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The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. It is one of the most iconic cars in automotive history, recognised for its distinctive shape.
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- 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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Feb 17, 2022 · A history of the Volkswagen Beetle. February 17, 2022. 3 minute read. Fifty years ago, on February 17th, 1972, the 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle was produced in Wolfsburg, Germany, surpassing the production record that had previously only been held by the Ford Model T. In celebration of that record-breaking achievement, Volkswagen released the ...
This was upgraded to the 1200 – a 1,192 cc (72.7 cu in) 22 kW (30 PS; 30 bhp) in 1953. A higher compression ratio became standard in 1955; while an unusual early version of the 30 kW (41 PS; 40 bhp) engine debuted exclusively on the Type 2 in 1959. Any 1959 models that retain that early engine today are rare.
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Jul 4, 2018 · A German automotive journalist wrote in 1949: “Before the war, [the VW Beetle] existed only on paper, cheated people out of their savings, and yielded a lot of propaganda.” The end of World War II left the fate of Volkswagen uncertain.
Dec 16, 2022 · Beetle sales exploded in the late 1950s into the 1960s. 1960 saw U.S. sales figures crossing the 100,000 unit mark, and by mid-decade Beetle sales were triple that. Watch any movie or sort through old family photos of the time, and there’s often a Beetle lurking in the background.
In 1952, annual production exceeded 100,000 units for the first time. The 500,000th VW Beetle was produced in 1953. The VW share of car production in the Federal Republic of Germany was 42.5 percent. In 1955, it finally happened: the 1,000,000th VW Beetle rolled off the line.
