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| - In fact, the beetle was almost lost to the world because the molds and equipment used to make the car survived the war only by chance. Here's where the real kitch factor comes in. American hippies in the 1960s fell in love with the car because of its unusual look and its relative affordability, particularly if the car was brought overseas because of the exchange rate at the time. The end result was that leftists (and sometimes even Jews) ended up driving a car that was a direct product of Nazi Germany. This irony is the very epitome of kitch.
- The Volkswagen Beetle (also known as Type 1 or VW Bug) is a rear-engined economy car from Volkswagen which was produced from 1938 to 2003. The Beetle was powered by a Flat-4 engine with displacement of 1.1L to 1.6L and was initially available with a 4-speed Manual transmission. It was replaced by a 4-speed Auto-clutch Manual in 1961 and by a 3-speed Auto-clutch Manual in 1967. The Beetle was designed in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche and Zündapp as "the people's car". Over 21 million units were sold thanks to its affordability and reliability. The last Beetle was assembled in Puebla, Mexico.
- The Volkswagen Beetle, officially called the Volkswagen Type 1 (or informally the Volkswagen Bug), is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. With over 21 million manufactured in an air-cooled, rear-engined, rear-wheel drive configuration, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single design platform, worldwide. In a 1999 international poll for the world's most influential car of the 20th century, the Type 1 came fourth, after the Ford Model T, the Mini, and the Citroën DS.
- Aceleración Velocidad Máxima Transmisión Peso El Volkswagen Beetle es un auto económico con motor trasero de Volkswagen que fue producido desde 1938 hasta 2003. El escarabajo estaba propulsado por un motor Flat-4 con desplazamiento de 1.1L a 1.6L y estaba inicialmente disponible con una de 4 velocidades manual transmisión. Fue sustituido por un Manual-Auto embrague de 4 velocidades en 1961 y por un Manual-Auto embrague de 3 velocidades en 1967.
- While living in New York City in 1965, Kathy Marchant owned an orange Beetle. (PROSE: Salvation) The Sixth Doctor and Melanie Bush once hired a green convertible Volkswagen Beetle from Bertie's Rent-A-Bug in Australia. Some time later Mel was surprised to find that, instead of returning the car as he'd promised, the Doctor had kept it aboard his TARDIS. Furthermore, he had replaced the car's collapsible roof with one the same colours as his trousers and added a green sunstrip across the windscreen which read "The Doc" on the driver's side and "Companion of the Moment" on the passenger's side. Mel chided the Doctor for his dishonesty and talked him into at least repaying Bertie's for the cost of the car. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)
- Volkswagen Beetle was a type of car, powered by an internal combustion engine, produced on Earth by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen in the 20th century for civilian purposes. An example of this vehicle was in 1986 seen making a left turn onto Columbus Avenue from Kearny Street. This was a convertible with a personalized license plate. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) By 2268, the Volkswagen Beetle was also recreated on the planet Ekos, as was shown in a publicly broadcast newsreel. (TOS: "Patterns of Force" )
- Although designed in the 1930s, the Beetle was only produced in significant numbers from 1945 onwards, when the model was internally designated the Volkswagen Type 1, and marketed simply as the "Volkswagen". Later models were designated VW 1200, 1300, 1500, 1302 or 1303, the former three indicating engine displacement and the latter two being derived from the type number and not indicative of engine capacity. The model became widely known in its home country as the Käfer (German for "beetle") and was later marketed as such in Germany, and as the Volkswagen Beetle in other countries.
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