At the dawn of the twenty-first century the Volkswagen Beetle had been in production for 55 years. In that time close to 22 million Beetles were sold all around the world to several generations of owners. No other car comes close to matching this feat, and that’s why the Beetle [Bug, Käfer, Kever, Maggiolino, Cox, Coccinelle, Fusca, El Escarabajo, it has many names in different languages] is, undoubtedly, THE car of the twentieth century.
This book is a tribute to an extraordinary car, a car so influential that it changed the face of motoring forever. Between these covers the reader will find the complete story of the Beetle from inception in pre-war Germany to the beginning of mass-production then, step-by-step, through more than five decades of evolution to the last bastion of Beetle production in Mexico.
Uniquely, this book also includes 21 features sections each detailing a milestone model in words and pictures. Numerous sidebars and panels describe Beetle facts, feats and advertising, and give interesting social commentary. An extensive section on the evolution of the Beetle Cabriolet rounds off the coverage and makes this the Complete Book of the Beetle
- ISBN10 1901295869
- ISBN13 9781901295863
- Publish Date 1 January 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 December 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher David & Charles
- Imprint Veloce
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English