There are tens of
thousands of factory modifications to the Beetle throughout its 50-year-plus
production raise,and the author includes no over an abridged production history
of the automobile,bothfor the interest of the newcomer to the Beetle,and as a
guide to those readers who obtain a specific year and model of the automobile.The
following applies to UK imported cars:cars sold on different Volkswagen export
markets could differ in several respects. There are tens of thousands of
factory modifications to the Beetle throughout its 50-year-plus production
raise,and the author includes no over an abridged production history of the
automobile,bothfor the interest of the newcomer to the Beetle,and as a guide to
those readers who obtain a specific year and model of the automobile.The
following applies to UK imported cars:cars sold on different Volkswagen export
markets could differ in several respects. one Beetle survived within the
wreckage of the factory.The British Army personnel sent to the plant knew that
the occupying forces were desperate for immediate and low value motorised
transport,and they painted it in military colors,demonstrated it to the
military Government and were rewarded with an order for twenty,000 vehicles.A
production target of one,000 cars a month was set-for a factory that failed to
even have a roof-and through a mix of labor,innovative use of military and
different on the market resources,and suffering (the fist winter's product
materialized below a brief tarpaulin roof),the 1,000th post-war Beetle was made
in March of 1946.
Popular Posts
-
Image Copyright Volkswagen Group Before it even hit showroom floors in spring 1998, Volkswagen's New Beetle had do-it-yourself enthusia... -
The Beetle has to be the most DIY enthusiast-friendly car of all, because engine removal can be accomplished more quickly and easily than wi... -
This becomes necessary usually on cars which have been left standing in long wet grass for some years, or cars which have suffered heavy fro...