It’s small, practical, cute, almost like a gadget… who wouldn’t love it? Full of flowers, strangely painted, wired or pure gold, it’s still the old, crazy, classic Beetle…
1938 – “Car of the force by means of joy†by Ferdinand Porsche. Cars are no more a priviledge of the rich people, the economy Käfer is ready for the masses. Keywords? Best speed, consumption and price…
1939 – Car “which could swim“ With the beginning of the second world war, the small, cute Beetle was adapted to the new situation.
1945 – The war was over. Seriously damaged during this awful time, only a third part of the car factory in Wolfsburg stood up.
1953 – After Porsche’s death – “Volkswagen of Brasil†and the “Volkswagen of America†were built, followed in 1964 and 1966 by another two overseas branches the “Volkswagen de Mexico†and the factory of South Africa.
1974 – Sales began to decrease and Beetle production was moved from Wolfsburg to Emden in order to make place to the new Volkswagen car: the Golf.
1978 – European production definitively stopped. The cute Type 1 Beetle continued being built only in Mexico.
2010 – Even if the production in Mexico has been stopped also (last Type 1 were produced in 2003), over 21 million wonderful Volkswagen Bettle models built cover the roads of Earth.
It was great to find all this information and put it together because I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS TIMELESS CAR!!!