The origin of this car comes from the era of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Adolf Hitler wanted private vehicles could be available to the general public, and assigns an engineer, Ferdinand Porsche, to design the vehicle. Hitler require that vehicles must be capable of transporting two adults and three young children, at a speed of 100 km / h, and the price can not exceed the price of the motorcycle luggage rack price plus side of the motorcycle at the time.
The actual car designers are still controversial, because although officially Ferdinand Porsche was the designer, in the 1920s, Joseph Ganz has designed a similar car. The car is smaller and cheaper, but car-makers are not interested, just two motorcycle manufacturers who are interested. Adler Maikäfer produce, and produce Superior Standard, and campaigned in the ad as 'Der Deutsche Volkswagen' (the German people's car).
When the Nazis came to power, they like Superior, but not long later, Joseph Ganz put into prison. (He later fled to Switzerland). Ganz dipenjaranya possible reasons is because the Nazis knew that he was a Jew. Nazi government then approached the Porsche, who designed a prototype car that is similar to Superior, called Käfer. According to Volkswagen, Ganz has not only designed the car with a similar design, and Käfer itself is not designed based on the design of Ganz.
Volkswagen company can survive after World War to the efforts of a British soldier, Major Ivan Hirst. After the war, Hirst was ordered to head the factory that has been corrupted and controlled by the Allies bombarded the United States. Starting with its dispose unexploded bomb caught in the machinery of production, he then managed to convince the British armed forces to order 20,000 cars. In 1946, the factory has to produce 1000 cars per month.
Production of the VW Beetle "Type 1st" grown rapidly from year to year, and in 1954 reached 1 million cars. In 1973, production has reached 16 million, and the popularity of cars has spread to various parts of the world. This car has a different nickname for each country, his name is usually a term that tries to describe a unique form: Käfer in Germany; Sedan, then Fusca in Brazil; Coccinelle in France; S? A?? (Scathari meaning beetle) or S? A? Aßa? (Scaraveos, which means beetle species Scarabaeidae) in Greece; Maggiolino Italy; sedan or Vocho Mexico; Kever of the Netherlands; kotseng Cuba (which means 'hunchback car's back') / "pagong" (the turtles) in the Philippines; Garbus ( which means 'Hunchback') in Poland; Brouk in the Czech Republic; Carocha in Portugal; Escarabajo in Spain and Latin America; Hipushit in Israel? t ?????? (Kostenurka) in Bulgaria (which means turtle); ?????? (Ag-ru-ga) in Iraq; Boble (bubble) in Norway; Buba in Croatia; Bug in the United States, and certainly Frog in Indonesia.
The actual car designers are still controversial, because although officially Ferdinand Porsche was the designer, in the 1920s, Joseph Ganz has designed a similar car. The car is smaller and cheaper, but car-makers are not interested, just two motorcycle manufacturers who are interested. Adler Maikäfer produce, and produce Superior Standard, and campaigned in the ad as 'Der Deutsche Volkswagen' (the German people's car).
When the Nazis came to power, they like Superior, but not long later, Joseph Ganz put into prison. (He later fled to Switzerland). Ganz dipenjaranya possible reasons is because the Nazis knew that he was a Jew. Nazi government then approached the Porsche, who designed a prototype car that is similar to Superior, called Käfer. According to Volkswagen, Ganz has not only designed the car with a similar design, and Käfer itself is not designed based on the design of Ganz.
Volkswagen company can survive after World War to the efforts of a British soldier, Major Ivan Hirst. After the war, Hirst was ordered to head the factory that has been corrupted and controlled by the Allies bombarded the United States. Starting with its dispose unexploded bomb caught in the machinery of production, he then managed to convince the British armed forces to order 20,000 cars. In 1946, the factory has to produce 1000 cars per month.
Production of the VW Beetle "Type 1st" grown rapidly from year to year, and in 1954 reached 1 million cars. In 1973, production has reached 16 million, and the popularity of cars has spread to various parts of the world. This car has a different nickname for each country, his name is usually a term that tries to describe a unique form: Käfer in Germany; Sedan, then Fusca in Brazil; Coccinelle in France; S? A?? (Scathari meaning beetle) or S? A? Aßa? (Scaraveos, which means beetle species Scarabaeidae) in Greece; Maggiolino Italy; sedan or Vocho Mexico; Kever of the Netherlands; kotseng Cuba (which means 'hunchback car's back') / "pagong" (the turtles) in the Philippines; Garbus ( which means 'Hunchback') in Poland; Brouk in the Czech Republic; Carocha in Portugal; Escarabajo in Spain and Latin America; Hipushit in Israel? t ?????? (Kostenurka) in Bulgaria (which means turtle); ?????? (Ag-ru-ga) in Iraq; Boble (bubble) in Norway; Buba in Croatia; Bug in the United States, and certainly Frog in Indonesia.
