It's quick power, not like what happens in my brother's V-8 Mustang where if you mash on the gas the power just keeps coming and coming. I'll let Austin explain the particulars. The car also handles like a German car. Turn the wheel and the car goes that way. It holds the road like none I've owned.
Great brakes slow it in a hurry.
Austin, don't remind me. Anyway, this car also is cute, a word I use with hesitation. When testing and bargaining with the good folks at Miramar Audi Volkswagen, I drove a couple bugs, a Jetta and a Passat. The best turbo Beetle deals were on the bright yellow ones originally offered only on the Internet. So I picked the dark metallic blue one, which my daughter loves because the pearl finish makes it look purple in sunlight.