Volkswagen Type 1
Manufacturer	Volkswagen
Also called	Volkswagen Beetle, also see list of international names & nicknames for the Type 1
Production	1938—2003
Assembly	21,529,464 built (of which 15,444,858 in Germany, incl. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles 330,251 Cabriolets,[1] and ≈ 3. 350. 000 in Brazil) [2]
Successor	Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen New Beetle
Class	Economy car
Body style(s)	2-door cabriolet, 2-door coupé
Layout	rear engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine(s)	1. The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen The Volkswagen New Beetle is a small family car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998 drawing heavy inspiration from the design cues of the original Beetle Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any An economy car is an Automobile that is designed for Low cost operation Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only A cabriolet is a light two-wheeled Carriage drawn by a single horse with a folding hood seating two people facing forward one of whom is the driver In Automotive design layout specifies where on the car the Engine and Drive wheels are found In Automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the Engine at the rear of the vehicle 1 L Flat-4, 1. A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a Flat engine with four Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central 2 L Flat-4, 1. 3 L Flat-4, 1. 5 L Flat-4, 1. 6 L Flat-4

The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the Beetle or Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003. An economy car is an Automobile that is designed for Low cost operation Although the names "Beetle" and "Bug" were quickly adopted by the public, it was not until August of 1967 that VW itself began using the name Beetle in marketing materials in the US.

In Britain, VW never used the name Beetle officially. It had only been known only as either the "Type I" or as the 1100 (eleven-hundred), 1200 (twelve-hundred), 1300 (thirteen-hundred) or 1500 (fifteen-hundred), which had been the names under which the vehicle was marketed in Europe; the numbers denoted the vehicle's engine size in cubic centimetres. In 1998, many years after the original model had been dropped from the lineup in most of the world (production continued in Mexico until 2003), VW introduced the "New Beetle" (built on a Volkswagen Golf Mk4 platform) and bearing a cosmetic resemblance to the original. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Volkswagen New Beetle is a small family car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998 drawing heavy inspiration from the design cues of the original Beetle Launched in 1997 the Volkswagen Golf Mk4 (or VW Typ 1J) became the biggest selling car in Europe at one point

Speculation suggests that its peculiar styling, underpowered motor, rough ride, and high noise levels compared to modern vehicles should have made it a market failure. It was in its day, though, more comfortable and powerful than most European small cars, and ultimately the longest-running and most-produced automobile of a single design (a record that will not take long to be beaten by its younger "cousin" the Type-2 Bus or Kombi, which is still in production in Brazil, with the same basic characteristics of the first series). The Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as Transporter) was the second automotive line introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld It remained a top seller in the US, even as rear-wheel drive conventional subcompacts were refined, and eventually replaced by front-wheel drive models. Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels The Beetle car was the benchmark for both generations of American compact cars such as the Chevrolet Corvair, and subcompact cars such as the Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Vega. A compact (North America small family (European or c-segment car is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini The Chevrolet Corvair was an Automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1959 to 1969 for the 1960&ndash1969 Model A subcompact car is an Automobile in a North American Vehicle size class, encompassing vehicles smaller than Compact cars According to the The Ford Pinto was a subcompact manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market first introduced on September 11, 1970 The Chevrolet Vega was a Subcompact car sold from 1971 through 1977 In the international poll for the award of the world's most influential car of the twentieth century the Beetle came fourth after the Ford Model T, the Mini, and the Citroën DS. The Car of the Century (COTC was an international award given to the world's most influential Car of the Twentieth century. The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and its successors from 1959 until 2000 The Citroën DS (also known as Déesse, or Goddess, after the punning initials in French is an Executive car that was produced by

Contents 1 History 1.1 "The People's Car" 1.2 The military Beetle & production up to 1945 1.3 Conflict with Tatra 1.4 Post-war production & boom 1.5 Diesel 1.6 Introduction to the UK 1.7 VW Beetle 1967 1.8 Beetle derivatives 1.9 Decline and fall 1.10 The Beetle in other countries 1.11 Beetles In Australia 2 Beetle customization 2.1 Exterior 2.2 Interior 2.3 KitCars 2.4 Power 3 Beetles in motorsport 3.1 Drag racing 3.2 Formula Vee 3.3 Uniroyal Fun Cup 3.4 Rally and Rallyecross 4 New Beetle 5 Phase-out of the original Beetle 6 Alternative uses for VW Beetle engines 7 Media references, pop culture 8 The many names of the Type 1 9 References 10 See also 11 External links

History

"The People's Car"

Starting in 1931, Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp developed the "Auto für Jedermann" (car for the everyman). For a detailed discussion of the English translation of Reich, see Reich. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prof Dr Ing hc Ferdinand Porsche ( Zündapp was a famous German Motorcycle Brand. The company was originally founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer together This was the first time the name "Volkswagen" was used. Porsche already preferred the flat-4 cylinder engine, but Zündapp used a watercooled 5-cylinder radial engine. A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a Flat engine with four Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central A cylinder is the central working part of a Reciprocating engine, the space in which a Piston travels The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a Water cooling is a method of Heat removal from components As opposed to Air cooling, Water is used as the heat transmitter The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion Engine configuration in which the cylinders point outward from a central In 1932, three prototypes were running. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category ^[3] All of those cars were lost during the war; the last in 1945 in Stuttgart during a bombing raid. Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

In 1933, Adolf Hitler submitted sketches to Ferdinand Porsche of a proposed "Volks-Wagen" (the name means "people's car" in German, in which it is pronounced [ˈfolksvagən]), a basic vehicle that should be capable of transporting two adults and three children at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph). Zündapp was a famous German Motorcycle Brand. The company was originally founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer together Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Prof Dr Ing hc Ferdinand Porsche ( The People's Car would be made available to citizens of the Third Reich through a savings scheme at 990 Reichsmark, about the price of a small motorcycle at the time (an average income being around 32RM/week). Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers For a detailed discussion of the English translation of Reich, see Reich. MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. ^[4]

Hitler's commissioning of the "People's Car" did not necessitate a clean-sheet car design. Ferdinand Porsche formulated the original parameters of a car design similar to the final production version of the Beetle several years before it was commissioned, and had built working prototypes by 1931. Erwin Komenda, Porsche's chief designer, was responsible for the design and styling of the car. Erwin Komenda ( April 6, 1904 - August 22, 1966) was the designer of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche Production only became financially viable, however, when it was backed by the Third Reich. War broke out before the large-scale production of the "People's Car" could commence, and manufacturing capacity was shifted to producing military vehicles. Production of civilian VW automobiles did not start until after the post-war occupation began. The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative

The military Beetle & production up to 1945

Initially called the Porsche 60 by Ferdinand Porsche, it was officially named the KdF-Wagen when the project was launched. The name refers to Kraft durch Freude (Strength Through Joy), the official leisure organization in the Third Reich. Kraft durch Freude ( KdF, literally "Strength through Joy" was a large state-controlled Leisure organization in the Third Reich, a part of the Leisure or free time, is a period of Time spent out of work and essential domestic Activity. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers It was later known as the Type 1, but became more commonly known as the Beetle after World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Prototypes appeared from 1931 onwards; the first prototypes were produced by Zündapp in Nürnberg, Germany, the Porsche Type 12. Zündapp was a famous German Motorcycle Brand. The company was originally founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer together Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Next prototype series (Porsche Typ 32) was built in 1933 by NSU, another motorcycle company. NSU Motorenwerke AG, (normally just NSU) was a German manufacturer of cars and Motorcycles which was founded in 1873

In October 1935 the first Type 60 was ready. 1935 the testing of the "V 3" started. The "VW30" Prototypes awaited further testing in 1937. All cars already had the distinctive round shape and the air-cooled, rear-mounted engine, except for the Type 12, Zündapp preferred a 5-cylinder radial watercooled engine. The Volkswagen air cooled engine is one of the most widely used and versatile Internal The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a

The factory had only produced a handful of cars by the time war started in 1939. Consequently, the first volume-produced versions of the car's chassis were military vehicles, the Kübelwagen Typ 82 (approx. A chassis (plural "chassis" (ˈʃæːsiː ˈtʃæːsiː consists of a framework that supports an inanimate object analogous to an Animal 's The Volkswagen Kübelwagen (short for Kübelsitzwagen meaning bucket-seat car was a military vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during 52,000 built) and the amphibious Schwimmwagen Typ 166 (approx. The VW Type 128 and 166 Schwimmwagen (literally Floating / Swimming Car) were amphibious All-wheel-drive off-roaders used extensively by the German 14,000 built).

The car was designed to be as simple as possible mechanically, so that there was less to go wrong; the aircooled 985 cc 25 hp (19 kW) motors proved especially effective in actions of the German Afrika Korps in Africa's desert heat. The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. This was due to the built-in oil-cooler, and the superior performance of the flat-4 engine configuration. A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a Flat engine with four Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central The innovative suspension design used compact torsion bars instead of coil or leaf springs. A torsion bar suspension, also known as a Torsion spring suspension or incorrectly torsion beam, is a general term for any Vehicle suspension A Coil spring, also known as a helical spring, is a mechanical device which is typically used to store energy and subsequently release it to absorb shock or to maintain Originally called laminated or carriage spring, a leaf spring is a simple form of spring, commonly used for the suspension in

The city of Stadt des KdF-Wagens was created in Lower Saxony in 1938 for the benefit of the workers at the factory. Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

A handful of civilian-specific Beetles were produced, primarily for the Nazi elite, in the years 1940–1945, but production figures were small. A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Elite (also spelled Élite) is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect" In response to gasoline shortages, a few wartime "Holzbrenner" Beetles were fueled by wood pyrolysis gas producers under the hood. Pyrolysis is the Chemical decomposition of organic materials by heating in the absence of Oxygen or any other reagents except possibly Steam A wood gas generator often known as a gasifier is a wood-fueled Gasification reactor mounted on an Internal combustion engine, to provide a Wood gas In addition to the Kübelwagen, Schwimmwagen, and handful of others, the factory managed another wartime vehicle: the Kommandeurwagen; a Beetle body mounted on the Kübelwagen chassis.

A total of 669 Kommandeurwagens were produced until 1945, when all production was halted due to heavy damage sustained in Allied air raids on the factory. Much of the essential equipment had already been moved to underground bunkers for protection, allowing production to resume quickly once hostilities had ended. A military bunker is a hardened shelter often buried partly or fully underground designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks

Conflict with Tatra

Much of the Beetle's design was inspired by the advanced Tatra cars of Hans Ledwinka, particularly the T97. Hans Ledwinka born in Klosterneuburg ( Lower Austria) 14 February 1878, died in Munich ( Germany } 2 March The Type 97 is a mid-class saloon car from Czechoslovakian car-maker Tatra. This car also had a streamlined body and a rear-mounted 4 cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine. Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the Engine to cool them The Tatra V570, a prototype for a smaller car, also shows quite a resemblance to the later Volkswagens. According to the book Car Wars, Adolf Hitler called the Tatra 'the kind of car I want for my highways'. ^[5] In the same book, it is said that Ferdinand Porsche admitted 'to have looked over Ledwinka's shoulders' while designing the Volkswagen. ^[6] Tatra launched a lawsuit, but this was stopped when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At the same time, Tatra was forced to stop producing the T97. The matter was re-opened after WW2 and in 1961 Volkswagen paid Tatra 3,000,000 Deutsche Marks in compensation. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including These damages meant that Volkswagen had little money for the development of new models and the Beetle's production life was necessarily extended. Tatra ceased producing passenger cars in 1950, then resumed again in 1954 as a manufacturer of large luxurious cars and limousines under various Communist governments in Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Even its last limousines showed similarities to the Beetle, as they were rear-engined and air cooled. Tatra is now a truck manufacturer.

Post-war production & boom

In occupied Germany the Allies followed the Morgenthau plan, to remove all German war potential by complete or partial pastoralization. The Morgenthau Plan was a plan for the occupation of Germany after World War II that advocated measures intended to remove Germany's ability to wage war As part of this, in the Industrial plans for Germany, the rules for which industry Germany was to be allowed to retain were set out. The Level of Industry plans for Germany were the effected Allied plans to lower and control German industrial potential after World War II. German car production was set at a maximum of 10% of the 1936 car production numbers. ^[7]

The Volkswagen factory at Wolfsburg was handed over by the Americans to British control in 1945, it was to be dismantled and shipped to Britain. ^[8] Thankfully for Volkswagen, no British car manufacturer was interested in the factory; "the vehicle does not meet the fundamental technical requirement of a motor-car . . . it is quite unattractive to the average buyer . . . To build the car commercially would be a completely uneconomic enterprise. "^[9] The factory survived by producing cars for the British Army instead. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ^[10] Allied dismantling policy changed in late 1946 to mid 1947, although heavy industry continued to be dismantled until 1951. In March 1947 Herbert Hoover helped change policy by stating

"There is the illusion that the New Germany left after the annexations can be reduced to a 'pastoral state'. Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 The Oder-Neisse line (Granica na Odrze i Nysie Łużyckiej Oder-Neiße-Grenze was drawn in the aftermath of World War II as the eastern border of Germany and The Morgenthau Plan was a plan for the occupation of Germany after World War II that advocated measures intended to remove Germany's ability to wage war It cannot be done unless we exterminate or move 25,000,000 people out of it. "^[11]

The re-opening of the factory is largely accredited to British Army officer Major Ivan Hirst (1916–2000). The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Major Ivan Hirst ( March 4, 1916 - March 15, 2000) was a British Army officer who was instrumental in reviving Volkswagen ^[12] Hirst was ordered to take control of the heavily bombed factory, which the Americans had captured. A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial Building where workers manufacture goods The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His first task was to remove an unexploded bomb which had fallen through the roof and lodged itself between some pieces of irreplaceable production equipment; if the bomb had exploded, the Beetle's fate would have been sealed. Hirst persuaded the British military to order 20,000 of the cars,^[13] and by 1946 the factory was producing 1,000 cars a month. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking During this period the car and its town changed their Nazi-era names to Volkswagen (people's car) and Wolfsburg, respectively. The first 1,785 Beetles were made in a factory near Wolfsburg in 1945.

Following the Army-led restart of production, Heinz Nordhoff was appointed director of the Volkswagen factory,^[14] under whom production increased dramatically over the following decade, with the one-millionth car coming off the assembly line by 1955. Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff ( 6 January 1899 &ndash 12 April 1968) was a German Engineer famous for his leadership of An assembly line is a Manufacturing process in which parts (usually Interchangeable parts) are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned During this Post-war period, the Beetle had superior performance in its category with a top speed of 115 km/h (71 mph) and 0-100 km/h (0-60 mph) in 27. 5 seconds on 7. 6 l/100 km (31mpg) for the standard 25 kilowatts (34 hp) engine. This was far superior to the Citroën 2CV and Morris Minor, and even competitive with more modern small cars like the Mini of the 1960s and later. The Citroën 2CV ( French: deux chevaux vapeur, literally "two steam Horses quot from the Tax horsepower rating was an Economy car The revolutionary Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show on 20 September, 1948. The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and its successors from 1959 until 2000 The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969

The engine fired up immediately without a choke, and could only be heard in the car when idling. It had excellent road-handling and was economical to maintain. Although a small car, the engine has great elasticity and gave the feeling of better output than its small nominal size. However, the opinion of some in the United States was not as flattering out of frustration that it was the top-selling foreign car in the US market. Henry Ford II once described the car as 'A little box'. Henry Ford II ( September 4, 1917 — September 29, 1987) commonly known as "HF2" and "Hank the Deuce" was the son

During the 1950s, the car was modified progressively: the obvious visual changes mostly concerned the windows. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive ^[15] In March 1953, the small oval two piece rear window was replaced by a slightly larger single piece oval rear window. More dramatically, in August 1957 a much larger full width rear window replaced the oval one. 1962 saw the introduction of a widened cover for the light over the rear licence plate. Towards the end of 1964, the height of the side windows and windscreen was slightly increased giving the cabin a less pinched look: this coincided with a the introduction of a very slightly curved windscreen, though the curve was barely noticeable. The same body appeared during 1966, with a 1300 cc engine on place of the 1200 cc engine: it was only in the 1973 model Super Beetle that the beetle acquired an obviously curved windscreen. The flat windshield remained on the standard beetle.

During the 1960s and early 1970s, innovative advertising campaigns and a reputation for reliability and sturdiness helped production figures to surpass the levels of the previous record holder, the Ford Model T, when Beetle No. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford 15,007,034 was produced on 17 February 1972. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. By 1973, total production was over 16 million, and by 23 June 1992, there had been over 21 million produced.

The Beetle is the world's best-selling car design; though more units of the Toyota Corolla brand have been sold, there have been many total redesigns of the Corolla, each amounting to a new car design with the same name. The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact / Compact cars produced by the Japanese Automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout

Diesel

In 1951, Volkswagen prototyped a 1. 3 litre diesel engine. A diesel engine is an Internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle (named after Dr Volkswagen made only 2 air-cooled boxer diesel engines that were not turbocharged, and installed one engine in a Type 1 and another in a Type 2. The Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as Transporter) was the second automotive line introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. Just for fun, the diesel Beetle was time tested on the Nürburgring and achieved a 0-60 mph in one minute. The Nürburgring, known as simply " The Ring " by enthusiasts is a Motorsport Race track in Nürburg, Germany. ^[16]

The very first Volkswagen type 1 ever produced	Rear, restored 1949 VW Bug	VW Standard of 1950	Rear, restored 1961 VW Bug with sunroof
Dashboard of a Mexican 1969 VW Bug	Interior of a 1949 VW Bug	VW 1303 Cabriolet	A VW 1303LS from Turkey (photo infrared)

Introduction to the UK

The first Volkswagen Beetle in the UK was sold in June 1953, in Sheffield, by Jack Gilder. He had been fascinated by both the design and engineering of the Beetle when he came across one in Belgium during the war. He applied for the franchise as soon as the opportunity presented itself and became Volkswagen’s representation in the North of England.

VW Beetle 1967

1967 Volkswagen Beetle
Engine(s)	1500 cc OHV Flat-4, 40 kilowatts (54 hp) @ 4200 rpm, 105 N·m (77 ft·lbf) @ 2600, bore 83 mm, stroke 69 mm, comp ratio 7. An overhead valve (OHV engine, also called pushrod engine or I-head engine is a type of Piston engine that places the Camshaft A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a Flat engine with four Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central 5:1
Transmission(s)	4-speed manual
Wheelbase	2400 mm (94. In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels 5 in) (94. 5 in)
Length	4079 mm (160. 6 in) (160. 6 in)
Width	1539 mm (60. 6 in) (60. 6 in)

The Volkswagen Beetle underwent significant changes for the 1967 model. While the car appeared similar to earlier models, much of the drivetrain was noticeably upgraded. For the UK engine manufacturer see Powertrain Ltd. In a Motor vehicle, the term drivetrain, powertrain or powerplant Some of the changes to the Beetle included a bigger engine for the second year in a row. Horsepower had been increased to 37 kilowatts (50 hp) the previous year, and for 1967 it was increased even more, to 40 kilowatts (54 hp).

On US models, the output of the electrical generator was increased from 180 to 360 watts, and upgraded from a 6-volt to a 12-volt system. The clutch disc also increased in size, and changes were made to the flywheel, braking system, and rear axle. A flywheel is a mechanical device with significant Moment of inertia used as a storage device for Rotational energy. An axle is a central shaft for a rotating Wheel or Gear. In some cases the axle may be fixed in position with a bearing or Bushing New standard equipment included two-speed windscreen wipers, reversing lights, a driver's armrest on the door, locking buttons on the doors, sealed-beam headlights, and a driver's side exterior mirror. A windscreen wiper ( windshield wiper in North America) is a device used to wipe Rain and dirt from a Windscreen.

It weighed 840 kg (1852 lb), which was a typical weight for a European car at this time. Top speed was 130 km/h (81 mph).

Beetle derivatives

While production of the standard Beetle continued, a Type 1 variant called the Super Beetle, produced from model year 1971 to 1979 (1302s from 1971 to 1972, and 1303s from 1973 onwards), offered MacPherson strut front suspension, better turning radius (despite having a 20 mm (3/4 in) longer wheelbase), and approximately double the usable space in the front luggage compartment, due to the stretched "nose" of the vehicle and relocation of the spare tire from a vertical to a horizontal position. The MacPherson strut is a type of car suspension system widely used in modern vehicles named after Earl S

1972 Super Beetles had a slightly larger rear window, larger front brakes, and four rows of vents on the engine lid. The tail lights now incorporated reversing lights. The front seats incorporated headrests, and the steering wheel was changed to four spokes for safety reasons. A socket for the VW Dealer Diagnosis was fitted inside the engine compartment.

In 1973, a padded dashboard, 2-speed heater fan, higher rear mudguards, a more aerodynamically curved windscreen and larger tail lights (nicknamed 'elephant's feet' were added.

1975 and later Super Beetles had rack and pinion steering, and a larger license plate lamp housing below the engine lid. The front indicators were moved into the bumper bars on European models. Carburetors were replaced by Air Flow Control (AFC) Fuel Injection on U. S. and Canadian Beetles, a derivative of the more complex Bosch fuel injection system used in the Volkswagen Type III.

In 1976, the Super Beetle and 1300 were discontinued (though convertibles remained Super Beetles) and replaced with an 'improved' standard Beetle with 1600cc engine, IRS rear suspension, front disc brakes, blinkers in the front bumpers, elephant's foot tail lights and rubber inserts in the bumper bars.

The Super Beetle (VW 1302 and 1303 series, also called Type 113) is not the only Type 1 variant; other VWs under the Type 1 nomenclature include the Karmann Ghia and the VW 181 utility vehicle, as well as the Brasilia and the Australian Country Buggy (locally produced in Australia using VW parts). The Karmann Ghia was marketed by Volkswagen as a 2+2 Coupe and Convertible combining the straightforward chassis and mechanicals of the Type 1 The Volkswagen Type 181 "Kurierwagen", popularly known in the United Kingdom as the Trekker, in the United States as the Thing The Volkswagen Brasilia, was a car made in Brazil between 1973 and 1982 In 1967 Volkswagen Australasia Ltd started with a project vehicle designed for Australia's rough conditions

The Type 2 transporter ("bus") is based on the Beetle T1 platform with very similar mechanicals, but with a box shaped body and driver placed over the front wheels. The Volkswagen Group T platform is a Van platform from Volkswagen Group. This variant would inspire a generation of compact vans, and later minivans in capacity and size.

Also, as mentioned below, Type 3 and Type 4 were all developments of the original Porsche design.

Decline and fall

Though extremely successful in the 1960s, the Beetle was faced with stiff competition from more modern designs. The Japanese had refined rear-wheel-drive, water-cooled, front-engine small cars to where they sold well in the North American market, and Americans introduced their own similarly sized rear-wheel-drive Ford Pinto, Chevrolet Vega, and AMC Gremlin in the 1970s. The Ford Pinto was a subcompact manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market first introduced on September 11, 1970 The Chevrolet Vega was a Subcompact car sold from 1971 through 1977 The AMC Gremlin is a Subcompact car that was made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC for nine model years The superminis in Europe adopted even more efficient transverse-engine front-wheel-drive layouts, and sales began dropping off in the mid 1970s. A supermini is a British Car classification term that describes Automobiles larger than a City car but smaller than a Small family car. There had been several unsuccessful attempts to replace the Beetle throughout the 1960s; the Type 3, Type 4, and the NSU-based K70 were all failures. The Volkswagen Type 3, properly referred to as the Volkswagen 1500 and later the Volkswagen 1600, was a range of small cars from German manufacturer The Volkswagen Type 4 was a mid-sized 2 or 4-door saloon or 2-door estate built by Volkswagen (VW of Germany. The Volkswagen K70 (pronounced as "ka siebzig" in German is a sedan automobile developed by NSU and sold by Volkswagen from 1970 till February The over-reliance on the Beetle meant that Volkswagen was in financial crisis by 1974. It needed German government funding to produce the Beetle's replacement. Only when production lines at Wolfsburg switched to the new watercooled, front-engined, front-wheel drive Golf designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1974, (sold in North America as the "Rabbit") did Volkswagen produce a car as successful as the Beetle. Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen Giorgetto Giugiaro (born August 7, 1938) is an Italian Automobile designer He was born in Garessio, Province of Cuneo The Golf would be periodically redesigned over its lifetime with only a few components carried over between models, while the Beetle used only minor refinements of its original design.

The Golf did not kill Beetle production, which continued in smaller numbers at other German factories until January 19, 1978, when mainstream production shifted to Brazil and Mexico, markets where low operating cost was more important. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The last Beetle was produced in Puebla, Mexico, in mid-2003. The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza (nicknamed Angelópolis) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The final batch of 3,000 Beetles were sold as 2004 models and badged as the Última Edición, with whitewall tires, a host of previously-discontinued chrome trim, and the choice of two special paint colors taken from the New Beetle. Whitewall tires or white sidewall (WSW tires are Tires having a stripe or entire sidewall of white Rubber. The Volkswagen New Beetle is a small family car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998 drawing heavy inspiration from the design cues of the original Beetle Production in Brazil ended in 1986, then restarted in 1993 and continued until 1996. Volkswagen sold Beetle sedans in the United States until August 1977 (the Beetle convertible a. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the k. a. Cabriolet was sold until January 1980) and in Europe until 1985.

The Beetle outlasted most other automobiles which had copied the rear air-cooled engine layout such as those by Subaru, Fiat, Renault, General Motors and Tatra's limousines, which ended production in 1999. The Subaru 360 was the first automobile mass produced by Fuji Heavy Industries ' Subaru division Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer This is about the company for other uses see Renault (disambiguation. The Chevrolet Corvair was an Automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1959 to 1969 for the 1960&ndash1969 Model Porsche's sport coupes which were originally based on Volkswagen parts and platforms continue to use the classic rear engine layout (but water-cooled and moved forwards) in the Porsche 911 series, which remains competitive in the 2000s. The Porsche 911 (pronounced as Nine Eleven, Neunelfer is a Sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany

The Beetle in other countries

Other countries produced Beetles from CKD (complete knockdown kits): Ireland, Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and Nigeria have assembled Beetles under license from VW. For other uses of the abbreviation see CKD Complete knock down (CKD, is a complete kit needed to assemble a vehicle ^[17]

Beetles produced in Mexico and Brazil had several differences:

• The Brazilian production starts in 1950 with parts imported from Germany. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld In 1959 the production was 100% made in Brazil in the brazilian plant. The car was made until 1986. In 1993 starts again but only to 1996. The Brazilian version retained the 1958-1964 body style (Europe and U. S. version) with the thick door pillars and small quarter glass; this body style was also produced in Mexico until 1971. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Around 1973, Brazilian Beetles were updated with the 1968+ sheetmetal, bumpers, and 4-lug rims; although the 5-stud rims and "bugeye" headlights were produced as late as 1972 (the base VW 1200 was similar to the 1964 European/U. S. 1200). Brazilian CKD kits (complete knock down) were shipped to Nigeria between 1975-1987 where Beetles were locally produced. For other uses of the abbreviation see CKD Complete knock down (CKD, is a complete kit needed to assemble a vehicle Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Brazilian-produced versions have been sold in neighboring South American nations bordering Brazil, including Argentina and Peru.

• The Brazilian VW Bug have four different sized engines: 1200 cc, 1300 cc, 1500 cc, and, finally, 1600 cc. In the 1970s, Volkswagen made the SP-2 (derived from the VW Beetle chassis and powertrain) that used an air-cooled VW engine with 1700 cc, that turns to be nothing more than a regular 1600cc engine with it's engine displacement increased by the usage of large diameter cylinders. In Brazil the VW Bug never received electronic fuel injection (the air-cooled flat four engine from the Beetle received this, but to equip solely the VW Kombi later models), but, instead, retained single or double-single carburetion throughout it's entire life, although the carburetion specs differs from engines of different years and specs.

• The production of the air-cooled engine finally ended in 2006, after more than 60 years. It was last used in the Brazilian version of the VW Bus, called the "Kombi", and was replaced by a 1. 4-liter water-cooled engine with a front-mounted cooling system.

• Beetles produced in Mexico (since 1964) have the larger windshield, rear window, door and quarter glass between 1971-2003; and the rear window from the 1965-71 German built models was used on the Mexican models from 1971 to 1985, when it was replaced with the larger rear window used on 1972 and later German built Beetles. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. This version, after the mid-1970s, saw little change with the incorporation of electronic ignition in 1988, an anti-theft alarm system in 1990, a catalytic converter in 1991, as well as electronic fuel injection, hydraulic valve lifters, and a spin-on oil filter in 1993. A catalytic converter (colloquially "cat" or "catcon" is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an Internal combustion engine. Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an Internal combustion engine. The front turn signals were located in the bumper instead of the Beetle's traditional placement on top of the front fenders from the mid 1970s on, as they had been on German Beetles sold in Europe of the same time period.

Independent importers continued to supply several major countries, including Germany, France, and the UK until the end of production in 2003. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Devoted fans of the car even discovered a way to circumvent United States safety regulations by placing more recently manufactured Mexican Beetles on the floorpans of earlier, US-registered cars. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The floorpan is a large Sheet metal stamping that often incorporates several smaller welded stampings to form the floor of a large Vehicle and The Mexican Beetle (along with its Brazilian counterpart) was on the US DOT's (Department of Transportation) hot list of gray market imports after 1978 as the vehicle did not meet safety regulations. A U. S. citizen who drives a Mexican Beetle across the US-Mexico border into the US is likely to end up with the vehicle seized by the US government. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution.

In the Southwest United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas) — Mexican Beetles (and some Brazilian T2c Transporters) are a common sight in San Antonio and Houston since Mexican nationals can legally operate the vehicle in the United States, provided the cars remain registered in Mexico. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as Transporter) was the second automotive line introduced by German automaker Volkswagen.

The end of production in Mexico can be attributed primarily to Mexican political measures: the Beetles no longer met emissions standards for Mexico City, in which the ubiquitous Beetles were used as affordable taxicabs; and the government outlawed their use as taxicabs because of rising crime rates, requiring only four-door vehicles be used. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Emission standards are requirements that set specific limits to the amount of Pollutants that can be released into the environment Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico [6]. In addition, Volkswagen (now Germany's largest automaker) has been attempting to cultivate a more upscale, premium brand image, and the humble Beetle, with its US$7000 base price, clashed with this identity, as seen in the Touareg and Phaeton luxury vehicles. The Volkswagen Phaeton (pronounced "fay-ton" is a large luxury sedan manufactured by German car manufacturer Volkswagen. Finally, consumers had begun showing a preference for more modern cars such as the Volkswagen Pointer and Volkswagen Lupo. The Volkswagen Pointer was a Small family car sold by Volkswagen in South America from 1994 to 1997 The Volkswagen Lupo is a City car manufactured by German automaker Volkswagen from 1998 to 2005

Beetles In Australia

From 1953, Volkswagen Beetles were found on Australian roads. Many Australian or "Australasian" Beetles had accessories or modifications made for the Australian road.

There was also an Australian-built vehicle based on the Type 1 known as the Volkswagen Country Buggy. In 1967 Volkswagen Australasia Ltd started with a project vehicle designed for Australia's rough conditions

Beetle customization

See also: Dune buggy

The Beetle is popular with customizers throughout the world, not only because it is cheap and easy to work on, but because its iconic looks can be personalised and the flat four motor is so tunable. A dune buggy is a recreational Vehicle with large Wheels and wide Tires designed for use on sand Dunes or Beaches The design Car tuning is both an industry and a Hobby, in which a car is modified in order to improve its performance and handling and improve the owner's driving style Its very ubiquity makes even subtle changes noticeable.

Exterior

There are many popular Beetle styles, from a 'Cal Looker' to a Rat rod. A Cal looker is any aircooled Volkswagen that has been modified in a style that originated in California in the late 1960s A rat rod is a style of Hot rod or Custom car that in most cases imitates (or exaggerates the early hot rods of the 40s 50s and 60s They vary between themselves, but are very similar in many ways. Also, the California Look has changed during the 30+ years of its lifespan. The most typical way to customise the exterior is to change the wheels and lower the suspension of the car. The favorite wheels are period-style EMPI 5- or 8-spokes, Speedwell BRMs, or Porsche factory rims like Fuchs from the classic 911. Porsche SE or Porsche ( German, ˈpɔɹʃə is a German manufacturer of automobiles which is majority-owned by the Porsche and Piëch One of the original California Look modifications is to replace or remove the bumpers and trim, either to give a cleaner look or to reduce the curb weight; if bumpers are removed, pushbars are common. Curb weight is the total Weight of a Vehicle with standard equipment all necessary operating Consumables (e The stock bumpers are usually chromed or polished, sometimes painted or powder coated. There are many clubs dedicated to 'Cal Look', including the DKP ('Der Kleiner Panzers', or in English, 'The little Tanks') in the USA, which was one of the first clubs dedicated to true 'Cal Look' cars. There are also currently many big 'Cal Look' VW clubs based in Europe, including the DAS (Das Autobahn Scrapers) in Belgium, the DFL (Der Fieser Luftkühlers) in Germany and the JG54 Grünherz (Greenhearts) in the UK.

For a 'Resto Cal' look, a roof rack and similar accessories can be added. There are many other aftermarket parts that can be added to the Beetle, including wing mirrors, chrome wipers, stone guards, mud flaps, and badges. Rear light and front indicator lenses can also be changed.

For a more custom look, smoothing and shaving the body (removing trim and other parts) is done, including door handles, badges and driprails, and replacing taillights and front indicators with smaller, simpler units. Frenching (tunnelling) headlights, frequent in non-VW customs and rods, is not common, but dramatic lowering is, and unusual hood and trunk hinging are commonplace. Another exterior modification that is seen occasionally is for the roof to be chopped and lowered just like other non bettle hot rods and customs, giving a meaner, lower and sleeker appearance.

Interior

Many Beetle owners try to keep their Beetle interior stock. Others will fit a sound system, which usually consists of a head unit and possibly some speakers and a subwoofer (usually mounted in the front of the car). A head unit is a component of a stereo system either in a Vehicle or home cinema system which provides a unified hardware interface for the various components of an electronic A subwoofer is a Woofer, or a complete Loudspeaker dedicated to the reproduction of bass audio frequencies, from perhaps 150 Hz down Aftermarket steering wheels can be added along with auxiliary gauges. For a true race look, the interior can be stripped and a full roll cage installed, along with bucket seats and race harnesses. Roll bar redirects here For the suspension component called a roll bar see Sway bar. A bucket seat is a seat contoured to hold one person distinct from Bench seats which are flat platforms designed to seat multiple people

KitCars

The VW Type 1 chassis, being easily separated from its original body without removal of engine, transmission, or suspension, has provided the basis for countless custom re-bodyings, usually of fiberglass and usually replicating other, less humble vehicles. Mercedes, MG and Porsche replicas are among the popular choices. These "kit cars", although derided by many for their lack of authenticity, provide to their owners a much cheaper, often more-reliable means of enjoying a dream vehicle.

Power

Because most parts of the flat-4 engine other than the crankcase are bolted on, they are easily exchanged with larger or more high-performance items. The standard VW engine has been modified from 1600 cc (the largest factory-produced Type 1 engine) to configurations well over 2400 cc using larger piston/cylinder kits, turbochargers, and other performance-enhancing parts. A variety of other powerplants, including the VW Type 4 (also used in the 914) 2-liter flat four, Chevy Corvair and Porsche 911 flat sixes have been used. History Development By the late 1960s both Volkswagen and Porsche were in need of new models Porsche was looking for a replacement for their entry-level 912 The Chevrolet Corvair was an Automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors from 1959 to 1969 for the 1960&ndash1969 Model The Porsche 911 (pronounced as Nine Eleven, Neunelfer is a Sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany Even the turbocharged flat 4s from Subaru or Alfa Romeo have been used as well. is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries Co Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automaker founded in 1910 Kits for installing Rover V8 engines have also been available. The Rover V8 engine is a compact V8 Internal combustion engine with Aluminium Cylinder heads and Cylinder block, originally These variants tend to be mated to the stronger Type 2 (Bus, Combi) transmission. Dual carb setups are very common on Beetles (especially the 1600 cc dual port engine) as well as EFI. Fuel injection is a system for mixing fuel with air in an Internal combustion engine. Also a wide range of exhaust systems are available. "Stingers" (equal-length, tuned headers with straight pipes or glasspacks) are popular in nearly any type of custom Beetle. A glasspack, sometimes called Cherrybomb (a Genericized trademark of a popular brand of glasspack is a kind of automobile Muffler in which the Exhaust The world record for fastest and quickest four cylinder 1/4 mile drag vehicle is held by a type 1 based engine built and maintained by vwparadise of San Marcos California. Its official run is 6. 60 @ 203. 94 MPH quarter-mile although unofficially the quickest & fastest has been a 6. 53 at 209. 98 MPH. [7]

Beetles in motorsport

Drag racing

The Beetle is widely used in drag racing; its rearward (RR) weight distribution keeps the weight over the rear wheels maximizing grip off the starting line. Drag racing is a competition in which objects compete to be the first to cross a set finish mark usually from a dead stop and in a straight line In Automotive design, a RR, or Rear-engine, Rear-wheel drive layout is one which places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear The car's weight is reduced for a full competition drag beetle, further improving the grip and also the power to weight ratio. Combined with the beetle's RR layout, wheelies can be achieved easily, but time "in the air" worsens 1/4 mile time due to drag. In Vehicle Acrobatics, a wheelie is a trick where the front wheel or wheels come off the ground due to an excessive amount of torque being powered to the rear wheel To prevent this, "wheelie bars" are added.

Formula Vee

The Beetle is also used as the basis for the Formula Vee open-wheel racing category—specifically, the front suspension crossmember assembly (the shock absorber mounts are sometimes removed, depending on regulations in the class), and the engine and transaxle assembly (usually the earlier swing-axle type, not the later double-jointed axle). Formula Vee is a popular single-seater junior motor racing formula, with relatively low-costs in comparison to Formula Ford or Formula BMW. Open-wheel car (Often single-seater car, in UK English describes cars with the wheels outside the car's main body and in most cases one seat A shock absorber in common parlance (or damper in technical use is a mechanical device designed to smooth out or dampen shock impulse and dissipate A transaxle, in the Automotive field is a component that combines the functionality of the '''trans'''mission, the differential and the drive The beetle components are used because of their availability, low cost and durability. The front suspension geometry and rear suspension geometry (almost always used with a z-bar on the rear) lend the cars a benign handling character, ideal for beginners.

Uniroyal Fun Cup

The VW Beetle's chassis is used in the Uniroyal Fun Cup, which includes the longest continuous motor-race in the world, the 25 Hours of Spa. It is an affordable entry-level series that gentleman drivers race.

Rally and Rallyecross

Especially the Austrian sole distributor Porsche Salzburg ( now Porsche Austria) seriously entered the VW in local and European contests in the 60's and early `70s. Starting with the VW 1500 in the mid `60s the peak of their racing performance was achieved with the VW 1302S and VW 1303S ( known as the Salzburg Rally Beetle) from `71 to ´73. The vehicles were entered in such famous races as TAP(Portugal), Austrian Alpine, Elba,Acropolis etc. Drivers were top performers such as Tony Fall(GB), Guenter Janger(AUT),Harry Källström(S),Achim Warmbold(D), Franz Wurz(A)etc. Richard Anthony Fall (1940 &ndash December 1, 2007) was a British Rally driver. Harry "Sputnik" Källström (born June 30, 1939) is a retired Swedish Professional rally driver who debuted in 1957 and Achim Warmbold (born July 17 1941) is a German former rally driver The engines were maxed out 1600's delivering 125hp later on mated to a Porsche 914 5-speed. Victories were achieved in `73 on Elba for overall and class, Acropolis for class ( 5th overall), Austrian championship `72, `73 January Rallye for overall and class. Rally of 1000 minutes for overall 2nd (1st in class) The fuel crisis along with the arrival of the Golf(Rabbit) put an end to the unofficially by VW supported rally days in `74. All vehicles either used for training or actual racing were sold off to privatiers and keep racing with noticeable results until the early `80s.

New Beetle

Main article: Volkswagen New Beetle

At the 1994 North American International Auto Show, Volkswagen unveiled the J Mays-penned "Concept 1", a concept car with futuristic styling deliberately reminiscent of the original Beetle's rounded shape. The Volkswagen New Beetle is a small family car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998 drawing heavy inspiration from the design cues of the original Beetle The North American International Auto Show (previously called the Detroit Auto Show and often abbreviated NAIAS) is an annual Auto show held in J Mays (born October 15, 1954 in Pauls Valley Oklahoma, US) is currently the Group Vice President of Global Design and Chief Creative Officer Strong public reaction convinced the company to move the car into production, and in 1998, 20 years after the last original Beetle was sold in the United States, Volkswagen launched the New Beetle, designed by Mays and Freeman Thomas at the company's California design studio. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Volkswagen New Beetle is a small family car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998 drawing heavy inspiration from the design cues of the original Beetle Freeman Thomas (born August 20 1957 is an Automobile designer active in the 1990s and 2000s California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

New Beetles are manufactured at VW's Puebla, Mexico assembly plant where the last line of factory-built air-cooled Beetles were removed from production.

The New Beetle, with its (water-cooled) engine at the front of the car driving the front wheels, is related to the original only in name, general shape and some styling cues.

In an attempt to stem a trade in grey market imports into the UK, in 1998 VW made available a limited number of New Beetles to those who had signed up to a web campaign a few years earlier. These, officially the first New Beetles in the UK, were available in full UK spec (albeit only in left-hand drive), and started to arrive in the UK in April 1999. Right-hand drive versions arrived at the beginning of 2000, and have sold fairly well. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Phase-out of the original Beetle

By 2003 Beetle annual production had fallen to 30,000 from a peak of 1. 3 million in 1971. On July 30, 2003, the final original VW Beetle (No. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 21,529,464) was produced at Puebla, Mexico, some 65 years after its original launch, and an unprecedented 58-year production run since 1945, the year VW recognizes as the first year of non-Nazi funded production. The city of Puebla, officially Heroic Puebla de Zaragoza (nicknamed Angelópolis) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Puebla. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. VW announced this step in June, citing decreasing demand. The last car was immediately shipped off to the company's museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. In true Mexican fashion, a mariachi band serenaded the last car. MARIACHI, the Mixed Apparatus for Radar Investigation of Cosmic-rays of High Ionization, is an apparatus for the detection of Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR There was also in Mexico an advertising campaign as a goodbye for the Beetle. For example, in one of the ads was a very small parking space on the street, and many big cars tried to park in it, but could not. After a while, a sign appears in that parking space saying: "Es increíble que un auto tan pequeño deje un vacío tan grande" (It is incredible that a car this small leaves such a large void). There were other ads with the same nostalgic tone. ^[18]

• Engine:Fuel injected (Bosch Digifant) 4 Cyl horizontally opposed,1584cc, 50hp,98. 1 Nm(132ft-lb)@2200rpm, 3-way catalytic converter
• Rated fuel milage: 32. 5 US mpg
• Max cruising speed: 130kph(81mph)
• Brakes: front disc, rear drum
• Passengers: Five
• Tank: 40 L (10. 57 gallons)
• Colors: Aquarius blue, Harvestmoon beige.

Alternative uses for VW Beetle engines

Main article: Volkswagen air cooled engine

The aircooled 4-cylinder horizontally opposed cylinder or "flat four" Beetle engines have been used for other purposes as well. The Volkswagen air cooled engine is one of the most widely used and versatile Internal Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the Engine to cool them A flat engine is an Internal combustion engine with pistons that are all relatively horizontal A flat-4 or horizontally-opposed-4 is a Flat engine with four Cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central Especially interesting is its use as an experimental aircraft engine. In generic use an experimental aircraft is an Aircraft that has not yet been fully proven in Flight. This type of Beetle engine deployment started in the sixties. A number of companies still produce aero engines that are VW Beetle engine derivatives: Limbach, Hapi, Revmaster and others. Limbach can refer to several places In Germany: Limbach Baden-Württemberg, in Baden-Württemberg Limbach Bad Kreuznach This article is about the funerary deity For percussion musical instrument by the same name see HAPI drum. Kitplanes or plans, notably the Volksplane, owner-built experimental aircraft were specifically designed to utilise these engines. Also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, homebuilt aircraft are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity The Evans VP-1 Volksplane is an American designed aircraft for amateur construction designed by aeronautical engineer William Evans of La Jolla California

Up until 2001, Beetle engines were also used to run several of the ski lifts at the Thredbo ski resort in NSW, Australia. Thredbo ( is a village and Ski resort in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy River Shire.

In Australian remote opal-mining communities, VW motors are used as air compressors for air-powered equipment. OPAL ( Open Pool Australian Lightwater reactor) is a 20 megawatt pool-type nuclear research reactor that was officially opened in April 2007 A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the Pressure of a Gas by reducing its Volume. Two cylinders on one side are used as a motor while the other side of the head is modified to produce a flow of compressed air. Compressed air The opal fields are very dry and hot, so an air-cooled compressor has an advantage over a liquid cooled one. The Dunn-Right Corporation of Anderson, SC offers a conversion kit.

In Europe, Beetle engines were used to power mobile water-pumps used by the fire-department. These pumps came in the 1950s, and some are still in use today. The rotating Mercedes-Benz emblem atop the Europa-Center in Berlin, Germany, is driven by a Beetle engine. The Europa-Center is a building complex on the Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, notable for its High-rise tower Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Zamboni HD ice resurfacing machine was powered by a LPG-powered Beetle engine. An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle used to clean and smooth the surface of an Ice rink, originally developed by Frank J Liquefied petroleum gas (also called LPG, GPL, LP Gas, or Autogas) is a mixture of Hydrocarbon Gases used as a Fuel Zamboni was the world's leader in LPG conversions for the Beetle engine.

The Amazonas, a Brazilian-built motorcycle manufactured from 1978 to 1990, used a modified 1600-cc Beetle engine and gearbox. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld With a dry weight that could top 350 kg (800 pounds), the Amazonas was billed as the world's biggest (heaviest) production motorcycle. MotorCycle is the title of a 1993 album by Rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. The VW transmission's reverse gear, rare in a two-wheeled vehicle, was a useful feature in such a heavy motorcycle. There was later the Kahena with similar construction.

Many three-wheel motorbikes, known as "trikes", have been built with Beetle engines. A tricycle (often abbreviated to trike) is a three-wheeled vehicle The engines as well as transmission and some suspension components are also commonly used in construction of dune buggies and sandrails. A dune buggy is a recreational Vehicle with large Wheels and wide Tires designed for use on sand Dunes or Beaches The design A sandrail, or sand rail or sandcar or "rail" is a lightweight Motor vehicle specifically built for traveling across sandy terrain

Media references, pop culture

Like its contemporaries, the Mini and the Citroën 2CV, the Beetle has been regarded as something of a "cult" car since its 1960s association with the hippie movement and surf culture; and the obvious attributes of its unique and quirky design. The Montreal Botanical Garden (French Jardin botanique de Montréal) is a large Botanical garden in Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and its successors from 1959 until 2000 The Citroën 2CV ( French: deux chevaux vapeur, literally "two steam Horses quot from the Tax horsepower rating was an Economy car The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world (For example, the Beetle could float on water thanks to its sealed floor pans and overall tight construction. ) Much like their Type 2 counterparts, Beetles were psychedelically painted and considered an art car ancestor. The Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as Transporter) was the second automotive line introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. An art car is a Vehicle that has its appearance modified as an act of personal artistic expression An ancestor is a Parent or ( recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i One of the logos used by the Houston Art Car Klub incorporated a Beetle with a cowboy hat.

The Beetle has made numerous appearances in Hollywood films, most notably The Love Bug comedy series (Disney) from 1968 to 2005, starring as "Herbie", a pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 Beetle—racing number 53. The Love Bug was the first (and most successful in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions that starred a white Volkswagen racing Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established Herbie (born 1963 in Wolfsburg, Germany) is a fictional character an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, which is featured in several Disney

The Arrival (1996, science fiction) featured a few Mexican Beetles in the film (in one scene Charlie Sheen's character hides in the notoriously cramped trunk of a Beetle). The Arrival is a 1996 Science fiction film directed by David Twohy and starring Charlie Sheen, and co-staring Lindsay Crouse Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3 1965 better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor In Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973), a Volkswagen is still able to start after having been abandoned in a cave for 200 years. Sleeper ( 1973) is a futuristic Science fiction Comedy Film, written by directed by and starring Woody Allen. ("They really built these things, didn't they?") In the comedy hit What's Up, Doc? (1972), Ryan O'Neal's and Barbra Streisand's characters, after a climactic car chase, end up floating in San Francisco Bay in their Beetle (see note on construction, previous paragraph). What's Up Doc? is a Screwball comedy from 1972, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal Ryan O'Neal (born Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal; April 20 1941 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress

In all but one instance of the cartoon show The Real Ghostbusters the Ghostbusters secretary Janine Melnitz owned a Beetle convertible. This article is about the animated spin-off of the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Janine Melnitz is a Fictional character in the Ghostbusters series First seen as a red car in the second season episode "Beneath These Streets" it became pink in all future appearances. The Kenner made toy line for the show also included a licensed yellow Beetle convertible that transformed into a ghost. This article is about the toy company For the city see Kenner Louisiana. The Toy was called the "Highway Haunter" and seated 2 figures and came with a removable "engine" in the rear that had a ghost designed on the opposite side.

Also made famous is the Autobot Bumblebee, a canary yellow Beetle in the toy, comic and cartoon line The Transformers. The Autobot, a faction of Sentient Robots from the planet Cybertron are the main Protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, Bumblebee is the name of several Fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. This page is a master list of the assorted Animated television series based on the Transformers toyline. The Throttlebot, Legends and Generation 2 toy line versions of Bumblebee also transformed from robot to VW Beetle, though the Throttlebot-type was called Goldbug as it was a golden 1975 Super Beetle. The Throttlebots were Transformers toys released in 1987. The Throttlebots a sub-group of the Autobots, consisted of six toys that could transform "Generation 2" redirects here See Generation2 for the sword replica manufacturer Goldbug is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. (Note, too, that the G2 toy was painted anodized gold in color. ) In other countries, 'Bumblebee the Beetle' has been released in various colors. For the 2007 Transformers film director Michael Bay decided that Bumblebee would not become a Beetle to avoid comparisons with Herbie,^[19] nevertheless the Beetle made a cameo appearance in the live-action movie next to the Autobot's new form the Chevrolet Camaro. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Transformers is a 2007 Live-action Film adaptation of the ''Transformers'' franchise, directed by Michael Bay and Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American Film director and producer. The Chevrolet Camaro is a " Pony car " made in North America by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors.

During the early 1970s, the Beetle was used for advertisements where graphic art ads were decaled on newly-sold Volkswagens. A marketing consultant (Charlie E. Bird) in the Los Angeles area came up with the "Beetleboard" concept. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Both standard and Super Beetles were used, until the original Beetle ceased production in Europe in 1978. This trend was resurrected after the New Beetle entered production. The Volkswagen New Beetle is a small family car introduced by Volkswagen in 1998 drawing heavy inspiration from the design cues of the original Beetle ^[20]

The Volkswagen Beetle has built a large fan base among off-road types in the form of the Baja Bug. The term Baja Bug generally refers to a Volkswagen Beetle modified to operate on sand dunes and beaches although other versions of Air-cooled Volkswagens are sometimes Today, there are many online clubs and communities that keep Beetle aficionadoes on touch.

Even the sighting of a Volkswagen Beetle is cause for violent fun in the car-sighting game known as "Slug-Bug" or Punch Buggy. Punch buggy (also called punch bug or slug bug) is a Car game generally played by young children in which participants hit each other upon sight of a

The Beetle is also one of the most commonly reproduced cars as a toy or model of all sizes. Hot Wheels and Matchbox produced many near stock and outrageously styled and customized drag racing and modified dune buggy beetles. MycarsJPG|thumb|right|250px|Some 2008 models the Audi R8, the Porsche Carrera GT, the Mitsubishi Eclipse, and the Dodge Challenger Matchbox is a Die cast toy brand currently owned by Mattel, Inc Most manufacturers of toy cars have included a Beetle in their line at one time or another.

A Beetle appears on the cover of The Beatles' iconic album Abbey Road. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Abbey Road is the eleventh official album released by The Beatles. The Volkswagen Beetle parked next to the zebra crossing belonged to one of the people living in the apartment across from the recording studio. After the album came out, the number plate was stolen repeatedly from the car. In 1986, the car was sold at an auction for $23,000 and is currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Wolfsburg, Germany.

In the book series "The Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher, the lead character Harry Dresden drives a pieced together VW Bug named the "Blue Beetle. The Dresden Files is a series of Fantasy / mystery novels written by Jim Butcher. Jim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. "

The famous "Think Small" Beetle ad campaign of the early 1960s is referenced in Mad Men as a potential threat to traditional advertising. Mad Men is an American Television drama series created by Matthew Weiner.

The Fremont Troll sculpture, under a bridge in Fremont, Washington has an actual VW Beetle clutched in his hand. The Troll, also known as the Fremont Troll or the Troll Under the Bridge, is a piece of whimsical Public art in the Fremont neighborhood

In the 1968 movie comedy Bye Bye Braverman and the 1964 novel upon which it is based, To an Early Grave, a cramped Beetle is used as the vehicle by a quartet of Jewish literary intellectuals traveling from Greenwich Village to Brooklyn to attend the funeral of a deceased member of their circle, and its Nazi heritage is repeatedly a subject of discussion. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bye Bye Braverman is a 1968 American Comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ An intellectual (from the adjective meaning "involving thought and reason" is a person who tries to use his or her Intelligence and analytical thinking, Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.

In 2008, Volkswagen launched a series of commercials set to a talk show theme with a black Beetle named Max (speaking with a German accent) as the show's host. Featured guests included supermodel Heidi Klum, basketball coach Bob Knight, Napster creator Shawn Fanning, former Space Shuttle commander Richard A. Searfoss and actor David Hasselhoff. Heidi Klum (ˈklʊm born June 1 1973 is a German model, actress TV presenter, Fashion designer, Television producer and occasional singer Robert Montgomery (Bob or Bobby Knight (born October 25 1940 in Massillon Ohio) also known as "The General" is an American former college Napster was an online music file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning while he was attending Northeastern University in Boston and operating Shawn "Napster" Fanning (born November 22, 1980, Brockton Massachusetts) is a Computer programmer. NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Richard Alan Searfoss (born June 5, 1956) is a retired United States Air Force Colonel, NASA Astronaut and David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952) is an American Actor and Singer, who is best known for his lead roles on Knight Another one was used to introduce the Volkswagen Tiguan crossover vehicle. Volkswagen Tiguan is a compact Crossover SUV built by the German Automaker Volkswagen, based on the A5 (PQ35 platform

The many names of the Type 1

The VW Beetle is known under many names in many countries, usually local renderings of the word "beetle". Among these are:

• Жук (Zhuk) Bug also in Russia (Former Soviet Union)
• Volkswagen Sedan
• Volkswagen Bug
• Coccinelle (ladybird) or Kever in Belgium
• "Vocho" or "Vochito" in Mexico
• "Fusca" in Brazil
• Escarabajo in Argentina
• Peta ("turtle") in Bolivia
• Folcika in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha that means Little Fusca) in Brazil
• Косτенурка (Kostenurka) (meaning turtle) or Бръмбар (Brambar) (meaning bug) in Bulgaria
• Weevil in Canada
• Escarabat (means "beetle") in Catalan
• Moncho in Chile
• Jiǎ Ké Chóng (甲壳虫) (means "beetle") in China
• Cucarron (Scarab), Escarabajo or “Pichirilo” in Colombia. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America.
• Buba in Croatia
• Brouk in Czech Republic
• Boblen (the bubble) in Denmark
• Cepillo ("Brush") in Dominican Republic
• Escarabajo or Pichirilo in Ecuador
• خنفسة - Pronounced khon-fesa (Beetle in Arabic) in Egypt
• Põrnikas (means "beetle") in Estonia
• Kuplavolkkari (kupla meaning bubble) in Finland
• Coccinelle (ladybug) in France
• Буба in the Republic of Macedonia
• Jin-guei che (金龜車) in Taiwan
• Käfer in Germany
• Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle) or Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab) in Greece
• Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Republic of Macedonia (Република REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest
• Coccinelle (ladybug) in Haiti
• Bogár (meaning "bug") in Hungary. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
• Cucarachita (little cockroach) in Honduras. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America.
• Bjalla in Iceland
• Kodok (frog) in Indonesia
• Folex Iran
• Agroga عكروكة (froggy) in Iraq
• חיפושית ("Hipushit," beetle) or Bimba in Israel
• Maggiolino (beetle) or the unofficial name of Maggiolone (can indicate Super Beetle) in Italy
• Kabuto-mushi (カブトムシ） (means "drone beetle") in Japan
• Kifuu in Kenya
• Vabole in Latvia
• Vabalas in Lithuania
• Kura (turtle) in Malaysia
• Sedán, Pulguita (little flea), Vocho or Vochito (sometimes spelled "bocho/bochito") in México
• Scoro-Scoro in Namibia
• Bhyagute Car in Nepal literally: "Frog Car". Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Japanese horned beetle, or, Trypoxylus dichotomus, is a species of Rhinoceros beetle found in Japan, Korea For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Mexico State or State of Mexico (often abbreviated to " Edomex " from Estado de México in Spanish) is a state in the Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa on the Atlantic coast Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia.
• Kever in the Netherlands
• Catch Fire in Nigeria
• Boble (bubble) in Norway
• Foxi or”Foxy” in Pakistan
• Escarabajo ("beetle") or Fusca in Paraguay
• "Pendong", kotseng kuba (literally, 'hunchback car') /"pagong" (turtle),"Ba-o", turtle in Cebuano dialect "Boks" in the Philippines
• Garbus (literally, 'Hunchback') in Poland
• Carocha in Portugal
• Volky in Puerto Rico
• Broasca / Broscuţă (little frog/froggy) or Buburuza (ladybird) in Romania
• Фольксваген-жук in Russia
• Буба or Buba in Serbia
• Volla - Pronounced Folla in South Africa
• Chrobák in Slovakia
• Hrošč in Slovenia
• Escarabajo ("beetle") in Spain and Latin America
• Volks / Beetle/ ibba (turtule) in Sri Lanka
• Mgongo wa Chura” (Frog Back) or Mwendo wa Kobe” (Tortoise Speed) in Swahili
• Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle) or bubbla (bubble) in Sweden
• Kobe in Tanzania
• รถเต่า - Pronounced Rod Tao (turtle car) in Thai
• Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or "vosvos" in Turkey. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Swahili (called Kiswahili in the language itself is the First language of the Swahili people (Waswahili who inhabit several large stretches "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya Thai (th ภาษาไทย, transcription: phasa thai, transliteration:; pʰāːsǎːtʰāj is the national and Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches
• Escarabajo in Venezuela. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
• con bo in Vietnam
• Bhamba datya in Shona - Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe
• Poncho
• Popoy
• Punchbug
• wizard

References

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 2008-02-29. The Volkswagen Beetle, officially known as the type 1 and originally called ‘Käfer’ is an Economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours

See also

• Volksrod
• Cal Look
• Steyr 50 The Austrian version

External links

• Volkswagen Beetle at the Open Directory Project
• Clube Volkswagen Beetle (Fusca, Carocha)
• Bugardi Bugs
• VolksRide
• The Samba
• SuperBeetles
• FUSCA CLUB ABC - SAO PAULO - BRAZIL
• Volkswagen Club of America
• Vintage Volkswagen Club of America
• Klub ljubitelja buba - Sarajevo
• Air-Cooled Beetles & more
• Vintage VW Owners Club - UK
• Vintage VW Owners Club Peru - PE
• History of VW manufacturing in Ireland

Volksrods are modified Volkswagen beetles. They are used as an alternative to traditional Hot rods and are quickly growing in popularity A Cal looker is any aircooled Volkswagen that has been modified in a style that originated in California in the late 1960s The Steyr 50 is a small car released in 1936 by the Austrian automobile manufacturer Steyr. The Open Directory Project ( ODP) also known as dmoz (from directory

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