Background
Used Beetles are relatively low end daily drivers with typically very high total mileage, often in excess of 100,000. At the same time, most 10-plus year old vehicles have had multiple owners and correspondingly vague service records, if any.
The graph above reflects Turbo S models for sale in early 2020 and illustrates the reality of fleet condition: the average mileage is 138,000 based on this sample of 51 vehicles, and only about 1% have odometer readings under 60,000.
Careful inspection of acquisition candidates is therefore essential.
