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Matt
02-11-2004, 10:34 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #1


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Matt
02-11-2004, 10:36 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #2

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:37 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #3

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:39 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #4

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:40 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #5

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:42 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #6

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:44 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #7

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:45 AM
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Matt
02-11-2004, 10:46 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #9

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:48 AM
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Matt
02-11-2004, 10:52 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #11

Matt
02-11-2004, 10:53 AM
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Matt
02-11-2004, 11:04 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #13

Matt
02-11-2004, 11:13 AM
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Matt
02-11-2004, 11:15 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #15

Matt
02-11-2004, 11:26 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #16

Matt
02-11-2004, 11:27 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #17

Matt
02-11-2004, 11:30 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #18

Matt
02-11-2004, 11:33 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #19

Matt
02-11-2004, 11:44 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #20

McLareN
04-18-2005, 02:13 PM
Volkswagen Nascar Herbie Beetle

PBB
02-07-2006, 03:33 PM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #22
Resolution: 3000x1909

Piacki_117
02-07-2006, 03:38 PM
a pic I took in Italy

Revo
06-18-2006, 01:07 PM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #24

Few revealing shots :)

CJ_007
07-15-2006, 11:09 PM
Film car from latest Herbie movie

2005 NY Auto Show

bitoy
12-08-2006, 11:56 PM
arguably the most practical car in the world. has cult following.

Ferrer
03-17-2007, 02:21 PM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #25

cabdriver
03-19-2007, 03:38 AM
thanks for the flashbacks, mine were such neat cars. always wanted to put a porsche engine in it Ohh if I only win the lottery.... those were the days...

Delmaster
06-04-2007, 10:17 AM
"Bretzel-Fenster" & "Ovali"

drakkie
08-20-2007, 12:44 PM
Taken at the Volkswagen Museum Wolfsburg, Germany.

#1: A promotion vehicle used to promote the disney movie Herbie.
#2: Mexican built Beetle with stamps all over it.
#3: The specially modified Beetle that crossed the Strait of Messina twice ('64 and '84). It is specially modified to not sink and stall.
#4: Last Beetle Cabriolet built by the German coachbuilder Karman.
#5: One of the first Beetles built, it was not yet named Beetle (Käfer in German), but Kraft durch Freude Wagen (Power by joy car). This particular model was made in 1943 in very bad manufacturing conditions. There was barely enough food for the workers to live from. Making this one even more special is that it was the 10.00th Volkswagen produced. A 1100 cc 25 HP engine propelled it to a stunning 100 km/h !

drakkie
08-20-2007, 01:31 PM
#1: This car was the very first Beetle produced after the Second World War.
#2: The very last ever produced Beetle, built in Mexico in 2003.
#3 & #4: Two of the first protoypes built before the war. These was used for testing purposes. Apologies for bad quality.

Duell
08-20-2007, 05:18 PM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #29

first picture shows Ferdinand Porsche at the wheel of the second beetle prototype (V2 1935).

drakkie
08-21-2007, 02:20 AM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle #29

first picture shows Ferdinand Porsche at the wheel of the second beetle prototype (V2 1935).

Actually that is not a Beetle, I think.

I saw a similar looking model with a hard roof, that was the very first prototype. As soon as I get the rights to post a thread here, I will post pictures.

The Volkswagen started out it's life as a NSU (Typ 32). When for some reason it was cancelled, the DKW factories would build it, but later the NSDAP decided it was to be a new factory.

I am not sure, but I assume this is also a NSU prototype. Perhaps someone with a little more detailed knowledge can tell us more about it ?

Ferrer
12-02-2009, 04:34 PM
Classic Volkswagen Beetle brochure #30

Ferrer
12-02-2009, 04:36 PM
Classic Volkswagen brochure #31

NSXType-R
06-15-2016, 06:16 PM
Bump, in case anyone wanted a smaller Beetle...

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