The history of volkswagen began several decades ago in Germany in the years 1930 where it was conceived to create a vehicle that every person could acquire.
Since then, this car was born from a contest where businessmen participated submitted ideas to create a "town car" (Volkswagen). That is why the word Volkswagen comes from the German Volk (town) and Wagen (car), that is, “town car"
Although this story is somewhat obscure since the supposed objective of this project was "to build a simple and accessible vehicle for German families of the 1930s." The project remained stationary, until in 1933 Adolf Hitler leader of Germany He took power and decided to invest many resources and efforts in it.
But it was not to give a car to the whole town, if it was not to create a brand that surpassed the French and English and thus demonstrate the great power of Germany. In 1933 he took out the concession to design and produce the Volkswagen, Ferdinan Porsche Austrian industrial engineer the winner of this contest.
(1875/09/03 - 1951/01/30)
Ferdinand Porsche and Adolf Hitler joined from that moment to try to create the phenomenal VolksWagen (town car) and thus build the largest car factory in the world.
After a while, The Beetle became famous worldwide in the fifties, drawing attention in Europe and America for its small and resistant appearance. Even 3 versions were created: convertible, sliding roof and closed.
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