Subscribe for more car videos: In 1938 the New York Times called the original Volkswagen a “Shiny little beetle” creating the name that everyone knows today. In 1949 a new era began for the Beetle that stood for freedom and new life; it arrived with the first Beetle convertibles. The new VW Beetle Dune looks to bring this idea right up to the present day. We tested Beetle Dune Coupe just outside of Amsterdam to see if it had succeeded.