Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Beetle is an economy car that was produced by Volkswagen between 1938 and 2003. It featured a rear-engine design with a two-door bodystyle that can seat five passengers (four in some countries). The Beetle is longest-running and best selling car on a single platform of all time, with 21,529,464 models sold.
Designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the 1930s, it wasn't until the end of the following decade that the Beetle would be mass produced. The car was then given the official name, the Volkswagen Type 1, and marketed simply as the Volkswagen. Later models would be designated Volkswagen 1200, 1300, 1500, 1302, or 1303. The Beetle was sold as the Käfer in its native Germany, Coccinelle in France and Quebec, Escarabajo in Spain, Maggiolino in Italy, and Kever in the Netherlands. 
The Beetle was succeeded by the Volkswagen Golf in 1974, but the former continued production in Germany until 1978. Production of the Beetle was then shifted to Brazil and Mexico where it was discontinued in 1996 and 2003 respectively. In 1997, Volkswagen introduced the spritual successor of the original Beetle, dubbed the New Beetle.
==Cars==
*Volkswagen Beetle 1100 Standard (Type-11) '49
*Volkswagen 1200 '66
==External Links==
*VW Beetle on Wikipedia
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