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Volkswagen Beetle
Filed Under Cars, Top Cars, Volkswagen
Being created by the German auto-manufacturer Volkswagen (VW), the Volkswagen Beetle is actually an economy vehicle. The name “beetle” is derived from the German word “Käfer” which means ‘beetle’ and which was the car’s original name. It was in August, 1967 that the Volkswagen Company started addressing this model as “Beetle” in the advertising materials in America.
However, in Britain, the Volkswagen Corporation never officially mentioned the name “Beetle”. It was mostly known as the “Type I”. Moreover, in Europe, the car was marketed by numbers that signified its engine size in cu. cm, such as the 1600, the 1500, the 1300, the 1200, and the 1100.
The Volkswagen Type I eventually became the reference point of both American automobile generations – subcompact cars such as the Ford Pinto and the Chevrolet Vega, and compact cars like the Chevrolet Corvair. The car has secured a fourth position in the World’s Most Influential Car of the 20th Century awards that had an international polling system.
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