Indeed it is bastardized... but then again its way better than loosing them to the scrap houses... 
And I do like the color concept, not amazing but not bad either... 
And if its for energy drink then maybe they will have chicks using them like Red Bull people do with Mini Cooper... 
Maybe we should add a category of engine altered bugs in the VWCOP... What do you guyz say??? Atleast the skeleton survives 