Production of the current Beetle will end next year with special final editions being built.
Sales have been declining but the company has not ruled out reintroducing the name on a future model, possibly with an electric or hybrid powertrain.
Drivers are concerned about possible changes to motoring abroad after Brexit, said RAC Europe spokesperson Rod Dennis.
While the majority would like certainty that costs and inconvenience will not increase (59% and 57% respectively), four in 10 (41%) of drivers believe it will get more expensive and 55% think there will be more hassle with the need for International Driving Permits to use their vehicles or hire abroad.
Welsh drivers are more likely to protect individuals of any age walking or riding on the road if they had to prioritise responses for an autonomous vehicle, they told pollsters for Confused.com.
An exercise to discover moral decision making and influences on programming computers in cars faced with an imminent accident showed Welsh drivers would prioritise individuals over groups of people.
Ford is a headline sponsor of this year’s Brake Road Safety Week, the largest road safety campaign of its kind in the UK.
The week-long national campaign – coordinated with the support of the Department for Transport – will take place from 19 to 25 November 2018.
The heads of VW and Bosch at the time of the diesel crisis have invoked their right to silence and will not testify at the hearing now underway.
Influential shareholders are claiming the companies’ actions led to massive losses but former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn and Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner will not speak.
The Citroen C5 Aircrews SUV will debut at its home Paris show next month.
It will include a concept for a plug-in hybrid in the range due to come to Europe by 2019.