The Volkswagen Type 1, widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Volkswagen Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. With over 21 million manufactured in an air-cooled, rear-engined, rear-wheel drive configuration, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured automobile of a single design platform anywhere in the world.
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Everyone knows that the car was Adolf Hitler's pet project, meant to be affordable, practical transport for Germans, just as Henry Ford's Model T had been for Americans. What I didn't know (though I'm sur ...
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The newly redesigned Volkswagen Beetle relies on nostalgia for much of its appeal, so what better way is there to promote the new Beetle Convertible than with special editions that honor the car’s formative yea ...
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has been taken to hospital following a collision between a patrol vehicle and another car. The crash involving a green Volkswagen Beetle and a police car happened in Aberdeen's King Street at the junction with University Road at about 8.45am. The ...
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A policeman has been taken to hospital following a collision between a patrol vehicle and another car. The crash involving a green Volkswagen Beetle and a police car happened in Aberdeen's King Street at the junction with Universit ...
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24 May 2012 Last updated at 07:09 ET An investigation has been launched after a Grampian Police car was involved in a collision while responding to an emergency. The accident happened on King Street, near the University of Aberdeen, at about ...
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DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - Once upon a time, travelers fresh off their planes at DIA would meet friends and families "by the fountain." Not anymore. These days, it's "meet me by the bug." The fountain, which never quite wor ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Ingrassia spoke to a packed audience Wednesday evening at the Stanford Automotive Innovation Facility on the subject of his new book, “Engines of Change,” which provides “a cultural history that ...
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We’ve gone through three major auto shows this year where the Volkswagen Beetle Convertible was supposed to make its debut – the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, 2012 New York Auto Show and the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. Well, it never happened. New reports now sug ...
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The world’s largest animals have been hiding something. The bodies of the giant rorqual whales—including the blue, fin and humpback—have been regularly displayed in museums, filmed by documentary makers, and harpooned by hunters ...
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