In the 1933 Berlin motor show, the German government announced a new program for the realization of a popular Volkswagen mobile car in German, entrusting Ferdinand Porsche with work on similar projects, in 1931 the type 12 financed by the Zündapp company and in 1933 at time 32 together with LS1
Starting in 1934 Porsche built several prototypes called vw30 all had a 4-cylinder rear engine with air cooling the transmission was 4-speed and independent suspensions on all 4 wheels, The body presented the typical shape that then became the distinctive image
In 1937 the company was constituted for the preparation of the popular German mobile car that later became known as
Volkswagen Gmbh the following year began the construction of a FACTORY
The Volkswagen Beetle is, without doubt, one of the models with a more extensive commercial history. This was manufactured in Germany in 1973. Incredible as it may seem, the Volkswagen Beetle was manufactured in Mexico, in the city of Puebla
As a result of the beginning of the Second World War, few units and versions modified for military use were built using a UNIT engine with a displacement of 25 hp.
After the war, the manufacture of the car became known as Volkswagen Type 1, the City also changed its name
In 1946 1000 units were produced per month and in 1949 a convertible version was presented. During the following decade the production increased rapidly and in 1955 it took the unit number one Million
Since then production plants were established in Brazil, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Belgium
During the 60s the beetle as it became known became an object of worship and was associated with the hippie movement receiving all kinds of decoration, all over the world club owners were born and fan even stole the starring role of herbie in the disney movie series
Production continued to grow and on February 17, 1972 broke the record exceeding fifteen million units
But it did not stop and the beetle was the first car to reach 20 million manufactured copies
in 1970 a new version was presented that, although it retained the characteristic shape, presented some bulges more pronounced in the lines of the front bonnet and motor, its name was serious 1202
On January 19, 1978 production of the beetle in Germany was stopped but it remained in Mexico and Brazil
the convertible version however was built for export to the United States until January 10, 1980
when the assembly line stopped after three hundred thirty-one thousand 847 units
in 2003 the annual output still dropped to thirty thousand from a peak of one million three hundred thousand in 1971
was in Mexico the last place where the beetle was manufactured the last batch of three thousand units was called the last edition and was sold as a model 2004, the production was officially discontinued on July 30, 2003 and then 65 years ago. original release was produced produced in total twenty-one million five hundred twenty-nine thousand four hundred sixty-four units, The last beetle the best-selling car in the history of a single design had a preferential destination the museum Volkswagen Wolfsburg Germany
And so ended the era of one of the most important cars in the world BEST recognized as the BEETLE!