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vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 ·

#643836
hi, i know you lot are familiar with the beetle, but what do other country's call the beetle? if you know add a post!

australia, punch buggy.
germany, kafer, (beetle)
france, coccinelle, (beetle)
iran, ragaa, (turtle)
korea, classic beetle.
uk, usa, bug. beetle.
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#643873
aust nsw bloody mongral thing mostly
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#643884
also start you bastard
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modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#643982
Wikipedia

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The VW Beetle is known under many names in many countries, usually local renderings of the word "beetle". Among these are:

Volkswagen Sedan
Volkswagen Bug
Coccinelle (ladybird) or Kever in Belgium
"Vocho" or "Vochito" in Mexico
Escarabajo in Argentina
Peta ("turtle") in Bolivia
Folcika in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sedan, then Fusca (popularly, Fusquinha that means Little Fusca) in Brazil
Косτенурка (Kostenurka) (meaning turtle) or Бръмбар (Brambar) (meaning bug) in Bulgaria
Weevil in Canada
Escarabat (means "beetle") in Catalan
Moncho in Chile
Jiǎ Ké Chóng (甲壳&#34411😉 (means "beetle") in China
Cucarron (Scarab), Escarabajo or “Pichirilo” in Colombia.
Buba in Croatia
Brouk in Czech Republic
Boblen (the bubble) in Denmark
Cepillo ("Brush") in Dominican Republic
Escarabajo or Pichirilo in Ecuador
خنفسة - Pronounced khon-fesa (Beetle in Arabic) in Egypt
Põrnikas (means "beetle") in Estonia
Kuplavolkkari (kupla meaning bubble) in Finland
Coccinelle (ladybug) in France
Буба in the Republic of Macedonia
Jin-guei che (金龜&#36554😉 in Taiwan
Käfer in Germany
Σκαθάρι (Scathari meaning beetle) or Σκαραβαίος (Scaraveos meaning Scarab) in Greece
Cucaracha or Cucarachita (Cockroach or little cockroach) in Guatemala.
Coccinelle (ladybug) in Haiti
Bogár (meaning "bug") in Hungary.
Cucarachita (little cockroach) in Honduras.
Bjalla in Iceland
Kodok (frog) in Indonesia and Malaysia
Folex Iran
Agroga عكروكة (froggy) in Iraq
חיפושית ("Hipushit," beetle) or Bimba in Israel
Maggiolino (beetle) or the unofficial name of Maggiolone (can indicate Super Beetle) in Italy
Kabuto-mushi (カブトムシ) (means "drone beetle") in Japan
Kifuu in Kenya
Vabole in Latvia
Vabalas in Lithuania
Kura (turtle) in Malaysia
Sedán, Pulguita (little flea), Vocho or Vochito (sometimes spelled "bocho/bochito") in México
Scoro-Scoro in Namibia
Bhyagute Car in Nepal literally: "Frog Car".
Kever in the Netherlands
Catch Fire in Nigeria
Boble (bubble) in Norway
Foxi or”Foxy” in Pakistan
Escarabajo ("beetle") or Fusca in Paraguay
"Pendong", kotseng kuba (literally, 'hunchback car') /"pagong" (turtle),"Ba-o", turtle in Cebuano dialect "Boks" in the Philippines
Garbus (literally, 'Hunchback') in Poland
Carocha in Portugal
Volky in Puerto Rico
Broasca / Broscuţă (little frog/froggy) or Buburuza (ladybird) in Romania
Фольксваген-жук in Russia
Буба or Buba in Serbia
Volla - Pronounced Folla in South Africa
Chrobák in Slovakia
Hrošč in Slovenia
Escarabajo ("beetle") in Spain and Latin America
Volks / Beetle/ ibba (turtule) in Sri Lanka
Mgongo wa Chura” (Frog Back) or Mwendo wa Kobe” (Tortoise Speed) in Swahili
Bagge (short for skalbagge, beetle) or bubbla (bubble) in Sweden
Kobe in Tanzania
รถเต่า - Pronounced Rod Tao (turtle car) in Thai
Kaplumbağa or tosbağa (meaning turtle) or "vosvos" in Turkey.
Escarabajo in Venezuela.
con bo in Vietnam
Bhamba datya in Shona - Datya is frog in the vernacular from Zimbabwe
Poncho
Popoy
Punchbug
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hth
Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.au

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#644015
who has far to much spare time let me guess
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#644095
Australia : Beetle - Superbug - Buggy - L beetle -

many years ago it was Krautwagen by people who didn't like VWS.. also Hitlers revenge...
both terms I don't like....

US Canada: Beetle - Super beetle - 1302 1303 -
May beetle - June beetle - jeans beetle -special editions..

only official "Beetle" badge ever used was on the UK
GT Beetle ..

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

74 minx Commited Dubber

54 posts · joined Feb 2008 ·

#644336
my partner told me they used to be called kdfwagens.
i call my lil beast LOLA