Volkswagen Turns Out The Lights On Beloved Beetle

This current version, introduced in 2011 as a 2012 model, did not live up to VW’s hopes and expectations. It replaced the “New Beetle,” which was key to restoring VW’s business in the U.S. after almost going out of business in the mid 1990s.

Ferdinand Porsche was a leading designer and engineer of the day in 1930s Germany and had long had an idea for a car that ordinary people could afford. The Type-1 Volkswagen would be Germany’s answer to Ford Motor Co.’s Model T. After the war, displaced German refugees began hand-building Volkswagens in what was left of the Wolfsburg, Germany factory. After a couple of years, a company was formed to begin building them on an assembly line.Volkswagens were seen all over Europe through the 1940s and 50s and 60s. The car also caught on in the U.S. with World War Two vets who knew how good the rear-drive, air-cooled, light-weight vehicles had been in Europe and South Africa.

But the return of a Beetle nonetheless reignited interest in the Volkswagen brand and is credited with saving the company’s bacon in the U.S.

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It ended long time ago with this model, this current silent boring model was a blunder

In the end, it was confusing as to which segment the beetle fitted into. It was too expensive & didn't come across as a high-end model.

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