Volkswagen New Beetle Engines by Year

The New Beetle and the 2012–2019 Beetle were Golf-based; the air-cooled Beetle has its own page.

Pick a year to see every engine offered that model year, with its code, rated horsepower and the trims it came in. Each engine links to its full specs.

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New Beetle (A4, US) (1998–2010): 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010

Beetle (A5, US) (2012–2019): 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019

New Beetle (A4, US) (1998–2010)

1998 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

1999 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	—	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2000 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	—	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2001 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	—	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2002 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	—	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (AWP / BNU)	180 hp net	Turbo S
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2003 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	—	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (AWP / BNU)	180 hp net	Turbo S
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2004 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	—	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (AWP / BNU)	180 hp net	Turbo S
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	—	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2005 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 109 inline-four turbo (APH / AWV / BKF)	150 hp net	GLS Turbo, GLX, Turbo
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.0L / 121 inline-four (AEG / AVH / AZG / BEV)	115 hp net	GL, GLS, Convertible (2003-)

2006 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.9L / 116 inline-four ALH; BEW	—	GL TDI, GLS TDI
2.5L / 151 inline-five (BGP / BPR / BPS / CBTA)	—	2.5, Convertible, S/SE

2007 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 151 inline-five (BGP / BPR / BPS / CBTA)	—	2.5, Convertible, S/SE

2008 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 151 inline-five (BGP / BPR / BPS / CBTA)	—	2.5, Convertible, S/SE

2009 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 151 inline-five (BGP / BPR / BPS / CBTA)	150 hp net	2.5, Convertible, S/SE

2010 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 151 inline-five (BGP / BPR / BPS / CBTA)	150 hp net	2.5, Convertible, S/SE

Beetle (A5, US) (2012–2019)

2012 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo CCTA/CBFA; CPLA EA888 Gen3	200 hp net	Turbo, R-Line, GSR (2013), Dune (2016-17)
2.5L / 151 inline-five (CBTA / CCCA)	170 hp net	2.5L, Convertible

2013 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 120 inline-four CKRA; CVCA EA288	140 hp net	TDI, TDI convertible
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo CCTA/CBFA; CPLA EA888 Gen3	210 hp net	Turbo, R-Line, GSR (2013), Dune (2016-17)
2.5L / 151 inline-five (CBTA / CCCA)	170 hp net	2.5L, Convertible

2014 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 110 inline-four turbo (CPKA / CPRA)	170 hp net	1.8T S, SE, SEL, Classic, Dune
2.0L / 120 inline-four CKRA; CVCA EA288	140 hp net	TDI, TDI convertible
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo CCTA/CBFA; CPLA EA888 Gen3	210 hp net	Turbo, R-Line, GSR (2013), Dune (2016-17)
2.5L / 151 inline-five (CBTA / CCCA)	170 hp net	2.5L, Convertible

2015 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 110 inline-four turbo (CPKA / CPRA)	170 hp net	1.8T S, SE, SEL, Classic, Dune
2.0L / 120 inline-four CKRA; CVCA EA288	150 hp net	TDI, TDI convertible
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo CCTA/CBFA; CPLA EA888 Gen3	210 hp net	Turbo, R-Line, GSR (2013), Dune (2016-17)

2016 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 110 inline-four turbo (CPKA / CPRA)	170 hp net	1.8T S, SE, SEL, Classic, Dune
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo CCTA/CBFA; CPLA EA888 Gen3	210 hp net	Turbo, R-Line, GSR (2013), Dune (2016-17)

2017 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
1.8L / 110 inline-four turbo (CPKA / CPRA)	170 hp net	1.8T S, SE, SEL, Classic, Dune
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo CCTA/CBFA; CPLA EA888 Gen3	210 hp net	Turbo, R-Line, GSR (2013), Dune (2016-17)

2018 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo EA888 Gen3B	174 hp net	S, SE, Final Edition (2019)

2019 New Beetle engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 121 inline-four turbo EA888 Gen3B	174 hp net	S, SE, Final Edition (2019)

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