Do Volkswagen Beetles have a high frequency rate of flipping over?

Does anyone know if it is true that Volkswagen Beetles flip over a lot?|||I assume you mean the OLD beetles not the new ones.





Nope.. they dont flip over because all the weight is low on the body. You can flip an SUV a lot easier.





The ARE a bit light in the front end if you drive in windy or snowy areas. That is easily solved with about a 10 pound sack of sand in the front end (which was also handy for getting out of icy areas).





All in all they are pretty safe as long as you keep them under 90 (thats a joke in case you have never driven one - grin).





.|||In my experience of driving Beetles they didn't flip but a little side wind was enough to send them wandering all over the road.





And yes the VW Bus was much worse - I had a girlfriend who rolled one on an icy road in Hampshire, England.





I also drove a Karmann Ghia - lower, flatter, very slightly more streamlined - it wandered far less.|||no they dont, they have a very low center of gravity they do not flip over easily at all, old vw vans (or the vw bus as they are properly called) did tend to have a roll over problem, they didn't so much roll over as just fall over on there side, they were fairly tall with a high center of gravity and narrow wheel base, it was not a significant danger though just something to watch out for, the only truly dangerous thing i know of concerning volkswagens has to do with old vw cars (bugs,squarebacks,things etc..) since the engines were in the rear they had little strength in the front of the car so in an accident it was fairly common for the hood of the car to smash straight back and cut off the top of the car, this would usually cut the occupants in half as well, this is what gave them the bad rep as being "death traps"|||Yes When you travel in high speed in reverse(like 30) then turn the steering wheel hard over one way suddenly while pulling up on the emergency brake really hard at the same time) . Provided that the gas tank is not too full at the time and that the parking brakes are set up properly you could do it.





Other than that, only if you cut across a very steep hill on a Thursday in June during the full moonlight.|||I was in the car with my boyfriend when he flipped my 2001 New Beetle last month. He tapped the break on a downhill at not more than 30 mph, slid, lost control so that we did a 180 into oncoming traffic, then slid backwards in the mud until we tipped, rolled once, and then slid into a ravine until we were caught by a tree. We were fine, walked out without a scratch, but the new beetle rolled- it has the engine in the front.





I don't know how often it happens, but ours flipped pretty well and righted itself.|||The 67 and earlier beetle rolled easy if tossed around When VW began putting IRS in the rear stability was improved dramatically. The 68 model year had IRS in the auto stick models 69 on I believe they were all IRS. The shape of the car made them a safe car to roll in. If rolling could be considered safe. If you rolled one everybody just rolled it back on it's wheels and generally you could drive away.





getting cut in half is BS.|||I don't think so. Usually, only SUVs and trucks have a high probability of rollover, due to the higher center of gravity.


Newer "New Beetle" models come with "ESP" which lessens the probability of something like this happening even more.|||no, you would have a better chance eating sushi with yer buttcheaks than getting a bug to roll.|||never in my life have i heard of a beetle flipping over.|||no its not easy like twist said.|||no, they are VERY safe cars.