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Frank, those cars have completely different hinge mechanisms. The American car doors with C shaped hinge arms move out as they rotate, but Beetle hinges rotate the door literally using the hinge pin as the axis. If you have any 1:24 scale car models lying around they usually use the C arm type hinge. It allows a larger radius for the door to open on so it can clear the fabulous body forms we see on those cars.
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Wrong. The only purpose of the C arm is to allow the entire hinge to be internal vs hanging outside like the VW's; cosmetics and perhaps a lil bit of aero.