| Volkswagen is cited as one of the premiere | | | | Europe. The number signifying a particular Beetle |
| automobile brands in the international platform. Perhaps | | | | model denoted the engine size of the car in terms of |
| the most famous model of car coming out of its | | | | cubic centimeters. |
| garage has been the Beetle. In the circuit of automobile | | | | During the year 1998, several years after Volkswagen |
| manufacturing the Beetle is still considered as, arguably, | | | | stopped the production of the lovable original Beetle, |
| the most completed small car. | | | | Volkswagen presented the world with the New Beetle |
| It was introduced to the world a year before the | | | | which had a close resemblance to the original model in |
| beginning of the First World War in 1938 (many say | | | | terms of outer design. An exhaustive poll conducted |
| this particular point adds to some extent to its historic | | | | internationally placed the Beetle as the 4th most |
| significance). It was called Volkswagen Type 1. An air | | | | influential car of the 20th century. Among the |
| cooled engine at the rear complemented by the | | | | variegated models of the Beetles across a period of |
| special RR layout was used in it. The Beetle was a | | | | nearly 65 years, (Volkswagen officially discontinued its |
| path breaking car as it was a near perfect example of | | | | production in 2003) a good number of critics opine that |
| an economy car and was the primary source of | | | | the Volkswagen Beetle introduced in the year 1967 |
| inspiration for a wide range of compact cars in the | | | | was arguably the most classic model. |
| American domestic market. The success of the | | | | The 1967 Beetle had a 1500 cc engine with feature of |
| Beetle was factored by some prominent features like | | | | 40 kilowatts horsepower at the rate of 4200 rpm. It |
| the top class quality of its built and the advertising | | | | possessed a bore and a stroke of dimensions 83 mm |
| strategies. It had a length of about 13 feet. | | | | and 69 mm respectively. The transmission was a |
| The Beetle had Kafer as its original name, a | | | | typical 4 speed manual with a compact wheelbase of |
| synonymous German word for its English name. Post | | | | 2400 mm. It weighed approximately 840 kilograms and |
| August in the year 1967, the company of Volkswagen | | | | had an official top speed of 130 km/hour. The unique |
| marketed materials in America under this specific | | | | design of the Beetle caught the attention of millions of |
| name. In case of the UK, the Volkswagen Corporation | | | | people of different age groups all across the Western |
| never took into account the name beetle, but | | | | countries and continued its successful run through |
| promoted the various makes of the brand under | | | | decades. It continued to remain an 'eye candy' for |
| different model names such as Type 1, 1300 or 1600. It | | | | several folks in terms of style, design, service and the |
| followed the same tactic elsewhere in the continent of | | | | intensity of craze it garnered. |