Volkswagen will stop making its iconic Beetle after nearly seven decades on the market, the German automaker announced Thursday. The first Beetles rolled off production lines in 1938. Their increasing ...
The world’s oldest surviving VW Beetle, a fragile prototype that predates the production line legend, has been painstakingly ...
It may look fragile today, but this car has a remarkable history — and even survived the Second World War. We’re talking ...
Some cars are so unique they transcend the automotive world, becoming worldwide icons simply because of their looks and pop-culture associations. The classic Mini, for example, became a symbol of ...
This week, the last VW Beetle will roll off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its iconic Beetle model, marking the ...
"Thinking Small: The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle" (Ballantine Books), by Andrea Hiott: The Volkswagen Beetle has a unique and colorful history, with principal characters that include ...
During World War II, the Volkswagen plant is primarily used to produce military vehicles, including the SUV-like Kübelwagen and the amphibious Schwimmwagen. By 1943, more than 12,000 prisoners of war ...
Produced for over six decades in over 20 million examples, the iconic Volkswagen Beetle is quite common by overall production numbers. However, some of the early iterations are quite rare. This 1950 ...