Yes it debuts in three continents at the same time! The main event is held at Shanghai Motor Show on April 18 in collaboration with MTV, followed by World Stage events in New York and Berlin.

The World Stage in New York, which will be the most widely distributed World Stage event to date, will see The Black Eyed Peas performing hits from their latest album, The Beginning, as well as some of their previous hits. This event be broadcast later on MTV channels around the world. The Berlin party is less exciting as it features Belgian duo 2manydjs performing a DJ set!

As for the car, well there’s no details available yet, but they say it reinterprets the silhouette of the famous Volkswagen Beetle and combines stylistic elements borrowed from the original with the latest technology. Based on the spyshots we’ve seen it’s like the old Beetle taken some man pills!

That’s it for now, but official specs and pictures of the car should be released soon, so stay tuned.

‘The Beetle is an icon of the automotive world, just like MTV is an icon of the music world.  In the context of this marketing alliance, we are taking the new Volkswagen directly to our customers and fans of the Volkswagen brand – and we are doing it globally.  We are certain that the car’s one-of-a-kind styling combined with the latest technology will be very well received by customers,’ said Luca de Meo, Director of Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand.