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Vehicle 2014 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible 2.5L w/Technology (Discontinued) 2011 Lexus IS C 350
2.5-Liter, I5, 20-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front/Transverse Mounted With Horsepower Of 170@5700, Torque Of 177@4250, Iron Block and Alloy Cylinder Head Yes No
2 Front and 2 Rear; 4 Cupholders Total No Yes
2 Front Power Outlets Yes No
2 Front Power Outlets, 1 Integrated With Cigarette Lighter No Yes
330-Amp/Hour 60 Cold Cranking Amp Battery Yes No
3.5-Liter, 60 Degree V6, VVT-i 24-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 306@6400, Torque Of 277@4800, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
4123-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive and Floor Mounted Shifter No Yes
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive and Tow/Haul/Snow Mode Yes No
8000-RPM Tachometer No Yes
858-Lb Payload Package Yes No
Adaptive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Alloy Wheels, 17-In. X 8-In. No Yes
Alloy Wheels Front 17-in. X 7-in. and Rear 17-in. X 7-in. Yes No
AM/FM Radio Seek, Scan, Speed Sensitive Volume and 8 Speakers Total; 6-disc CD Changer; MP3 Player; Satellite Radio Yes No
Automatic Climate Control With Automatic Recirculation No Yes
Automatic/Delayed Locking Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off and Time Delay No Yes
Automatic Safety Rollbar Yes No
Auxiliary Audio Input Jack Yes No
Battery No Yes
Battery Saver Yes No
body-colored Doors, cloth Headliner, body-colored Instrument Panel, urethane Shift Knob and leather Steering Wheel Yes No
Brake Assistance Yes Yes
Cargo Area Tiedown Hooks No Yes
Carpet Located in Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area/Trunk Yes No
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Trunk No Yes
Coinholder No Yes
Color-Keyed Front Air Dam No Yes
Compact Spare Tire Yes Yes
Compass No Yes
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal Yes Yes
Cruise Control Yes Yes
Daytime Running Lights Yes Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light No Yes
Delayed Power Retention Yes No
Delayed Power Retention Operates Windows No Yes
Digital Clock Yes Yes
Diversity In-Glass Radio Antenna Yes No
Drive-By-Wire Controls For Shifting and Throttle No Yes
Driver Airbag Yes Yes
Driver Manual Lumbar Support Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Adjustable Seat Height Yes No
Dual Body Color Folding Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Dual Color-Keyed Folding Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Front Knee Airbags No Yes
Easy Entry Seat Yes Yes
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution No Yes
Engine Start/Stop Button No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes Yes
First Aid Kit No Yes
Fixed Hoop Safety Rollbar No Yes
Free Scheduled Maintenance for 24 Months or 24000 Miles Yes No
Free Scheduled Maintenance For 6 Months or 5000 Miles No Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and Rear Automatic Locking Retractors No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers Yes Yes
Front and Rear Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Front and Rear Crumple Zones No Yes
Front and Rear Cupholders Yes No
Front and Rear Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down Yes No
Front and Rear Reading Lights Yes No
front and rear tires P215/55HR17 BSW All-Season Yes No
Front Armrest Storage Yes No
Front Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes Yes
Front Cigarette Lighter With Front Ashtray No Yes
Front Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front Dual Cloth Sunvisors No Yes
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front Dual Heated Seats Yes No
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Heated Bucket Seats Driver Side Adjusts 6 Ways Total, Adjustable Seat Height, Passenger Side Adjusts 6 Ways Total, Adjustable Seat Height, Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Center Armrest Yes No
Front Dual Seatback Storage Pockets No Yes
Front Foglights Yes Yes
Front Map Lights No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 287-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 272-mm Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Power 333-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 310-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Pretensioners Yes No
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters No Yes
Front SBRP225/45VR17 and Rear SBRP245/45VR17 All-Season Tires No Yes
Front Seat with Driver Manual Memory Yes No
Front Side Airbags With Head Protection Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Front Vanity Mirror Yes No
Genuine Wood Trim Located On Doors No Yes
Glass Rear Window on Convertible Yes No
Glass Rear Window On Convertible No Yes
Hard Top Yes No
Heated Windshield Glass Yes No
Hill Start Control No Yes
HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
Illuminated Entry Yes Yes
Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Mono Tubed Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Mono Tubed Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers Yes No
Inflatable Spare Tire Kit Yes No
Infrared Glass No Yes
Interior Air Filter Yes No
Interior Pollen and Dust Air Filter No Yes
Interior Spare Tire Mounted Under Cargo Floor Yes No
Internet Access Available Yes No
iPod(R) Auxiliary Audio Input Jack Includes Portable Audio Connectivity and Charging No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Card Key and Key Fob Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob With Audible Confirmation No Yes
L A T C H No Yes
Leather Located On Shift Knob No Yes
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Lexus Premium Sound System AM/FM Radio With 194-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 8 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; MP3/WMA Player; XM(R) Satellite Radio (Includes 3 Months Of Service) No Yes
Lockable Glovebox Yes No
Locking Fuel Filler Yes No
Locking Pickup Truck Tailgate Yes No
Maintenance Interval Indicator No Yes
Manual Air Conditioning Yes No
Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission Yes Yes
Memory Device Reader Yes No
Metallic Paint (If Selected) No Yes
Metallic Trim Located On Instrument Panel No Yes
MP3 Player Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock, Panic Alarm, Tailgate/Liftgate and Trunk/Decklid Yes No
Oil Cooler Yes No
Optitron(R) Electroluminescent Instrumentation No Yes
Overhead Console Storage Yes No
Panic Alarm No Yes
Passenger Airbag Yes No
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Yes No
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Perimeter Lighting Located On Exterior Mirrors and Headlights No Yes
Power Door Locks Operated Via Card Key and Internal Switch With Automatic Locking No Yes
Power Door Locks Operated Via Key and Remote With Automatic Locking Yes No
Power Hard Convertible Top No Yes
Power Tailgate/Liftgate or Trunk/Decklid Lock/Unlock Via Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Power Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Power Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Power Vehicle Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Windows With One-Touch Up, One-Touch Down and Pinch Protection No Yes
Pre-Programmed Equalizer No Yes
Projector Beam Halogen Headlights No Yes
Radio Antenna No Yes
Radio Anti-Theft Yes Yes
Radio Data System No Yes
Rear Bench Folding Seats Yes No
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats Yes Yes
Rear Dual Bucket Seats With Power Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Rear Folding Bench Seats With Manually Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Rear HVAC Ducts Yes Yes
Rear Pretensioners No Yes
Rear Spoiler Yes Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Remote Fuel Door Release Located Inside Vehicle No Yes
Remote Trunk/Decklid Release Located On Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Remote Trunk Release Located Inside Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Removable Hard Cargo Cover Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty for 36-Months, 36,000-Miles Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty For Unlimited-Miles, 48-Months No Yes
Safety Connect(TM) Telematics With Automatic Collision Notification, Stolen Vehicle Location, Emergency Assistance Button (SOS), and Roadside Assistance Connectivity (Includes 1 Year Of Service) No Yes
Seatback Storage Pockets Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection No Yes
Selective Unlocking Via Card Key No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Service Interval Indicator For Brake Wear Yes No
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
Single Complex Surface Halogen Headlights Yes No
Smart Access Card Key No Yes
Smart Access Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Illuminated Entry, Panic Alarm, Perimeter Lighting, Power Windows and Trunk No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Instrumentation Display and Transmission No Yes
Subwoofer No Yes
Tachometer Yes No
Telematics Includes Emergency SOS, Internet Services, Roadside Assistance and Stolen Vehicle Tracking Yes No
Telescopic Steering Column Yes No
Tilt Steering Column Yes No
Tinted Glass Yes Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Traction Control No Yes
Traction Control Controlled by Engine Management Yes No
Trip Computer With Trip Odometer Yes Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device No Yes
Trunk/Interior Load Area Light Yes No
Trunk Light No Yes
ULEV II Emissions Yes Yes
Underbody Aero Cladding No Yes
USB Port No Yes
Valet Lockout Yes Yes
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes Yes
Vehicle Anti-Lockout No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and Immobilizer III Engine Immobilizer Yes No
Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) Controls Vehicle Stability Control System, TRAC Traction Control, Anti-Lock Brakes, Brake Assistance, Electronic Brake Force Distribution and Electric Power Steering (EPS) No Yes
Vehicle Location System Yes Yes
Vehicle Stability Control System Yes No
Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction, ABS and Traction Control No Yes
Vehicle Theft Tracking Notification Yes Yes
Voice Activated Controls For Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices Yes Yes
V-Tex Leatherette Seats Yes No
Warning Lights Include Brake System, Door Ajar, Electrical System, Low Fuel, Oil Low and Oil Pressure No Yes
Warning Lights Include Coolant Temperature, Door Ajar, Electrical System, Headlights-On, Key-In-Ignition, Low Coolant, Low Fuel, Low Washer Fluid and Oil Pressure Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth Enabled Devices with Bluetooth Streaming Audio Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Devices No Yes






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