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vw beetle called what ? where??

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vwjon ·

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.

greedy53 ·

aust nsw bloody mongral thing mostly

barls ·

also start you bastard

modulus ·

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

Special Air Service ·

dakdak
krautwagon

greedy53 ·

who has far to much spare time let me guess

68AutoBug ·

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

vw54 ·

I call mine a Volkswagen

74 minx ·

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