Volkswagen Beetle
| Volkswagen Type 1 | |
|---|---|
 Early 1966 Volkswagen Beetle | |
| Owerview | |
| Manufacturer | Volkswagen |
| Cried an aw | "Beetle",[1] "Super Beetle",[2] Käfer[3] "Bug", "Superbug" [4] an ither elk-names |
| Production | 1938–2003: 21,529,464 built (of which 15,444,858 in Germany, incl. 330,251 Cabriolets,[5] and ≈ 3,350,000 in Brazil) |
| Assembly | Wolfsburg, Hanover, Emden, Ingolstadt, Osnabrück, Germany, Melbourne, Australie, Brussels, Belgium, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Jakarta, Indonesie, Dublin, Ireland, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Auckland, New Zealand, Lagos, Nigerie, Manila, Philippines, Uitenhage, Sooth Africae, Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, SFR Yugoslavie, Valencia, Venezuela[6] |
| Bouk an chassis | |
| Cless | Subcompact, economy caur |
| Body style | 2-door saloon 2-door convertible |
| Layoot | RR layoot |
| Powertrain | |
| Ingine | 1.1 L H4; 1.2 L H4; 1.3 L H4; 1.5 L H4; 1.6 L H4 |
| Transmission | 4-speed manual transaxle, 4-spd semi-automatic, Saxomat (frae 1961), 3-spd semi-automatic, Autostick (1967–76) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Volkswagen Group A platform (Golf/Jetta/New Beetle) |
The Volkswagen Beetle, offeecially the Volkswagen Type 1, or informally the Volkswagen Bug, is an economy caur manufactured an mercatit bi German automaker Volkswagen (VW) frae 1938 till 2003.[7]
The need for this kynd o caur, an its functional objectives, wur formulatit bi Adolf Hitler, leader o Nazi Germany, wishin for a cheap, simple caur tae be mass-produced for the new road netwirk o his kintra. He contractit Porsche in 1934 tae design an build it tae his exactin staundarts.[8] Ferdinand Porsche an his team teuk till 1938 tae feenalise the design.[8] This is ane o the first rear-ingined caurs. Wi ower 21 million manufactured (21,529,464) in a air-ceuled, rear-ingined, rear-wheel drive configuration, the Beetle is the langest-runnin an maist-manufactured caur o a single design platform, warldwide.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Full line". The samba (brochure). Canada. 1970. Retrieved 1 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "Super Beetle Sedan and Convertible". The samba (sales brochure). US. 1971. Retrieved 1 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "Super Beetle". The samba (brochure) (in German). 1973. Retrieved 3 Juin 2011.
- ↑ "Australian Volkswagens", www.clubvw.org.au Retrieved on 26 February 2014
- ↑ Oswald, Werner (2003). Deutsche Autos 1945–1990, Band 3. Stuttgart: Motorbuch. p. 39. ISBN 3-613-02116-1.
- ↑ "1973 Volkswagen Super Escarabajo (VE)". Dkarros. Archived frae the original on 10 Julie 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ Scott Faragher (2005). Porsche The Ultimate Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Every Porsche Ever Built. Krause Publications. p. 7. ISBN 0-87349-720-1.
- ↑ a b Jonathan Wood (2003). The Volkswagen Beetle. Osprey Publishing. pp. 3–5. ISBN 978-0-7478-0565-6.
- Sources
Further readin
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Hiott, Andrea, Thinking Small: The Long Strange Trip. New York: Random House, 2012.
- Nelson, Walter Henry, Small Wonder: The Amazing Story of the Volkswagen, Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.
- Rieger, Bernhard, The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle. Harvard University Press, 2013.
External links
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- Volkswagen Beetle at Curlie
- The Beetle: From Hitler to Hippies Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine: slideshow by Life magazine
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