The iconicness of the Beetle led to a significant shift in trend, led by Volkswagen, and then by Fiat and Renault. The Beetle gave birth to multiple renditions: mainly the 1955 Karmann Ghia, 1950 Type 2 'Bus,' as well as the 1961 Type 3 'Ponton' and the 1968 Type 4 (411/412) family cars, ultimately forming an entire lineup of rear-engine VW vehicles. With the increasing of the Autobahn speed limits postwar, the Beetle's engine output was boosted to 36, then 40 hp this configuration lasted through 1966 and became known as the ""classic"" Volkswagen motor. The Type 1 Beetle produced 25 hp was designed for a top speed around 62 mph (100 km/h). The car became widely known in Germany as the Käfer (German for ""beetle""). All the models that followed were designated Volkswagen 1200, 1300, 1302, 1303, or 1500. The car was then designated internally as the Volkswagen Type 1 and marketed simply as the Volkswagen. The result was the first Volkswagen.Īlthough designed in the 1930s, World War II limited the popularity of the Beetle it wasn't until after the war, that Beetles began being produced for the public in significant numbers. The Beetle's Lead engineer Ferdinand Porsche's team took until 1938 to complete the design, which made the main body shell simple and inexpensive make, also known as a unibody design. The war shifted production away from automobiles and to military vehicles. However, a small problem called WWII interfered with Hitler's vision of a country populated with VW Beetles. The need for a people's car was seen as being important to Adolf Hitler, who wished for a cheap, functional, utilitarian vehicle to be mass-produced in Germany. The conception of the VW Beetle lies in the sorted history of Nazi Germany. But before you work on your Beetle, double check to see if you have a Volkswagen Beetle workshop manual. If you own a VW Beetle, you're a lucky son of a gun.
With 21,529,464 produced worldwide, the Beetle holds the title of being the longest-running, most-manufactured car on a single platform. Was a two-door, rear-engine economy car, which could hold up to five occupants, that was produced and sold Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003. The Volkswagen Beetle-officially titled the Volkswagen Type 1- also referred to as the Bug in parts of the English-speaking world.
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