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The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, [a] is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. [ b ] One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape.
Volkswagen Beetle (Type 1) (1938–2003) Volkswagen Kübelwagen (1940–1945) light military vehicle; Volkswagen Kommandeurswagen (1941–1944) staff car for Wehrmacht; Volkswagen Schwimmwagen (1942–1944) Volkswagen Type 18A (1949–?) Volkswagen Hebmüller Cabriolet (1949–1953) Volkswagen Karmann Ghia (1955–1974, also sold as Type 34 ...
The Tatra 97 was designed to complement two full-size cars in the Tatra range: the Tatra 77 launched in 1934 [2] and the Tatra 87 launched in 1936 [3] along with the Type 97. . Each of the three models has an air-cooled rear engine and share similar aerodynamic fastback four-door sedan bo
Pages in category "Cars introduced in 1938" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Volkswagen Beetle; Volvo PV800 Series; W. Wolseley 14/60;
Johannes Beeskow, a Rometsch designer who had worked for Erdmann & Rossi during the 1930s, built the first prototype of a four-door sedan in 1950; the donor vehicle being a Volkswagen Beetle in scrap condition. Rometsch took this concept into the production of a taxicab. The wheelbase had been stretched by about 27 centimetres (11 in).
The model number comes from the fact that it was built mainly from design drawings for the Type-64 "record car". Most mechanical parts came from the VW 38, the prototype of the KdF-Wagen better known as the Volkswagen Beetle. The chassis was heavily reinforced and the engine also reworked to produce around 40 horsepower. [1]
Volkswagen Type 14A, Opel Kapitan & Admiral, and many other manufacturers like Ford and Mercedes Opel Kapitan Hebmüller from 1940; just 2 examples survive Hebmüller Sons ( Karosseriewerke Joseph Hebmüller Söhne ) was a coachbuilder founded in 1889 by Joseph Hebmüller in the town of Wuppertal in Germany .
Wolfsburg was founded on 1 July 1938 as the Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben, ("City of the Strength Through Joy car at Fallersleben), a planned town centred around the village of Fallersleben, built to house workers of the Volkswagen factories erected to assemble what would be later known as the Volkswagen Beetle. [7]