The Volkswagen Beetle is the most iconic vehicles of all time built by world best motor engineer Ferdinand Porsche..It was the best selling car before the japan took the world's motoring market. Here are some facts about the legendary VW Beetle
* Bela Barenyi, an 18 year old Hungarian student, submitted a chassis
design for a “Volkswagen” in 1925 and is recognised as designing the
basic VW Beetle.
* Ferdinand Porsche, an Austrian automotive engineer, created the
Volkswagen Beetle after receiving a contract from Hitler in 1934 for
prototypes.
* The Beetle’s air-cooled flat 4 engine was designed by Franz Reimspeiss not Ferdinand Porsche.
* “Volkswagen” means the people's car
*The Beetle was the first car ever to sell over 20 million units and remained the most built Volkswagen ever until 2002
* The original Beetle was built for 65 years, from 1938 to 2003, and is the longest produced vehicle in history.
* The Beetle with its bolt-on parts and simple engine make this car one of
the easiest and most common cars to be modified. Being converted into
everything from a rolling turtle to a 1930’s hot rod.
* The VW beetle has featured in many films from The Shining to James Bond’s Quantum of Solace,
* Jose Mujica, a former Uraguayan president dubbed ‘the world’s poorest
president’ drove a 1987 VW Beetle, it made up his entire expenses for
that year.
The Beetle really is a fantastic car for everyone...
