 I love it so much that I do not want to trade it in for a 2007, although I probably shall. With every New Beetle there is usually one problem.  For the 2000 model, it was the parking gear, which was somehow attached via computer chip to the brake light and the cruise control.  For the 2003 model, it was the alternator and the heater.  The car handles so beautifully on the road that these are mere annoyances!