Volkswagen Kübelwagen A Volkswagen Kübelwagen was a car produced on Earth for the German military by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen during World War II . " In an alternate timeline , Captain Jonathan Archer of encountered in 1944 a Kübelwagen belonging to the Wehrmacht ( as indicated by its license plate " WH - 52552 " , but driven by an SS soldier nevertheless ) which escorted the Ford Model 51 truck in which Archer was transported as a prisoner , along with a BMW R75 motorcycle that brought up the rear . All vehicles were damaged when American Resistance fighters ambushed the small convoy , and killed their German occupants . " ( ) " A second Kübelwagen was a short time later seen driving through Brooklyn , New York City streets twice , the neighborhood in which Archer was hiding after his escape from the prisoner convoy . This , or yet another Kübelwagen was with the German search party that discovered the crash - landed in which the Suliban Silik had escaped the " Enterprise " . " ( ) By 2268 , the Volkswagen Kübelwagen was also recreated on the planet Ekos , and one of these was parked outside the Ekosian Chancellery . ( ) In 2374 , the Hirogen gained control over the and utilized its holodeck for the creation of their hunting simulations . One of the scenarios they chose was set in the French World War II - era village of Sainte Claire , occupied by Germans . In order to be as historical correct as possible , they also recreated period vehicles as backdrop for their simulation , including a Kübelwagen , as could be seen on one of the overhead bridge monitor station viewscreen s . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The Ekosian Chancellery scene with the Kübelwagen was filmed on in front of the redecorated offices of Paramount Pictures , including the building where Lucille Ball held office , running neighboring Desilu Studios . During filming , daily routine at , and in the offices continued unabated . ( " " , p . 191 ) For the " Storm Front " two - part episode , the search party scene was filmed on Monday in Griffith Park , along with the other forest scenes featured in , wheres the entire ambush scene was filmed Thursday on the Sable Ranch grounds in Canyon Country , north of Los Angeles . The New York City scenes , obviously utilizing the same Kübelwagen ( part of the license plate was legible in the search party scene ) , were shot later that day and on Friday on the Paramount Pictures " New York Street " backlot standing set . Only seen on the bridge viewscreen , the in " The Killing Game ' " featured Kübelwagen was obviously not filmed on the " Little Europe " standing backlot set of Universal Studios , where the rest of the Sainte Claire simulation took place , but rather on the " New York Street " backlot set of either Universal or Paramount Pictures . However , it is highly unlikely that the scene was actually shot for the episode , as the costs of renting lot and vehicles for what was essentially a throw - away shot , would constitute a flippant use of the strictly regulated television budget . Considering that the comments of the watching Hirogen and Ensign Harry Kim did not correspond with what was actually seen on the screens either , indicated that this clipping stemmed from an as of yet unidentified other television , or movie production . One of the more prolific German military vehicles , 66 , 000 units ( together with its amphibious sibling ) were produced during the war , many of them surviving the war to end up in museums or private collections , including the ones featured in the " Star Trek " episodes . Actually , the Kübelwagen ( which translates as " bucket car " ) was the militarized version of the Volkswagen Beetle ( also seen on Ekos ) , which had begun production in 1938 , but whose production was suspended with the outbreak of war – some of the relatively few produced ones appropriated for officer use in the war . Almost seamlessly , the Kübelwagen reverted back to its civilian role after the war , and the Beetle became one of the most successful vehicles in automotive history . As if to underscore the success of the Kübelwagen , it reinvented itself in the form of the military in 1968 . While perhaps not as powerful , the Kübelwagen was every bit as versatile and rugged as its American counterpart was , the Jeep , also featured in " The Killing Game , Part II " .