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The Volkswagen New Beetle is a compact car, introduced by Volkswagen in 1997, drawing heavy inspiration from the exterior design of the original Beetle. Unlike the original Beetle, the New Beetle has its engine in the front, driving the front wheels , with luggage storage in the rear.
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Feb 17, 2022 · In 1998, the New Beetle—an early automotive adopter of modern “retro” design language—re-introduced the familiar silhouette to a new generation of drivers. In 2011, a third generation—more closely tailored to the original design —followed, and was the swan song of the Beetle.
- 1945 Beetle production. War is over! While Times Square goes nuts, sailors kiss random women, and the world lets out a collective sigh of relief as Germany falls to the Allied forces, the factory where Volkswagens were to be built lies in ruin.
- 1946: From KdF Wagen to Type I. Production of the Volkswagen—the name "Beetle" had yet to stick—was plagued by ongoing repairs to the Wolfsburg factory, coal and materials shortages, and the fact the company lacked a true owner.
- Wolfsburg factory, 1947. An ex-Opel executive, Heinz Nordhoff, gets hired to run the place when the British begin attempting to transition ownership of the "Wolfsburg Motor Works," as it had come to be named, to almost anyone willing to take it.
- 1949: Beetle Cabriolet by Karmann. One of VW's first export markets is Holland, where a man by the name of Ben Pon sells 56 cars so successfully that Nordhoff calls upon him to make a go at the U.S. market.
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Jan 17, 2024 · In fact, there’s a pair of them! YouTube/Jay Ward Productions. Thanks to the marvel of cartoon time travel, Hagerty can indeed confirm that on this day, exactly 75 years ago, the first two Beetles spun their wheels on American soil.
Feb 7, 2023 · Volkswagen made its plant in Puebla fit for the New Beetle with investments of around one billion US dollars. On 1 October 1997 the time had finally come and series production began. By the end of the year, the first 415 New Beetles were built.
Dec 2, 2020 · In 1998, VW did what they'd never done before. They introduced a completely new Beetle model. It was called the New Beetle, but technically it more closely resembled the VW Golf.
