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The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, [ a] is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. [ b] One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape. Its production period of 65 years is the longest of any single generation of automobile, [ c] and its ...
The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an air-cooled, gasoline -fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium -alloy crankcase, and forged steel crankshaft and connecting rods . There are two distinct families/variations of the aircooled engine namely Type 1 and ...
Ferdinand Porsche [a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG.He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles.
Volkswagen Beetle (A5) The Volkswagen New Beetle is a compact car, introduced by Volkswagen in 1997, drawing heavy inspiration from the exterior design of the original Beetle. Unlike the original Beetle, the New Beetle has its engine in the front, driving the front wheels, with luggage storage in the rear. It received a facelift in 2005 and was ...
Barényi is also credited with first conceiving the original design for the German people's car (the Volkswagen Beetle) in 1925, [3] – notably by Mercedes-Benz, on their website, including his original technical drawing, [4] – five years before Ferdinand Porsche claimed to have made his initial version. [5]
Kelmark Engineering was an American automotive specialty shop established in 1969 and based in Okemos, Michigan. It focused on high-performance custom V8 drivetrain swaps, the modification and production of rear and mid-engined cars, and custom-built turn-key automobiles (the Kelmark GT). Until 1986, Kelmark Engineering manufactured kits and ...
The Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen (listen ⓘ), or simply Kübel, [2] contractions of the original German word Kübelsitzwagen (translated: 'bucket-seat car' — but when the contractions are translated literally a back-formation of 'bucket' or 'tub'-car results), [3] is a military light utility vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the ...
Janette Navarro’s 1996 Volkswagen Beetle roars as it barrels up a steep hill overlooking concrete houses stacked like boxes on the outskirts of Mexico City. The Volkswagen Beetle, or “vocho ...