History: First VW Beetle arrives in the USA

History: First VW Beetle arrives in the USA

On this day in 1949, the first Volkswagen Beetle (The People’s Car) arrives in the United States from Germany. The Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1934 and its first prototypes (KdF-Wagen) arrived in 1936. The name Volkswagen Beetle was never officially labeled until 1968. By 1973 there were 16 million Beetles manufactured.

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