My FH5 Log: Charge-a-bug

A concept envisioned by Bruce Meyers, the Meyers Manx is what happens when you turn an ancient Volkswagen Beetle into an offroading wonder who loves to play rough at the beach.

From a long-lost barn find in Horizon Australia to a Horizon regular, the Meyers Manx became the go-to offroader for Forza Horizon fans because of its classic charms and near-great offroad capability that loves to get its face dirty everywhere. Thankfully, in modern times, the Meyers Manx is back as an electric beach buggy.

This is the electrified Meyers Manx that I've won from the Dia De Muertos Storm Season Playlist and it's great to see the legendary beach buggy rise from the dead.

As the first all-new Meyers Manx in nearly six decades, the Meyers Manx 2.0 features styling that stays true to the original while being powered by two electric motors and a 40kWh battery pack, producing 200HP of power output and 240ft-lb of torque output. It even comes with Electric Assist Steering and Regenerative Braking as well, making it capable of traveling over 300 miles of driving range on one full charge.

It feels just like the original Meyers Manx despite the electric powertrain that has more charge range than we think, less 0-60mph time than we think, and infinite smiles per mile. On and offroad, the Manx 2.0 is still the beach buggy the world knows and it loves to get itself dirty despite its zero-emission credentials that made it "clean".

The question is, is the electric reboot of the Meyers Manx better than the original? I know it sounds debatable but I went to the sandy part of the Badlands to answer the question. Experiment start.

And now the results...

Manx - 4m05.195s

Manx 2.0 - 3m26.740s

I guess the rebooted version is proven to be better than the original after all or perhaps the remastered version is better than the original perhaps?

Reboot or remaster, whatever you call it, the electrified Meyers Manx stays true to the original beach buggy classic while giving Gen Z drivers a sandblast from the past. Blending the past and the future is the hallmark of the modernized Meyers Manx and looks like you're in for a treat behind the wheel.

Getting nostalgic just got an electrified twist with this one.