is known. I feel like it must mean something, since ETK is the only vehicle manufacturer page on the wiki that is like that.
The vehicle suggestions thread may very well be suffering from a deluge of low-effort posts crying for specific (often licensed) vehicles burying good, well-thought out suggestions for vehicle archetypes; and is likely in need of serious overhaul or replacement. However, the fact that the developers have decided to make it a sticky thread means that it is the officially sanctioned thread for any vehicle suggestions, and should be treated as such. However, this is neither the time or place to deeply discuss the nature and possible improvement of the vehicle suggestions thread. A budget German car with rounded styling and a rear mounted air-cooled engine would be a great choice for BeamNG. There are many customization possibilities available for vehicles under this archetype make it a natural choice to fit the game. We will probably have to wait some time for it though, as code to allow air-cooled engines to function in-game has not already been developed. However, ETK is unlikely to have produced such a mass-market version of such a vehicle, considering its status as a maker of sport & luxury cars in the same vein as Mercedes, BMW, and Audi. I decided to research a little of each real-life manufacturer's history to see how close they came to a beetle-like machine: Spoiler: Luxury Beetles? Mercedes seems to have gotten the closest of the three with the 1931-1939 130H, 150H, and 170H. Equipped with the beetle's same rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive architecture, the 170H has been said to bear a stronger resemblance to the sketch Hitler made of his ideal "Volkswagen" than the Volkswagen itself. The thing to remember about that this car is that it was produced prior to the second world war, and sold very poorly. In fact, the 170H pictured above is considered to be among the rarest and most sought-after Mercedes models. Audi managed some serious streamlining with their 1958-1965 1000 model. Should the BeamNG team decide to produce a vehicle similar to the beetle, details from the 1000 could assist them in getting close to the Volkswagen beetle while maintaining an independent visual flair. However, the 1000 uses a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout (hence the large front grille). In that respect, it's about as different from the beetle as it could possibly get. BMW never produced anything like the beetle, favoring more conventionally-styled sedans like the 1959-1965 700 series. About the only thing that the 700-series had in common with the beetle was its rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout and economy-focused marketing. Despite its low cost, its motorsports career would pave the way for the Neue Klasse cars, which sported a water-cooled front-mounted engine. Incidentally, I think that a vehicle under the same archetype as the Neue Klasse machinery would also make for a good official vehicle. A honorable mention goes to the BMW Isetta & 600 series, which did indeed have rounded styling and air-cooled engines. However, the microcar proportions, odd method of driver/passenger access, and tricycle layout of certain Isetta models places it firmly outside of the same archetype of the beetle. All photos courtesy of Wikipedia/Wikimedia.
