E.4 – VW Beetle Model Types
VW Beetle model types explained. This was, in the 1970’s, a fairly well understood subject but with the passage of time and successive generations of both new generation Volkswagen car types and new generation...
VW Beetle model types explained. This was, in the 1970’s, a fairly well understood subject but with the passage of time and successive generations of both new generation Volkswagen car types and new generation...
Introduction The development of local variations of the Volkswagen model theme in South Africa is, in Volkswagen worldwide production history terms, unique – and very interesting. For many years the country was the subject of...
Special Edition Beetles Technical Documentation by Stephen Paul Hardy. Foreword I saw my first Special Edition Beetle (SEB) 45 years ago – a brand new UK market “June Beetle” on display on my local...
Introduction A very specific period of SEB history: Volkswagen AG took the decision that when European Beetle production ceased at the Emden plant in January 1978 the dwindling demand for new Beetles in Germany...
Literature Volkswagen Sales literature for each successive year’s model ranges manufactured in Europe were, by the late 60‘s, comprehensive, informative and very well illustrated with whole vehicle and detail photographs. They were printed (generally)...
European manufacture: “Inland’ and “Export” markets. As the Volkswagen organisation spread worldwide establishing main and subsidiary factories so did the available variations of Beetle. These main factories supplied Beetles not only to the country...
Introduction Given then the sort of background issues outlined in the Articles Home page we feel that it has been both necessary and helpful to explain some fundamental aspects of European Beetle production history...