* Nickname for various models of the Volkswagen Beetle automobile

They are or were used in: the Volkswagen Beetle, some Porsche and Subaru cars, many BMW and Honda motorcycles, and aircraft engines ( for propeller driven aircraft ), etc.

* 1972 – Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T.

The Volkswagen Beetle was an icon of West German reconstruction.

The Volkswagen Beetle was an icon of West German reconstruction.

* 2003 – In Mexico, the last ' old style ' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.

* 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden.

In 1950, the Volkswagen Type 2 adapted a bus-shaped body to the compact Volkswagen Beetle.

National Lampoons fake Volkswagen Beetle print advertisement mocking Ted Kennedy's Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick incident | Chappaquiddick incident.

This resulted in the Volkswagen Beetle, one of the most successful car designs of all time.

During World War II, Volkswagen production turned to the military version of the Volkswagen Beetle, the Kübelwagen, 52, 000 produced, and Schwimmwagen, 14, 000 produced.

Porsche commissioned a Zuffenhausen-based company, Reutter Karosserie, which had previously collaborated with the firm on Volkswagen Beetle prototypes, to produce the 356's steel body.

1952 Porsche 356 K / 9-1 Prototype In post-war Germany, parts were generally in short supply, so the 356 automobile used components from the Volkswagen Beetle, including its internal combustion engine, transmission, and suspension.

The company has always had a close relationship with, initially, the Volkswagen ( VW ) marque, and later, the Volkswagen Group ( which also owns Audi AG ), because the first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.

Like its cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle ( which Ferdinand Porsche Senior had designed ), the 356 was a four-cylinder, air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car utilizing unitized pan and body construction.

It has three cars in the top 10 list of best-selling cars of all time compiled by the website 24 / 7 Wall St: the Volkswagen Golf, the Volkswagen Beetle, and the Volkswagen Passat.

January 17: Volkswagen Beetle | Beetle in U. S.

* February 17 – Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15, 007, 034th Beetle is produced.

On some occasions, new gag cartoons have been created for book publication, as was the case with Think Small, a 1967 promotional book distributed as a giveaway by Volkswagen dealers.

Auto Union came under Daimler-Benz ownership in 1957, and was then purchased by the Volkswagen Group in 1964.

KdF was also responsible for the creation of the original Volkswagen (" People's Car "), a state-manufactured automobile that was meant to be cheap enough to allow all German citizens to be able to own one.

Four-wheel drive was also introduced to minivans in North America with the Toyota Van Wagon 4WD and the Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro.

Several members of the Porsche board objected ; their official objection was because they wanted Porsche AG to maintain some separation from Volkswagen.

Ferdinand lost his position as Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen, and Ivan Hirst, a British Army Major, was put in charge of the factory.

Ferdinand Porsche's grandson, Ferdinand Piëch, was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002.

The two companies collaborated in 1969 to make the VW-Porsche 914 and 914-6, whereby the 914-6 had a Porsche engine, and the 914 had a Volkswagen engine, in 1976 with the Porsche 912E ( USA only ) and the Porsche 924, which used many Audi components, and was built at Audi's Neckarsulm factory.

In late 2005, Porsche took an 18. 65 % stake in the Volkswagen Group, further cementing their relationship, and preventing a takeover of Volkswagen Group, which was rumoured at the time.

In October 2008, Porsche announced its intent to raise its stake in Volkswagen AG to 75 % during 2009, and on 7 January 2009, Porsche's holding in VW AG was raised to 50. 76 %.

At the time, Volkswagen lacked an internal research and design division, and Porsche was doing the bulk of the company's development work, per a deal that went back to the 1950s ; in keeping with this history, Porsche was contracted to develop a new sporting vehicle with the caveat that this vehicle must work with an existing VW / Audi I4 engine.

The 1973 oil crisis, a series of automobile-related regulatory changes enacted during the 1970s and a change of directors at Volkswagen made the case for a Volkswagen sports car less striking and the 425 project was put on hold.

Once in production, the 912E was powered by an 86 bhp 2. 0 L Volkswagen air-cooled engine, refined with a new Bosch L-Jetronic ( Air Flow Controlled ) fuel injection system.

While the 356's body was an original design by Porsche employee Erwin Komenda, its mechanicals ( including engine, suspension and chassis ) were derived from the Volkswagen.

The first 356 was road certified in Austria on June 8, 1948, and used many Volkswagen parts for manufacturing economy.

Volkswagen was chosen by the Czech government on December 9, 1990 and, as a result on March 28, 1991 a joint-venture partnership agreement with Volkswagen took place, marked by the transfer of a 30 % share to the Volkswagen Group on April 16, 1991.

The second stream goes beyond the sentimental sound and encompasses a range of modifications from a complete engine swap to a thorough upgrade on the traction of Trabant, leaving only the body to hide a modern powerful car underneath ( e. g. the Sascha Fiss ' Volkswagen Lupo GTI ).

Some speakers therefore shorten the name " double u " into " dub " only ; for example, University of Washington, University of Wyoming and University of Western Australia are all known colloquially as " U Dub ", and the automobile company Volkswagen, abbreviated VW, is sometimes pronounced " V-Dub ".

The automotive company Volkswagen was the only foreign corporate member of LIFE, dispatching a researcher for a duration of three years.

Although it was only fractionally longer than the contemporary Volkswagen Beetle, Time said the length of its hood over the front-mounted engine made " the difference seem considerably more ", adding that the car " resembles a sawed-off station wagon, with a long, low hood and swept-up rear, and is faintly reminiscent of the original Studebaker Avanti.

He initially came to Springfield an eager, idealistic, guitar-playing, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia-driving young man in the seventies, only to become cynical and disillusioned about his flock and ministry, mostly due to Ned Flanders, who constantly pesters him with religious non-emergencies such as " coveting his own wife " or sometimes non-religious non-emergencies such as thinking he " swallowed a toothpick.

Although designed in the 1930s, the Beetle was only produced in significant numbers from 1945 on, when the model was internally designated the Volkswagen Type 1, and marketed simply as the " Volkswagen ".

Volkswagen made only two of these air-cooled boxer diesel engines ( not turbocharged ), and installed one engine in a Type 1 and another in a Type 2.

Citroën probably gained former VW customers as the only other " retro alternative " economy car style of vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle, was withdrawn from the European market in 1978, ( special order only from Mexico in the 1980s ), when it ceased production in West Germany.

The original model that produced just and had a top speed of only ( even the fastest of the later models struggled to ) was unsuited to the expanding post-war US freeway network, and was never widely accepted in North America, unlike the Volkswagen Beetle, which was designed with Autobahns in mind and could reach speeds of over 115 km / h ( and later versions were faster still ).

The only exception from this organization is the Allerpark ( Aller Park ), a local recreation area surrounding the Allersee lake, and the area of the Volkswagen factory which are both located in the central city area.

The saloon / sedan version, again called Volkswagen Jetta in most markets and assembled in Germany, South Africa, as well as Mexico ( In Mexico this car is named Bora, in Europe it is now again named Jetta, as well ), followed in 2004, a new Golf Variant inThe name is drawn not from the g the only variant, as the notchback version of the GTI can also be had in the GLI version.

Many other turbo-charged cars, particularly where the aesthetics of the car are not to be compromised by unattractive top mount scoops, such as the Toyota Supra ( JZA80 only ), Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo, Nissan Silvia ( S13 / 14 / 14a / 15 ), Nissan 180sx, Mitsubishi 3000gt, Saab 900, Volkswagen, Fiat Multipla, Audi TT, and Turbo Mitsubishi Eclipse use side-mounted air-to-air intercoolers ( SMIC ), which are mounted in the front corner of the bumper or in front of one of the wheels.

In the opening credits ( only ) of seasons three and four, Smart drives a light blue Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, as Volkswagen became a sponsor of the show.

It was used in the " 3L " versions ( from its diminutive fuel consumption of only ) of the Audi A2 and the Volkswagen Lupo.

; D3 or 3: This mode is found in Honda, Acura, Volkswagen and Pontiac four-speed automatics and only uses the first three gear ratios.

The Volkswagen Rabbit Sportruck and Subaru Brat were the Rampage's only real competition.

The initial SEAT León ( Volkswagen Group Typ 1M ), launched in 1999, available only as hatchback, and the related saloon version was known as the SEAT Toledo.

A range of Turbocharged Direct Injection ( TDI ) diesel engines was available, including a version of Volkswagen Group's 1. 9 TDI engine, originally sold as a " Cupra 4 TDI ", with 4WD, that was sold for one year only, and only in certain countries, then passed to " Evolution " series, then " Top Sport ", and later rebranded as the " FR " (' Formula Racing ').

The Maestro was now not only behind the all conquering Ford Escort and Vauxhall Astra ( which first outsold it in 1985 ) in the sales charts, but also behind some foreign competitors including the Volkswagen Golf and Peugeot 309.