I’ve been Dune roaming this weekend… mostly country stuff, where the 2.0 TDI engine feels strangely underpowered for a VW unit.

Ever since I sold my own 1.4 TSI for being woefully lifeless I’ve been waiting for a ‘hot’ version of the Beetle to get excited about.

None of them break the eight second barrier, not even the R-Line ‘sporty’ version. And the extra torque of the diesel TDI is nothing to write home about either.

Just feels a bit sad to me – all the style but nothing under the bonnet. Just like Melania…