Volkswagen Beetle History : From Hitler to hippy

The design of this car is the most recognizable and beloved by people around the world. As you may have guessed, this is the Volkswagen Beetle. And everyone at least once, sitting in this car, can confirm that the beetle has a unique aroma of automotive oil, plastic ...

1. Meet a Beetle!

2. Car for the people. As is known, Volkswagen translates as "the car for the people." Although initially, the car had the name "KdF-Wagen", as the prefix KdF - an abbreviation for "Kraft durch Freude", which means "The Power of Joy" - officially authorized organization for the rest of the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler had ordered a Porsche car in late 1930 in order to stimulate the German economy, as well as to cause a new wave of advances in engineering, which would help the Nazis to create a war machine. Only after the Second World War, this machine has become known as the "Beetle" in the world. In the photo: Hitler admiringly looks at a new model of Volkswagen, Ferdinand Porsche and the designer shows that the car engine is behind.

3. Laying corner stone. Hitler and the Nazi ranks higher celebrate laying the foundation of a factory near Fallersleben Volkswagen Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1938.

4. A gift to Hitler's birthday. Ferdinand Porsche (left, in dark suit) is a new design gig VW Adolf Hitler to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the birth of Hitler, Berlin, Germany, 1939.

5. Postwar Beetle. New Volkswagen drives past the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

6. Body for the "Beetle". Production of "Zhukov", 1960.

7. "Bugs" out of production. VWs go out clearly a high-tech assembly line.

8. Ideal forms. "Beetles" ready for export at a factory in Wolfsburg.

9. Familiar spaces. Cab "Beetle" with its clean and elegant metallic touches, large and small wheel, as well as the emblem of elegance to lock in Wolfsburg, are hallmarks for the millions of owners of Volkswagen.

10. Convertible. Elegance throughout, with the same inherent "Zhuk" charm.

11. Works of art.

12. Favorite car of hippies. By the end of the 1960 Beetle (as well as from the Volkswagen minivan) became the choice of number 1 among the subcultures. In the photo: "Beetle" is sent to the festival at Woodstock, 1969.

13. Picnic near the "Beetle". Friends sat near the "Beetle" on the road to Woodstock.

14. Participants of the festival at Woodstock rest on his car.

15. Forged "Beetle". Beetle looks great next to the house in Daytona Beach, Florida.

16. Beetle wins Nepal. The owner of "Beetle" from Nepal Satendra Siddhi Barayasha poses for a photo with their favorite car in Kathmandu. Barayasha, a wholesale grocer, first fell in love with the classic design of this car when I saw a tourist traveling on an unusual car in 1970. Nepal is a destination for thousands of travelers and hippies who came to Kathmandu from Istanbul through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many of them came specifically to "beetles." Upon their arrival, most selling their vehicles wealthy residents to fund further travels, purchase of drugs, the acquisition of antiquities, or the trip home.

17. "Beetles" in Bangladesh. Family shows the victory sign before the start of the Volkswagen Rally in the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh.

18. Brazilian Beetle. Beetle, painted in national colors of Brazil, riding along the beach of Copacabana, after Brazil won the World Cup in 2002.

19. Chair for the people. The model shows a chair made from the hood "Beetle".

20. Hungry Herbie. Herbie, the Volkswagen humanoid, the protagonist of several Disney movies, scary young woman at an auto show in Berlin.

21. Beetle hatred. Beetle with a scratch on him racist slogans during a march for Civil Rights in Alabama, shows that not all owners of "Zhukov" were peace-loving people in the 1960's.

22. The leader of the strikes. Members of the union held a strike Belgium in Brussels, protesting against unemployment, led by "Zhuk", on the roof of which was a speaker.

23. Wet Beetle. Beetle moves a mountain stream on the way from Cusco to Ayacucho in Peru.

24. National Beetle Brazil. Beetle down the hill along the building of the National Congress of Brazil (the architect Oscar Niemeyer, 1961), Brazil.

25. Virtual tour of Queen Beatrix on the "Beetle". Queen Beatrix of Holland during the virtual trip to Mexico in the "Beetle" in the Dutch Architecture Institute in Rotterdam.

26. Adios! Auf Wiedersehen! Musicians accompany the very last Beetle after he stepped off the production line at the VW factory in Puebla, July 30, 2003. Volkswagen ceased production of "Zhukov" after selling more than 21 million of these cars since their launch into production in 1938.

We'll see soon New Volkswagen Beetle Convertible - First illustration

Having presented the new generation VW Beetle, later this year will see and open version.
Market it will be next year, as a model of 2013. Most likely, the premiere open Beetle will be in Frankfurt in the autumn.

Now is still the current version of the Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet hit the market in 2003, only five years after the onset of the cabin. But then convertible became quite popular and obviously that the people of Wolfsburg this time to take stronger action to put the new convertible only about a year later by car.

The car will have a soft folding top, which will be removed and replaced automatically and quite quickly. Where will be folded behind the rear seats and will not take up much space. The standard will enter and heated rear window. Overall open Beetle will repeat the technical design and interior.

With the convertible will be offered only two engines, both gasoline will be. The first will be a five-cylinder and 170 hp power, the second is four, but turbine and power 201 hp The engines will be combined with manual and automatic transmissions, both with 6 degrees.

Published a first edition leftlanenews.com computer images of the open Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet, which show you.

Kylie Minogue on ads for the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Commercial Video

Volkswagen chose singer Kylie Minogue for the first advertisement of the Golf Cabriolet. Enjoy the summer telling us Minogue with Volkswagen to announce a contest inviting fans to give the best summer wish. The most inspiring win a trip a week in Cannes on the French Riviera testing the Golf Cabriolet.

Let me remind you that the production of the Golf Gabriolet has begun in the factory of Osnabruck and the Open Golf features electro-hydraulic soft top opens in 9.5 seconds, even moving at 30 kph, and can carry 4 passengers. Engines are available with 4 TSI and 1 TDI engine performance from 105 up to 210 hp. The diesel is the performance 1600aris TDI 105 bhp, which thanks to technology BlueMotion needs 4.4 liters per 100 kilometers from both side box is a 6-speed manual and the two versions 6 and 7-speed automatic DSG.

Official: New Volkswagen Beetle 2012 3 review video

Once in less than an hour the first leaked photos of the new Beetle, Volkswagen has provided all the details of the Beetle in 2012. The new Beetle design follows the same classic design of previous generations, featuring LED lights, which are quite reminiscent of the Porsche 911. Everything else they do to us indicates that this is a classic VW.

new beetle has grown in length by 15.2 centimeters wide by 8.4 inches, while height has been lowered by 1.2 cm (4.278 mm length, 1.808 mm width, 1.486 mm height, 2.537 mm wheelbase. O luggage space is at 310 liters . The owners can buy rims with 19 "system Keyless entry, panoramic roof, and Bi-Xenon LED lights. Inside the new Beetle will be available in three trim levels Beetle, Design and Sport. offers better quality materials and stand by the three institutions in the middle of the dashboard.

2012 VW Beetle Photos - New edition of the retro gets sporty look

The historical model was one of the first world car at all. No wonder that in the VW Beetle-grandchildren parallel Shanghai, New York and Berlin presents. The successor of the New Beetle is only Beetle would eventually "New New Beetle" also sound strange. The new edition will be based in future optically close to the historic original.

The new Beetle is longer with 4.28 meters by 15 centimeters than its predecessor. The level declined slightly to 1.49 meters while the width increased to 1.81 meters. The gauges and the wheelbase has been increased. Beetle front is the result of parting from the dome roof has become a bit flat, the interior height drops slightly to 1.04 meters. Back to itself, however, revealed by the longer roof section of a much better sense of space. Simultaneously, the trunk grows from 209 to 310 liters, the seatbacks can be folded down.

The 200-horsepower Beetle runs a maximum of 225 km / h, while the 105 PS TSI is only 5.5 liters of fuel used. More economical, the two TDI with 105 PS and 140. Here, the small machine, including BlueMotion technology measures only 4.3 liters of diesel consumed per 100 kilometers. In Europe, from October to November 2011 Beetle comes on the market, prices VW has not yet announced. They began to date at around 17,500 €.

Electric VW Caddy begins to held tests - Caddy will be released 2012

In Hanover soon begin testing the commercial vehicle's electric VW e-Caddy. A prototype model will be used in a daily routine to assess the prospects for electric vehicles as commercial vehicles.

VW e-Caddy is able to pass on a fully charged battery is 110 km and has a capacity of its cargo bay is 4.2 m ³, and load capacity - up to 500 kg.

Restyling version VW Caddy current generation was introduced in the past Guodong exhibition of commercial vehicles in Hanover. In February this year Russia began selling the car. Wheel-drive version of Caddy will be released on market until the end of 2011

VW Caddy van will release to the racing track - 2012 Vw Caddy Race Car

At the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, UK Volkswagen is presented the racing version of the new generation Caddy van. In his first competition, which will take place within the VW Cup at Oulton Park track in the UK, the car will take part on April 25.

Next Generation 2012 Volkswagen Beetle will be presented on April 18

The new Volkswagen Beetle can be seen behind a screen on the Oprah show last November but the people at VW announced today that it will be presented officially on April 18. The car will be presented simultaneously at a special event in Berlin, the report of Shanghai and the report of New York. To achieve greater exposure may, VW announced it will collaborate with MTV where promotaroun the new Beetle The Black Eyed Peas in New York and Berlin.

The car retains the same design philosophy, has dual exhaust tailpipes and rests on 19 wheels. There have been dramatic - for the better - change is inside, having used better quality materials, space for passengers grew and installed the new RNS entertainment company

Two weeks of patience to see the New Beetle with sales to America to start this autumn in Europe and will be available later.

New Volkswagen Beetle 2012 : presentation in New York and Shanghai

The new Volkswagen models are endlessly unfold. After the Passat, Tiguan restyled Golf Cabriolet Eos Restyled and others, the German automaker will now tackle the replacement of the New Beetle with a new version, we've caught several times without makeup.

After a glimpse at the last Super Bowl on American television, will unveil its new Volkswagen Beetle in the context of two major auto shows next month. The car will be first presented in China at the Shanghai Motor Show from April 19, alongside many other firsts such as the BMW M5 or Audi Q3.

From 22 April, the car is also found on the Volkswagen stand in the lounge of New York. Remains whether the name "New Beetle" will be held in Europe. United States, it should continue to be called simply "Beetle".

VW Bulli: Bus legend returns in miniature and Microbus - Details

The new edition of the legendary VW bus with a length of 3.99 meters 30 centimeters shorter than the model from the 1950s. The width is 1.75 m, height 1.70 meters. Striking are the relatively large width of the vehicle track widths of 1.50 meters respectively. As once the Samba-Bus, also takes presented in Geneva Bulli, a two-tone painting, in this case white and red horizontal interpreted the narrow twin headlights with an L-shaped LED daytime running lights and the "inverted" as L mounted LED turn signals. The middle of the 18-inch alloy wheels is a stylized, chrome hubcap.

In contrast to the former Bulli is new, of course not driven by a Beetle engine. This task is performed by a 85 kilowatt electric motor. He is from the state a maximum torque of 270 Newton meters available. Behind the skirts hidden in the sandwich floor lithium-ion battery in the 1450 kg heavy Bulli. It stores 40 kilowatt hours of energy, which should last for 300 miles. At a special "power pump" is intended to charge the owner of the Bulli in less than an hour. Via a rotary switch of the forward and the reverse gear is selected, a button in the switch, the engine is started. In 11.5 seconds, the new Bulli accelerates to 100, with 140 km / h electronically limited. VW points out that even conventional gasoline and diesel direct injection engines are part of the concept. This engine would between one and 1.4 liters in question.

In the center console of the Bulli a removable Apple iPad serves as a multifunctional touch screen. This can be controlled hands-free and the navigation system. Integrated into the iPad bracket are the controls of the air conditioner and the hazard warning switch. In front of the driver, the speedometer as a semi-circle with a multi-function display that is communicated via the iPad. In terms of sound provides a system of legendary U.S. guitar manufacturer Fender amp and for rich sound.

Volkswagen Multivan Edition 25 and BlueMotion with interior

The Volkswagen in Geneva announced two new versions of the Multivan. This is the Edition 25 version and the version BlueMotion. Specifically, the Multivan Edition 25 has been built to celebrate the birthday of the Model 25G. It has a matte black roof, black handle, black matte decorations in the front bumper stickers and black rims 18 ". It is only available in 3 colors (white, red and silver) with the chassis and torsion have improved.

On the other hand, the Volkswagen Multivan BlueMotion time the 2.0 liter TDI engine performance 114 horsepower and 250 Nm torque thanks to technology BlueMotion (energy recovery system during braking, tires and low friction system Start / Stop) consumes 6.4 l/100 km and emits 169 g / km CO2.