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AverageJoe90

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16. You can thank a Dr. Ferry Porsche and Josef Ganz for that car, btw.

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #15)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 01:56 PM

Jun 2012

BTW, the Beetle had its origins in the very last months of the Weimar era and if it hadn't been for Ganz's 'Maikafer' the Beetle as we know it might not have been mocked up back in '32. Hell, even Hitler was impressed by the first designs(though production was only commissioned for the military).

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SWEET! Skittles Jun 2012 #2

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Awesome! Marrah_G Jun 2012 #4

I had my own car soon as I turned 16 NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #5

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Manufacturing each vehicle also creates jobs. thesquanderer Jun 2012 #34

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It is a right of passage. I wish I had a car at 16. I had to wait and buy my own car. I was southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #10

Paid for my own car too NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #12

I bet you appreciate that car more too. I know I did. My dad was proud of me. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #15

You can thank a Dr. Ferry Porsche and Josef Ganz for that car, btw. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #16

They called it "The Peoples Car". One of the best cars ever made for sure. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #17

For darn sure. nt AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #18

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