 Our Beetle is a 2003 Convertible GLS 
with leather and a six-speed automatic.
 This past Fall my wife and I took our 
2003 Beetle Convertible on an 18 day, 
5000 mile excursion to Yellowstone, the 
Grand Canyon and most points in 
between.  We packed a week's change of 
clothes for warm and cool weather, plus 
a cooler packed with drinks, food, and 
cameras, ect.  NO PROBLEM!!
 I am a big, big man, pushing 400lbs. 
Yet we were both very comfortable and 
the car performed without flaw. Let me 
tell you...there is nothing like the 
Rockies in a rag-top!!