Warm weather and bright colours are back so summer’s here and Volkswagen Dealers are celebrating with the launch of the limited edition New Beetle ‘Miami’.

Priced from only $25,990 (5-speed manual), the New Beetle Miami is a cool car at a sizzling price, but you will need to move fast as only 300 are available Australia-wide.

And in keeping with the ‘summer’ theme, the New Beetle Miami is only available in three hip colours – Cyber Green, Sunflower Yellow and Platinum Grey.

Under the bonnet is Volkswagen’s zippy 1.6-litre engine and while the Miami brings the New Beetle to a new level of affordability, don’t think for one second it skimps on any safety or luxury features.

Standard inclusions are dual front and side airbags, ABS anti-lock brakes, air-conditioning, a six-speaker CD sound system, remote central locking and engine immobiliser, power steering, power windows, power/heated door mirrors and illuminated vanity mirrors.

Even in the weekday commuter traffic, the New Beetle has always been stress-relief on wheels and the limited edition even comes with a unique ‘Miami’ decal to shed the winter blues and remind everyone that you’re a summer person…you might even dream that you’re heading down that famous road from Miami to Key Largo.

Your peaceful state-of-mind is enhanced with the knowledge that the New Beetle’s curvy good-looks also represent one of the world’s safest bodyshells.

But you would expect nothing less from Volkswagen – Europe’s number one automotive brand and New Beetle features a strong passenger safety cell, anti-intrusion door beams and front and rear crumple zones.

Zipping to the beach – or whatever else you do in summer – is easy in the New Beetle Miami thanks to its standard 1.6-litre powerplant that delivers 75kW of power at 5600 rpm and peak torque of 148Nm at 3800 rpm. Zero to 100 km/h happens in just 11.6 seconds and this fuel efficient engine delivers a meager combined city/highway fuel consumption figure of just 7.7l/100kms.

Ride and handling is superb – thanks to independent front suspension with McPherson struts, coil springs and an anti-roll bar and a rear torsion beam design with an anti-roll bar.

Taking mates or your children with you for some summer fun? No problem – New Beetle Miami has ‘Easy-Entry’ front seats that fold forward for quick access to the rear. Or if there’s just two of you and heaps of gear, you can fold the rear seats flat to boost the luggage area to a very handy 527 litres.

Announcing the limited edition New Beetle Miami, Volkswagen Group Australia’s Managing Director, Mr Rainer Grimm, said: “The New Beetle was designed with just one thing in mind – fun. And from the moment it first appeared, the New Beetle has been bringing a smile to the faces of people around the world. Now, with the limited edition Miami model, Australian customers will have the broadest smiles of all as they can buy a New Beetle at a tremendous value-for-money price.”