Year-by-year fitment data

Volkswagen Beetle Steering Wheel Size (1998 - 2019)

The Volkswagen Beetle has used 14 5/8" X 4 1/8", 15 1/8", or 15 3/4" depending on the model year, model, and trim. (diameter x grip circumference)

Refer to the data table below for exact model-year and variant details.

Steering wheel size table

Compare the available model-year measurements below.

Volkswagen Beetle Steering Wheel Size (1998 - 2019)
Year Model / Trim Steering Wheel Size (Diameter x Grip Circumference)
2019 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"1
2018 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2017 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2016 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2015 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2014 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2013 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2012 14 5/8" X 4 1/8"
2010 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"2
2010 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"3
2009 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"4
2009 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"5
2008 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"6
2008 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"7
2007 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"8
2007 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"9
2006 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"10
2006 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"11
2005 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"12
2005 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"13
2004 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"14
2004 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"15
2003 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2 15 1/8"16
2003 Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2 15 3/4"17
2002 15 3/4" X 3 3/4"
2001 15 3/4" X 3 3/4"
2000 15 3/4" X 3 3/4"
1999 15 3/4" X 3 3/4"
1998 15 3/4" X 3 3/4"

Note 1: A flat-bottom steering-wheel configuration was documented for this model year. Shape may vary by equipment; do not assume a round cover will fit. Return to measurement

Note 2: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 3: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 4: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 5: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 6: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 7: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 8: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 9: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 10: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 11: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 12: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 13: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 14: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 15: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 16: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1Y two-door Cabriolet; exact catalog Convertible/2. Qualified actual Cabriolet point supplies its own verified1Ybody/ordinary wheel phase, U.S.2003–2010, subject to full phase review. Do not transfer a Cabriolet point into the Hatchback by model name alone. Prefer the direct original385 mm Cabriolet test over separately retained compiled380 mm context; both are Medium and no averaging is used. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

Note 17: Applies to Volkswagen New Beetle Type1C/9C Hatchback physical body; exact catalog Hatchback/2. Direct original2008Hatchback donor plus exact complete part positively supplies the selected Hatchback stock phase. Apply the ordinary same physical1Cbody/wheel-phase rule across actual U.S.1998–2010 Hatchback applications only after full phase review; no claim of a direct measurement for every year or exact equality to the separate black/white YXX wheel is made. Preserve literal40cm and exact linear conversion400 mm. The seller states centimeters; do not promote this to a millimeter-resolution measurement or invent a numerical uncertainty band. No positive actual ordinary-wheel change is established by the facelift label or part cutoff alone. Keep the original complete physical body/ordinary phase presumption, actual donor configuration and exact target catalog label. Repeated application does not create a new independent physical measurement. Return to measurement

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SteeringWheelSize.com compiles steering wheel size data from model-year references, manufacturer materials, parts listings, and marketplace sources. The table on this page presents the measurements as diameter x grip circumference.

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