This airticle is aboot the Volkswagen Beetle. For the 1997-2011 caur, see Volkswagen New Beetle. For the 2011 caur, see Volkswagen Beetle (A5).
The Volkswagen Beetle, offeecially the Volkswagen Type 1, or informally the Volkswagen Bug, is an economy caur manufactured an mercatit bi German automaker Volkswagen (VW) frae 1938 till 2003.[7]
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| Volkswagen Type 1 |
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 Early 1966 Volkswagen Beetle |
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| Manufacturer | Volkswagen |
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| Cried an aw | "Beetle",[1] "Super Beetle",[2] Käfer[3] "Bug", "Superbug" [4] an ither elk-names |
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| Production | 1938–2003: 21,529,464 built (of which 15,444,858 in Germany, incl. 330,251 Cabriolets,[5] and ≈ 3,350,000 in Brazil) |
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| Assembly | Wolfsburg, Hanover, Emden, Ingolstadt, Osnabrück, Germany, Melbourne, Australie, Brussels, Belgium, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Jakarta, Indonesie, Dublin, Ireland, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, Auckland, New Zealand, Lagos, Nigerie, Manila, Philippines, Uitenhage, Sooth Africae, Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, SFR Yugoslavie, Valencia, Venezuela[6] |
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| Cless | Subcompact, economy caur |
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| Body style | 2-door saloon
2-door convertible |
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| Layoot | RR layoot |
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| Powertrain |
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| Ingine | 1.1 L H4; 1.2 L H4; 1.3 L H4; 1.5 L H4; 1.6 L H4 |
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| Transmission | 4-speed manual transaxle, 4-spd semi-automatic, Saxomat (frae 1961), 3-spd semi-automatic, Autostick (1967–76) |
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| Successor | Volkswagen Group A platform
(Golf/Jetta/New Beetle) |
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The need for this kynd o caur, an its functional objectives, wur formulatit bi Adolf Hitler, leader o Nazi Germany, wishin for a cheap, simple caur tae be mass-produced for the new road netwirk o his kintra. He contractit Porsche in 1934 tae design an build it tae his exactin staundarts.[8] Ferdinand Porsche an his team teuk till 1938 tae feenalise the design.[8] This is ane o the first rear-ingined caurs. Wi ower 21 million manufactured (21,529,464) in a air-ceuled, rear-ingined, rear-wheel drive configuration, the Beetle is the langest-runnin an maist-manufactured caur o a single design platform, warldwide.
