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History of the Beetle

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64vwmark · 1 Oct 2006, 1:33 am

I found an interesting article on the history of the Volkswagen (or KdFWagen)

http://autos.aol.com/article/general/v2/_a/original-beetle/20060407194709990001

Volkswagenboy · 1 Oct 2006, 10:59 am

Always brings a tear to my eye reading that.
😢
-Staggers.

shaihulud · 1 Oct 2006, 12:38 pm

Thank you Mark Mark. That was s very enjoyable read. Richard.

Proud_Dad · 1 Oct 2006, 2:06 pm

good read, only thing is i'm pretty sure i read somewhere that VW made good on the stamp deals during the war. delivering some beetles to people who had "bought" it. It was Ford that pulled out of the war time deals.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

Robo · 5 Oct 2006, 7:08 am

I would like to know that myself
Rob...

64vwmark · 5 Oct 2006, 11:28 pm

shaihulud wrote:Thank you Mark Mark. That was s very enjoyable read. Richard.

That's ok Richard. I thought it would be good to post that here as you don't see too many acticles on VW's in the early days.

Proud_Dad · 6 Oct 2006, 6:50 pm

from wikipediia..

"Volkswagen honored its savings agreements after World War II; Ford, which had a similar "coupon" savings system, reportedly did not."