Forget the hippy dippy look that Volkswagen played in the marketing of its New Beetle when it first came out in 1998.

"The all-new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle ditches the flowers for more power, bringing design and engineering back into this century with a masculine look decidedly planted in the last one," according to Jalopnik.com.

"The first thing you'll notice from the slew of images V-Dub's dropped of the new Beetle is that it shows a longer, wider, more coupe-ish Beetle that ditches the "triple bubble" design and replaces it with a much more strongly-raked rear windshield. The shape overall exudes a sportiness that looks like it was pulled, kicking and screaming, from the Porsche branch of the family tree.

"But some of the Beetle's longstanding characteristics -- like its round headlights (optional bi-xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights are available for the first time in this model series), the flared wings, the shape of the hood, the little scarab's sides and door sills and large wheels (now up to 19 inch) -- remain.

"On the inside, much like what Mini did with the Cooper when it was relaunched, it looks like Volkswagen's given the new Beetle (no longer New, by the way) a more modern and less-cute interior that looks like it ditches the hippie flower power vase and uber-cutesy interior."