Interestingly by the order of none other than Adolf Hitler, saw the creation of the Volks-Wagen Beetle, the People's Car. The task of designing the now iconic vehicle befell the engineer Ferdinand Porsche who was told to design and produce a car for the German people which would be inexpensive to purchase and cost effective to run. From the first fledgling production to a total of 21 million Bettles being produced.and sold worldwide, it now appears the car has come to the end of it's long and consistent journey.
The Beetle seems to have lost much of it's popularity in Europe after the introduction of the VW Golf in the 1970's but have enjoyed an almost second life in Latin America. Only now is production finally at a close, with the final factory line in Mexico switching to other popular VW cars.
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