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THE CLASSICS! The Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle is surely the dream car of my mom. She absolutely loves this vintage car and dreams about owning it one day. She believes that children are supposed to fulfill their parent's dream. A Volkswagen Beetle soon coming her way ( sarcasm in the air).




The Volkswagen Beetle – officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in Germany the Käfer (German, "beetle") and in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug – is a two-door, four passenger, rear-engine economy car manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. 

The need for this kind of car, and its functional objectives, was formulated by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, simple car to be mass-produced for his country's new road network. Hitler contracted Ferdinand Porsche in 1934 to design and build it. Porsche and his team took until 1938 to finalise the design. The influence on Porsche's design of other contemporary cars, such as the Tatra V570 and the work of Josef Ganz remains a subject of dispute. The result was one of the first rear-engined cars since the Brass Era. With 21,529,464 produced, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured carof a single platform ever made.

Over view:
ManufacturerVolkswagen
Also called"Beetle"[1] / "Super Beetle"[2]
"Bug" / "Superbug"[3]
"Käfer"[4]
"Type 1"
"1302"[5]
Production1938–2003: 21,529,464 built
(15,444,858 in Germany,
incl. 330,251 Cabriolets)[6]
(≈ 3,350,000 in Brazil)
AssemblyGermany: Wolfsburg
Germany: Hanover
Germany: Emden
Germany: Ingolstadt
Germany: Osnabrück
Australia: Melbourne
Belgium: Brussels
Brazil: São Bernardo do Campo
Finland: Heinola[7]
Indonesia: Jakarta
Ireland: Dublin
Malaysia: Shah Alam[8]
Mexico: Puebla
New Zealand: Auckland
Nigeria: Lagos
Philippines: Manila
South Africa: Uitenhage
Venezuela: Valencia[9]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
Body and chassis
ClassSubcompact, economy car
Body style
LayoutRR layout
Powertrain
Engine
  • 1100 cc H4
  • 1200 cc H4
  • 1300 cc H4
  • 1500 cc H4
  • 1600 cc H4
Transmission
  • 4-speed manual transaxle
  • 4-speed semi-automatic, Saxomat(from 1961)
  • 3-speed semi-automatic, Autostick(1967–76)
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,400 mm (94.5 in)
Length4,079 mm (160.6 in)
Width1,539 mm (60.6 in)
Curb weight800–840 kg (1,760–1,850 lb)[10]
Chronology
Successor

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