In this anime TV series, Bumblebee turned into a VW Beetle; in the 2007 live-action movie, he got upgraded to a Camaro
He's always bright yellow, and turns into a Volkswagen Beetle, a Camaro, or a 
generic ... has known the following incarnations in television, Anime, Film, and 
comics:... [DOC] [TLE] Browse Art - DeviantArt [PAR] Instead of a VW Beetle, he is a Chevrolet Camaro (the model year of which is ... 
and communicates through use of selected playback of radio and television 
signals.