Volkswagen Beetle

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The Volkswagen Beetle is an iconic compact car, originally designed in the 1930s and widely recognized for its distinctive rounded shape and status as one of the best-selling cars of all time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf car model
compact car
alsoKnownAs Bug
VW Beetle
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle

Volkswagen Type 1
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
bodyStyle 2-door convertible
2-door sedan
category best-selling cars
class economy car
countryOfOrigin Germany
culturalSignificance symbol of 1960s counterculture
designer Ferdinand Porsche
doorCount 2
drivetrain RR layout
enginePosition rear
engineType air-cooled flat-four
eraOfPopularity 1950s
1960s
1970s
featuredIn Herbie film series
fuelType petrol
inspiredByPolicy German people’s car program
layout rear-engine
rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Volkswagen
linked to: Volkswagen Group
marketSegment people's car
massProductionStart 1945
notableFeature air-cooled engine
distinctive rounded shape
originalProductionEnd 2003
platform Volkswagen Type 1 platform
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
predecessor Volkswagen prototypes of the 1930s
productionLocation Australia
Brazil
Puebla, Mexico
linked to: Puebla

South Africa
United States (assembly)
Wolfsburg, Germany
linked to: Wolfsburg
productionStart 1938
record longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single platform
relatedModel Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
Volkswagen Type 2 (Transporter)
seatingCapacity 4
status iconic car
successor Volkswagen Beetle (A5)
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle

Volkswagen New Beetle
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
totalProduction >21 million units (classic Type 1)
usedIn motorsport (rallying and circuit racing)
wheelbase 2400 mm (approximate, classic models)

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Volkswagen Group notableModel Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Golf predecessor Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle alsoKnownAs VW Beetle
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle alsoKnownAs Volkswagen Type 1
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle successor Volkswagen New Beetle
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle successor Volkswagen Beetle (A5)
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle platform Volkswagen Type 1 platform
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Group A platform notableModel Volkswagen New Beetle
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Type 2 relatedModel Volkswagen Beetle (Type 1)
subject linked to: Volkswagen Type 2 (Transporter)
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle successor Volkswagen New Beetle
subject linked to: Bug
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Beetle platform Volkswagen Type 1
subject linked to: Bug
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Bug refersTo Volkswagen Beetle
Bug appliedTo Volkswagen Beetle
Ferdinand Porsche designed Volkswagen Type 1
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Ferdinand Porsche designed Volkswagen Beetle
Ferdinand Porsche notableWork Volkswagen Beetle design
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Herbie film series featuresVehicle Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Karmann Ghia basedOn Volkswagen Beetle
Charlie Watson drives Volkswagen Beetle
subject linked to: Charlie Watson in Bumblebee
Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben associatedWith KdF-Wagen
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle
Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben toponymIncludes KdF-Wagen
linked to: Volkswagen Beetle