EOC Week 10-Volkswagen

The Volkswagen was very different from any other car in its time. It focused more on the simplicities of the car than the details. These are some facts about Volkswagen.
The idea for the Beetle came from Adolph Hitler, who while in prison in 1924 following the unsuccessful putsch on the Federal German capital. Hitler conceived of an idea to solve Germany's unemployment problem, the Government would build special roads (autobahns) for motor vehicles. He would also mass-produce a car ( the peoples car, the Volkswagen ) which the average man in the street would be able to buy. Nine years later ( February 1933 ) the Nazi party swept to power, and at the very first cabinet meeting Hitler raised the issue of the special roads. Work began on these roads in September 1933. The Design's for the Volkswagen were not finalized until 1933 and the Volkswagen finally saw the light of day in 1939, unfortunately the Second World War ceased production of the Volkswagen
The Beetle has been modified, by it's owners, so many ways that there is not enough room to show them all. The colors of the Beetle are as the colors of the rainbow. This little car has a devoted following from all over the world.

Ferdinand Porshce is the designer of the Volkswagen Beetle, which was originally called Kafer. Kafer is the German word for Beetle. When the project was originally launched, Hitler referred to it as the KdF-Wagen. KdF stands for Kraft durch Freude, which means 'Strength Through Joy'. Then it became known as the Volkswagen Type 1. Finally it was known as the lovable Volkswagen Beetle.
Between 1938 to 2003 there were 21,529,464 Beetles produced.
In 1945 the Volkswagen factory was dismantled and shipped to Britain. No British car manufacturers showed interest in the production of the Beetle, but the factory was put to use manufacturing the car for the British military. By 1946 the factory was well on it's way to mass production once again. It surpassed it's one millionth car by 1955.
In Small Wonder, Walter Henry Nelson wrote about the Beetle;
In the 1950's the rear window of Volkwagen Beetle went through two radical changes. The small oval two piece rear window was first replaced by a single oval rear window, in 1953. A larger full width rear window replaced the smaller single oval window in 1957.
In the 1960's Volkswagen Beetle sales took off. The witty ad campaigns and the reputation of the Beetle's reliability and sturdiness helped these sales boom. Today the Beetle is know as the world's best selling car design.