Coordinates 51.4852469,-0.3261867
Picture dated July 2008
The Volkswagen Type 1 is a two-door, four passenger, rear-engine economy car manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003. Although designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the 1930s, the Type 1 was only produced in significant numbers from 1945 on (mass production had been put on hold during the Second World War) when the model was internally designated the Volkswagen Type 1, and marketed simply as the Volkswagen (or "People's Car").
Later models were designated Volkswagen 1200, 1300, 1500, 1302 or 1303, the former three indicating engine displacement, the latter two derived from the type number. The model became widely known in its home country as the Käfer (German for "beetle") and was later marketed as such in Germany, and as the Volkswagen Beetle or Bug in other countries. For example, in France it was known as the Coccinelle (French for ladybird/ladybug).
The car was produced in: Wolfsburg, Hanover, Emden, Ingolstadt and Osnabrück in Germany; Melbourne, Australia; Brussels, Belgium; São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil; Jakarta, Indonesia; Dublin, Ireland; Shah Alam, Malaysia; Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Auckland, New Zealand; Lagos, Nigeria; Manila, Philippines; Uitenhage, South Africa; Sarajevo, Yugoslavia; Valencia, Venezuela;Heinola, Finland
More than 21.5 million examples have been made worldwide.
Movie Credits: Life in a Volkswagen, 2000; Herbie Movies
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