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Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) inspects the new, Volkswagen 'people's car' at the Fallersleben car factory, 27 May 1938. The factory was designed to manufacture six million of the cars. On Hitler's left is the car's designer Dr Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951).
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Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951), the inventor of the Volkswagen, behind the wheel of one of his creations.
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23 June 1972: Herbie, the anthropomorphic Volkswagen featured in the Disney film 'The Love Bug' and its sequels terrorises a young woman at a motorshow in Berlin.
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circa 1956: The new Volkswagen travelling along the tracks of the Long Island railroad. This versatile vehicle has two sets of wheels, tyres for the road and iron wheels that fit directly onto the tracks.
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The 'People's Car', the Volkswagen seen at a ceremony where Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone for the factory where they will be constructed and manufactured.
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Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the German Dictator admires a model of the Volkswagen car and is amused to find the engine in the boot. He is with the designer Ferdinand Porsche (left), and to the right Korpsfuhrer Huehnlein, Dr Ley, Schmeer, and Werlin.
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Two festival goers that found Woodstock too much lay passed out on the bonnet and roof of their Volkswagen Beetle.
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10 July 1953: A consignment of brand new Volkswagen 'Beetle' cars arrive in London from Germany.
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The 'People's Car', the Volkswagen seen at a ceremony where Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone for the factory where they will be constructed and manufactured.
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5 November 1971: A model demonstrates a recliner chair made from the bonnet of a Volkswagen Beetle.
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3 August 1954: Captain Willis P Kuay, pilot of the 66 Air Rescue Squadron, Manston, Kent, lowers a US airman from the US Airforce transatlantic helicopter, Hopalong, into a waiting Volkswagen during rehearsals for the team's display in the Royal Artillery Searchlight Tattoo at Woolwich Stadium, London. It is the first time American troops have taken part in the tattoo.
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View of a Volkswagen Beetle, 1960s.
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27 May 1938: The 'People's Car', the Volkswagen seen at a ceremony where Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone for the factory where they will be constructed and manufactured.
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5 August 1970: A fun vehicle for the young at heart, The Bugle Buggy, a fibre glass bodyshell mounted on a Volkswagen chassis and engine.
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circa 1945: The heating plant for the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, one of the chief production centres for the car manufacturer.
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22 April 1977: A Volkswagen stretch limousine car.
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circa 1950: Rows of ' Beetle ' cars at a German Volkswagen plant.
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A redesigned Volkswagen Beetle is displayed in this undated file photograph. Volkswagen officially opened a new assembly hall near Dresden, Germany, December 11, 2001 to produce the new Phaeton luxury car, which represents a dramatic new step for the German car company away from its traditional medium and small car market.
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The new Volkswagen "Microbus" concept vehicle drives on the road for this publicity photo. The Microbus was introduced January 7, 2001 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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The 1999 Beetle From Volkswagon.
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A man works on a car production line in a Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, West Germany.
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27 May 1938: Three Volkswagen 'People's Cars' at a ceremony at which Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone of a Volkswagen factory at Fallersleben. The car is to come in the three versions seen here - 'tourer', 'limousine' and 'cabriolet'.
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circa 1950: A Volkswagen Beetle parked at the side of a narrow road on the island of Madagascar.
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1955: Volkswagen hopes to capitalise on the phenomenal success of the German People's Car with the combination of an elegant new body with the original chassis. The new Karmann Ghia Coupe is aimed particularly at women drivers.
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10 July 1953: A shipment of Volkswagen Beetles arrive in London.
