I always think it’s kinda cool when I play war games and I see all these familiar names like fiat, Mitsubishi, pourche on the axis side. It really puts into perspective how much the world has changed.
@@gavinisdie ,ахахахах VW запретят вести бизнес в Германии?)Как бы это компания держит на плаву всю экономику Германии,ведь после дизельгейта вся Германия была в шоке
Essentially: every German, Japanese, or Italian car company played a major role in manufacturing military vehicles for the Axis powers. Mitsubishi made the infamous Zero fighter line, Ferrari and Fiat both made tanks for Mussolini, and Porsche made tanks Update: while Ferrari, the car manufacturer we know today, hadn’t existed yet at the time, the later founder Enzo Ferrari DID own a factory that aided in the general production of military armaments until it was bombed by the Allies, leading him to move his business to Modena where Ferrari would be born post-war
And even the allied powers also had automobile companies produce their military vehicles like Ford building Shermans and Jeep making the Willy's, Rolls Royce made an armored car for the British army And Renault made the first 360° turning turret tank, the FT-17 for the French army in WW1
Before WW2, Germans could save up for a Volkswagen by purchasing special savings stamps to be put into a special book. After the requisite number of stamps had been collected, the book holder could take them to the VW Werk to be redeemed for a brand new car. Civilian car production being halted during the war and German victory being expected, workers continued collecting stamps when they could. There’s the story of one such stamps collector having his collection survive the war and, once civilian production restarted, presenting his completed collection to VW Werk and getting his car.
James May talked about this on one of his standalone shows once. If i remember correctly, only the *West* Germans were lucky to receive their Beetles as compensation for what they've been through. As for those of the east, they were "scheiße out of luck".
@@FrancisMarcosGaming I guess not getting a KdF-Wagen was their least problem. Btw., the owners of such a complete account book didn't get a *whole* car but only a price reduction of DM 600, about a 6th of that thing's normal price *. . .*
so fun fact, it was the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers who re-established the factory, and essentially saved VW. an officer was sent to scavange equipment to use to produce vehicle domestically, but decided instead to rebuild the factory, and have germans work there to get things going again
I used to see these VW bugs all over in Mexico, in the 90’s. I was surprised at how good of shape they were in. Then I found out that they were still being produced in Puebla Mexico brand new until the early nineties
I'm sorry if this offends anyone especially jews. But I liked the man. I read his mein kampf. Except his genocidal mentality, he could've been remembered differently.
A bit of Herbie (Love Bug) film and war history: The race track used for filming the final race in the movie "The Love Bug" was located in Sunnymead, CA (now called Moreno Valley, CA,) about 65 miles east of Los Angeles. The race track was only a few miles north of March Air Field: the air field in which the first P-38 Lightnings began test flights, as well as being the location of Bob Hope's very first USO Show. The race track was demolished in late 1991/ early '92, and was replaced with an indoor shopping mall. Fyi: the same race track was used for an episode of "Knight Rider."
The failure of the new Beetle was that the only resemblance to the original Beetle was the shape. People fell in love with the original due to its simplicity, not its iconic shape. Once new Beetles' owners realized it wasn't the old car brought back, it failed.
Basically a Golf with a different skin is all. The new Mini is also basically a BMW, but for whamen (BMW priced parts). The Chevrolet HRV and Chrysler PT Cruiser were also missed opportunities - atleast in my opinion the cars do look good, but when since the mechanical stuff was unreliable they were a disaster.
I think it sold well initially as a novelty, people who wanted a Beetle-looking car (even though it didn't really look that much like the original either) but not the hassles of maintaining a classic car. The novelty wore off quickly though, and aside from novelty value it was inferior to the Golf in all regards, so people lost interest. As an owner of a classic one, I feel like the venn diagram of classic Beetle owners and New Beetle owners are two separate circles with no overlap. Beetles in their time served as a basic, cheap, simple, reliable car. Original Beetles in present day serve as an enthusiast's project that is still practical enough to use as regular transportation. The New Beetle served - briefly - as a novelty for people who liked the aesthetic of the original Beetle and the cultural association of it with Hippies and "flower power" and so on.
The funny thing is it’s design is incredible in snow. I have a 2014 bug and live in mountains. It’s round body sheds snow like no other car. I blast past subarus and trucks in snow. It’s design is incredible in storage space as well. I have owned 20 cars and this is my favorite I’ve ever had They didn’t touch on it but the soviets designed the beetle, the Germans stole the design.
@@meganoobbg3387 Of the retro futuristic cars of the early 2000's I think the only successful and well recieved one was the 2005 Ford Mustang. It had the closest resemblence of the late first generation Mustangs of all the modern ones and I have reason to believe did alot better sales wise than the Thunderbird
Coincidentally there is a blue Fusca (as it is called over here in Brazil) parked right outside my spot at this very moment. Volkswagen sure did a good job with this little guy.
@@THEREEKING Their technically was, it starred Bruce Campbell. Basically the German scientist figured Herbie would be used for evil, so he set him free 🤣
I remember when I was a child back in Mexico, these care were everywhere and anywhere you could think of, My friends and I had a game in which whenever we would see a “Bochito” (aka the Beetle) we would try to claim it to add to our collection. Whoever saw the car first would claim it and to the pile. Nowadays you dont see those cars anymore and it’s honestly kind of sad, but its kind of amazing how versatile it was.
Had a game like that here in the states, we called it slugbug. Instead of collecting We'd slug the one who didn't see it first in the arm. Sadly, people's arms are un-brused as of late.
@@alaneskew2664 we played the same game in my family, only we would call out "Punch-Buggy!" And, yeah, not so much anymore; even when the new versions started showing up, they didn't count as we didn't and don't consider them true "Punch (or Slug) -Bug(gy)."
@@wesleythomas7125 I've actually seen that when I was a kid Is going down the highway in a school bus. There was like a period of 4 or 5 Volkswagen's Like within a span of 5 minutes. By the 5th car everybody was getting their arms punched. And I'm not gonna lie if I was an owner of a Beetle I would drive by schools during recess to see what happens.
My fave as a child, a pink beetle the first car i ever rode when my grandpa picked me and my mom after she gave birth to me, my uncle also had one a silver, it was a car like no other, i see new sedans suv trucks but nein-ther can compair to the good old beetle, the inside smell is so good. I did not see my self as poor as a child i see my family as rich cuz only few had beetles like ours a beautiful car, and when we sold it to buy a new car, now i realize how its not about the car or materials or the price of the car but it about you valueing the car, got a bit sad commenting, miss the old wagen.
Mine too👍 I had a European standard 60 beetle out here in California a few years back. The one I shouldn't have sold and iv had a few split window busses that were kinda cool. Get a vw if you haven't and you'll never be unhappy. But if you've had them then you know what I mean
I have to say, you guys really did your research. The animation and drawing for the kubelwagen was spot on, and the animation of the polish women working on the boxer motor was perfect. Really high quality work that most people might not notice. You guys are awesome
The only car ever made truly as a peoples car that you could fix and take apart by a single small toolbox. If only modern corporations could understand doing stuff for the people.
I remember my grandfather in Mexico owning a red Volkswagen Beetle. Such fond memories of it. I remember when we got in a car accident when I was 8, little car was back home in less than 3 days
The VW beetle was actually sort of a copy of the Czechoslovak Tatra 97 and the company got mad at Porsche for coping their car but later Germany invaded Czechoslovakia short afterward so that didn’t matter anymore
Porsche would eventually carry the Beetle's RR (rear-engine, rear-wheel drive which is different from mid-engine rear-wheel drive) layout over to his original cars, such as the 356 and then to the 911.
Me: I want a Porsche *shows modern Porsche* Me: I want the real Porsche! *shows old Porsche* Me: I said the REAL Porsche! *shows Ferdinand* Me: Perfection.
For us Indians the Suzuki Fronte ( Suzuki Maruti 800) is the people's car. It gave us Indians an opportunity to get a proper sets of wheels. As a result Suzuki is market leader in India.
I wouldn't call it's history dark necessarily its not linked to like the ss or something it was made as an affordable car for people of that time not very dark if you ask me, more interesting or strange origins
I learned to drive in 1 of these. It had a butterfly valve carburetor. Also air cooled. It didn't like going 65-70 mph. Overheat issues and also would flood the carburetor. I know this because well...16 year olds.
They could have made the Volkswagen beetle well into the present day and it would have still sold like hotcakes! It truly a shame they stopped making the beetle. The "New" bug was a pile of garbage and a shame on the original beetle. I have so many fond memories of rides in my grandpa's 70's beetle
The Beetle and its Armored Car Counterpart the Kubelwagen would probably do well to this day if they were still sold (I'm suprised the Kubelwagen didn't see life after WW2 as a Consumer Car that Competed with Consumer Jeeps)
Doubt it's would be the same today. With all the regulations, safety ratings, creature comforts that customer expects these days, unlikely they would be as simple or as cheap as it was originally.
Also, Porshe did knew another designer named Hans Ledwinka who worked for Czechoslovak company Tatra that as a first car company mass produced fully aerodynamic cars. His design was very similar to theirs and resulted in lawsuit by Tatra.
In kamakura, you can find copies of these all around the area! I got some fond memories of these things. there's a'lot of them because a lot of people -arehippies- have good taste in motorized vehicles!
The model with Mr Hilter is a much later 1964 model. It had to be able to reach 100km pro stunden not 50mph. Also it was Major Hirst who named the Plant Volkswagen at Wolfsburg. Besides a lot of wrongs I really enjoyed this
My dads first car was a tan 1966 Volkswagen, it was raised a few inches iirc, had a larger funny looking front bumper, but he wrecked it way before I was born in a ditch because he was drunk with his friends. My step-sisters first car was also a 2001 VW Beetle, but I don't know it's fate.
This vehicle is actually very important to me, because i wouldn't have existed if volkswagen beetle never made it into mass production and getting sent all over the globe
I should also mention that VW did make a follow up to their earlier Kubelwagen. Check out the Volkswagen 181/Thing(that’s the name). It was also meant for military use by west Germany.
So all of this talk about volkswagen beetles and yet not even a cheeky little cameo for Herbie the love bug? Come on simple history your better than that!
Hitler help expand the autobahn, he didn’t build the entire read system, it was already there when he became chancellor of Germany. (Also Mussolini didn’t make the ‘trains run on time’. 😑)
"From Berlin to Warsaw in one TANK"
i swear to God that those Volkswagen execs knew what they were doing with this slogan
Very much so
I remember it was mentioned in Top Gear by James May
.... God damn it, I hate your username...
I found the video of that episode of of Top Gear here
th-cam.com/video/h5kCRSQsOqE/w-d-xo.html
It was a top gear joke, not an actual VW ad.
VW got really salty over it.
This episode was Demonetised AFTER the video was uploaded and live when it was on the Green Dollar symbol. Why is this happening again in 2021?
Sad to see TH-cam demonetizing history
They shouldn't demonetise you for teaching people history
Bruh how it’s a car
It's actually disgusting that this would be demonetized. God forbid we can't see certain iconography or symbols. #historyshouldntbecensored
if youtube sees a singular tiny swastika they take the video down asap. im pleased that they let you release and keep the video
All I can say is:
There's a reason VW doesn't make promotional ads about their humble beggings as other car companies
Imagine them showing WW2 footage of them
If they did, 2 things would happen
1. They'd be canceled
2. Probably would be banned from Doing Business in Germany for a while
I always think it’s kinda cool when I play war games and I see all these familiar names like fiat, Mitsubishi, pourche on the axis side. It really puts into perspective how much the world has changed.
@@gavinisdie ,ахахахах VW запретят вести бизнес в Германии?)Как бы это компания держит на плаву всю экономику Германии,ведь после дизельгейта вся Германия была в шоке
Lolol
Essentially: every German, Japanese, or Italian car company played a major role in manufacturing military vehicles for the Axis powers. Mitsubishi made the infamous Zero fighter line, Ferrari and Fiat both made tanks for Mussolini, and Porsche made tanks
Update: while Ferrari, the car manufacturer we know today, hadn’t existed yet at the time, the later founder Enzo Ferrari DID own a factory that aided in the general production of military armaments until it was bombed by the Allies, leading him to move his business to Modena where Ferrari would be born post-war
Ferrari was established in 1947, earlier Enzo was working for Alfa Romeo.
Ferrari did *what,* please?!
And even the allied powers also had automobile companies produce their military vehicles like Ford building Shermans and Jeep making the Willy's, Rolls Royce made an armored car for the British army And Renault made the first 360° turning turret tank, the FT-17 for the French army in WW1
Wasn't Alfa Romeo the one making tanks?
The same aplies for allied companies also. Its nothing weird.
Before WW2, Germans could save up for a Volkswagen by purchasing special savings stamps to be put into a special book. After the requisite number of stamps had been collected, the book holder could take them to the VW Werk to be redeemed for a brand new car. Civilian car production being halted during the war and German victory being expected, workers continued collecting stamps when they could. There’s the story of one such stamps collector having his collection survive the war and, once civilian production restarted, presenting his completed collection to VW Werk and getting his car.
Now thats how you keep your promise.
Anyway, my Father didn't get his ordered Tiger *. . .*
James May talked about this on one of his standalone shows once. If i remember correctly, only the *West* Germans were lucky to receive their Beetles as compensation for what they've been through. As for those of the east, they were "scheiße out of luck".
@@FrancisMarcosGaming I guess not getting a KdF-Wagen was their least problem. Btw., the owners of such a complete account book didn't get a *whole* car but only a price reduction of DM 600, about a 6th of that thing's normal price *. . .*
I happen to have some war bonds, are they still redeemable? Deutschbank should be the successor to Reichsbank?
Probably one of the most iconic vehicles ever....
Toyota Corolla: am i a joke to you ??
@@nitsu2947 Ford mustang: hey wait a minute
Trabant: "Ahem!"
@@nitsu2947 Toyota Corolla is the Mercedes of Afghanistan.
Iconic? Pl-ease, the frontal part looks like a vagina.
so fun fact, it was the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers who re-established the factory, and essentially saved VW. an officer was sent to scavange equipment to use to produce vehicle domestically, but decided instead to rebuild the factory, and have germans work there to get things going again
they did the same thing with a panther plant
I used to see these VW bugs all over in Mexico, in the 90’s. I was surprised at how good of shape they were in. Then I found out that they were still being produced in Puebla Mexico brand new until the early nineties
@@cascadianrangers728 what was the panther plant turned into?
They named a Street in Wolfsburg after the Guy who was responsible for saving the plant as a honour too (Major. Ivan Hirst)
@@mauriciosanchez144 Rubble
The car that made people throw punches immediately, more than any other car.
FUSCA AZUL
Punch buggy!!!!!
SLUG BUG!!!!!!!! I win
@@HESSIAN578 😂
Gray punch buggy!!! 👊🏼 💥
No punchbacks!!
Things that you should never ask:
- A man's salary
- A woman's weight
- VolksWagen's origin
Or what Mitsubishi made before 1945
@@then00brathalos or what are the last couple tanks Porsche made
or what Alfa Romeo made before 1943
Well then you probably are too afraid to look up what Hugo Boss was making in WW2.
People act like these big companies were just gunna close up all their factories when the war started lmao.
"People now should be thankful for me tho"
- Austrian Painter
You mean the guy with a funny mustache?
Gracias señor del bigotito por el Vocho- all of mexico
We now know he was right but 80 years of communist propaganda keeps dumb people ignorant 🤷🏼♂️
@@VictoryOrValhalla14 it really isnt very different with Capitalist doctrines tho. Same story, different tone 🤷🏼♂️
I'm sorry if this offends anyone especially jews. But I liked the man. I read his mein kampf. Except his genocidal mentality, he could've been remembered differently.
You don’t need to like the artist to appreciate the art.
Hmmmm
Hitler had nothing to do with the VW Bug’s design process
@Дима 🅥 Stop spamming links using your alt accounts.
Exactly!
Angry hollywood actor noises.
Ahh yes Herbie's origin story, what an adorable love bug.
A bit of Herbie (Love Bug) film and war history: The race track used for filming the final race in the movie "The Love Bug" was located in Sunnymead, CA (now called Moreno Valley, CA,) about 65 miles east of Los Angeles. The race track was only a few miles north of March Air Field: the air field in which the first P-38 Lightnings began test flights, as well as being the location of Bob Hope's very first USO Show. The race track was demolished in late 1991/ early '92, and was replaced with an indoor shopping mall. Fyi: the same race track was used for an episode of "Knight Rider."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
TFW you realize Herbie's grandfather was a Waffen SS transport vehicle, a Kugelwagen
And Bumblebee.
I never liked that movie. Was there an original? The one I saw had Nascar.
The failure of the new Beetle was that the only resemblance to the original Beetle was the shape. People fell in love with the original due to its simplicity, not its iconic shape. Once new Beetles' owners realized it wasn't the old car brought back, it failed.
Basically a Golf with a different skin is all. The new Mini is also basically a BMW, but for whamen (BMW priced parts). The Chevrolet HRV and Chrysler PT Cruiser were also missed opportunities - atleast in my opinion the cars do look good, but when since the mechanical stuff was unreliable they were a disaster.
I think it sold well initially as a novelty, people who wanted a Beetle-looking car (even though it didn't really look that much like the original either) but not the hassles of maintaining a classic car. The novelty wore off quickly though, and aside from novelty value it was inferior to the Golf in all regards, so people lost interest. As an owner of a classic one, I feel like the venn diagram of classic Beetle owners and New Beetle owners are two separate circles with no overlap. Beetles in their time served as a basic, cheap, simple, reliable car. Original Beetles in present day serve as an enthusiast's project that is still practical enough to use as regular transportation. The New Beetle served - briefly - as a novelty for people who liked the aesthetic of the original Beetle and the cultural association of it with Hippies and "flower power" and so on.
The funny thing is it’s design is incredible in snow. I have a 2014 bug and live in mountains. It’s round body sheds snow like no other car. I blast past subarus and trucks in snow. It’s design is incredible in storage space as well. I have owned 20 cars and this is my favorite I’ve ever had
They didn’t touch on it but the soviets designed the beetle, the Germans stole the design.
@@meganoobbg3387 Of the retro futuristic cars of the early 2000's I think the only successful and well recieved one was the 2005 Ford Mustang. It had the closest resemblence of the late first generation Mustangs of all the modern ones and I have reason to believe did alot better sales wise than the Thunderbird
@@meganoobbg3387Mini I agree is a reskinned BMW
There's so many dark jokes with this car. It's hard holding them back. God help me.
2 in the front 3 in the back and about 400,000 in the ashtray?
I actually want to hear them lmao
@@daviddavidson2357 And just think of all the leather interiors +. . .*
@@letoubib21 lol
Don't know why they didn't make volkswagen doors out of wood however.
@@daviddavidson2357 good one
If they were to produce a modern Kubelwagon today, I think it'll sell well.
They basically did with the Volkswagen Thing back in the 70s (yes that was it's actual name)
. I've always wanted to own a Kubelwagon. I think now the ones left are priced way out of my reach
@@West_Kagle I had a neighbor who had a yellow Kubelwagon, it wasn't drivable but it was cool to look at.
The problem with the kubelwagon is it's not visually appealing as the allied counterpart Willy's MB.
@@Igyzone Also people probably are less willing to buy a vehicle associatead with WW2 Germany
In the words of James may:
“Someone looked at the beetle and said well thats the legacy of the worlds worst dictator, lets make it into a beach car!”
Never ask woman about her age
Never ask man about his salary
Never ask german company about it's activity in 1933-1945
Same with bmw
@@jf-0815 Yeah well... Like he said, German company
@@jf-0815 Yeah well... Like he said, German company
BMW
Hugo Boss
Kodak
IBM
IG Farben (ExxonMobil)
Fanta
etc.
I highly recommend reading the book Trading with the Enemy.
Never ask herbie what happend there
I will never get over the fact the Beetle has such a dark past but yet among other things associated with the love and peace ideals of the hippies
That's how you take symbols and turn them around.
𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚍𝚎𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢'𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 *𝙻𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚖* 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙽𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙽𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶.
𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚐 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜. *𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑*
the same thing with swastika used to be symbol of good luck before the war.
What is dark about hitler wanting to make a car that is affordable for the average joe?
@@swagkachu3784 ah Hitler?
Coincidentally there is a blue Fusca (as it is called over here in Brazil) parked right outside my spot at this very moment. Volkswagen sure did a good job with this little guy.
fuscão
Damn, Herbie had a pretty dark past.
yeah, still waiting for the prequels...
Yeah, deep down he was no love bug, having risen from the totalitarian brutality that was the Third Reich.
Well,he was built by a former axis scientist afterall.
@@THEREEKING Their technically was, it starred Bruce Campbell. Basically the German scientist figured Herbie would be used for evil, so he set him free 🤣
I remember when I was a child back in Mexico, these care were everywhere and anywhere you could think of, My friends and I had a game in which whenever we would see a “Bochito” (aka the Beetle) we would try to claim it to add to our collection. Whoever saw the car first would claim it and to the pile. Nowadays you dont see those cars anymore and it’s honestly kind of sad, but its kind of amazing how versatile it was.
Had a game like that here in the states, we called it slugbug. Instead of collecting We'd slug the one who didn't see it first in the arm. Sadly, people's arms are un-brused as of late.
@@alaneskew2664 we played the same game in my family, only we would call out "Punch-Buggy!" And, yeah, not so much anymore; even when the new versions started showing up, they didn't count as we didn't and don't consider them true "Punch (or Slug) -Bug(gy)."
@@alaneskew2664 [Line of VW bugs come down the road] PUNCH-BUGGY! PUNCH-BUGGY! PUNCH-BUGGY! [Sounds of a fistfight]
Everyone: owwww...
@@wesleythomas7125 I've actually seen that when I was a kid Is going down the highway in a school bus. There was like a period of 4 or 5 Volkswagen's Like within a span of 5 minutes. By the 5th car everybody was getting their arms punched. And I'm not gonna lie if I was an owner of a Beetle I would drive by schools during recess to see what happens.
@@alaneskew2664 I was referencing a joke on The Simpsons-that my dad made years before I saw the episode. Guess it was really common.
As a citizen of Wolfsburg, it is interesting to know more about the history of my city, althrough I already knew some details.
Your city wouldn’t even exist without the nazis!
@@mats7492 probably not the best way to word that
Ich war erst dieses Wochenende in der Autostadt, der älteste Käfer da ist von 1938!
ironically, this is my favourite car
same
@Дима 🅥 it is in fact a Rick roll
@Дима 🅥 what is it with russian-speakers and unfunny and link spamming
the volkswagen beetles are some of my favorite cars
My fave as a child, a pink beetle the first car i ever rode when my grandpa picked me and my mom after she gave birth to me, my uncle also had one a silver, it was a car like no other, i see new sedans suv trucks but nein-ther can compair to the good old beetle, the inside smell is so good. I did not see my self as poor as a child i see my family as rich cuz only few had beetles like ours a beautiful car, and when we sold it to buy a new car, now i realize how its not about the car or materials or the price of the car but it about you valueing the car, got a bit sad commenting, miss the old wagen.
Mine too👍 I had a European standard 60 beetle out here in California a few years back. The one I shouldn't have sold and iv had a few split window busses that were kinda cool. Get a vw if you haven't and you'll never be unhappy. But if you've had them then you know what I mean
Man this is an ironic twist if there was any. My dad owned one of these and it is a shame that it went to waste.
I have to say, you guys really did your research. The animation and drawing for the kubelwagen was spot on, and the animation of the polish women working on the boxer motor was perfect. Really high quality work that most people might not notice. You guys are awesome
The only car ever made truly as a peoples car that you could fix and take apart by a single small toolbox.
If only modern corporations could understand doing stuff for the people.
Mercedes: I dodged a bullet here.
Volkswagon: *They see me rolling. They hating.*
Mercedes made cars for the Nazis too.
@@williamhiers1280 Hitler's favourite car was a Mercedes. Well, anybody favourite car too.
Words can’t describe how much I love these cars, currently restoring a ‘66 Beetle
I remember my grandfather in Mexico owning a red Volkswagen Beetle. Such fond memories of it. I remember when we got in a car accident when I was 8, little car was back home in less than 3 days
The VW beetle was actually sort of a copy of the Czechoslovak Tatra 97 and the company got mad at Porsche for coping their car but later Germany invaded Czechoslovakia short afterward so that didn’t matter anymore
Tatra was even gonna hold a lawsuit against Ferdinand, guess now we know why they annexed Czechoslovakia. lol
Yeah, that's what Nazis did, stealing and claiming it was their idea in the first.place. Fascists always lie
No Tatra, no Porsche as we know today.
@@mrunseen3797
Well, they did told the truth about being accesible for every member of society.
Later on in 1967 VW repaid them by paying 1 million Deutch Marks
I really love how this car looks like.
Have you ever driven one?
@@letoubib21 I just think it's neat all I never drove one I really want to drive one.
@@letoubib21 They are fun to drive, especially in winter.
6:21 Congratulations to the *animators* for the animation, especially this shot of the Beetle on the crane. A wonder of perspective!
Perfect timing. I was studying about this issue just today for a masters thesis. Thank you Simple History
Wow finally a video about it, great job!
Porsche would eventually carry the Beetle's RR (rear-engine, rear-wheel drive which is different from mid-engine rear-wheel drive) layout over to his original cars, such as the 356 and then to the 911.
The name kinda sounds like the name of a tank rather than an inocent car
Imagine If it was named Volkswagen-v1000 😂
It literallly means peoples wagon
Beetlekampfwagen
Hello
Me: I want a Porsche
*shows modern Porsche*
Me: I want the real Porsche!
*shows old Porsche*
Me: I said the REAL Porsche!
*shows Ferdinand*
Me: Perfection.
you should definitely do more car history episodes, this was great
Volkswagen
-I have a clean record
(Simple History uploads)
A little known fact is that Prosche's initial design included a diesel electric drive.
Fun fact: Hitler didn't invent the Autobahn. He only expanded it.
How can you dare to claim that, you Volksschädling?! *;-)*
@@letoubib21 You should not say something like that to a german anarchist like me. (I know it's meant as a joke though)
@@engy6592
Anarchy?! Anarchy is pretty fine! But only with a strong anarch as its leader *. . . ;-)*
@@letoubib21 I want a world without leaders. With true freedom and no laws and no dumb religions fighting each other
@@engy6592 C'me on! It's difficult enough to get in the western world an only halfway good job as dictator *. . .*
And I proudly own a 1971 beetle! Lovely car to own and drive, extremely reliable and fun to use!
I own a 1971 too! I love it!!
For us Indians the Suzuki Fronte ( Suzuki Maruti 800) is the people's car. It gave us Indians an opportunity to get a proper sets of wheels. As a result Suzuki is market leader in India.
The car right now may look old, but back then it was so modern, it would be like futuristic cars from clickbait vids
Lol that opening made me ask if that was an animated James May driving Dr. Ley's personal KdFWagen a-la Top Gear.
I wouldn't call it's history dark necessarily its not linked to like the ss or something it was made as an affordable car for people of that time not very dark if you ask me, more interesting or strange origins
Decades ago one of my Great Uncles had a 1970s made Volkswagon Beetle.
I prefer the old Volkswagon Vehicles than the modern ones.
A wonderful car, that scaped from darknes to light.
I think there is one military version beetles(off-road tires, headlight dimmer, etc) bought by a car enthusiast in Hong Kong
My friend used to own on of this iconic car in Australia 🇦🇺
I learned to drive in 1 of these. It had a butterfly valve carburetor. Also air cooled. It didn't like going 65-70 mph. Overheat issues and also would flood the carburetor. I know this because well...16 year olds.
and you have to adjust your valves every 5000 km or 3000 miles 😂
man you are the most manliest man in youtube to uncensored the swastika
History should be raw and unvarnished, for better or ill.
@@stevew6138 facts
The Volkswagen, or the last time ferdinand porsche designed something fuel efficient
First car in history w a built in GPS. It only showed the routes to Poland tho.
Poland invasion lol
haha
That car will still remain my dream car
it’s still common to see old Volkswagen beetles driving around in the United States.
I saw an early 1970’s model last week in my neighborhood.
been waiting for this
Now we need the history of the renowned automobile Herbie.
The 1930’s German car that later became the symbol of the hippies and a staple of Mexico.
I just love the look of the Volkwagen Beetle
It’s still adorable despite its dark background tho....
Kinda ironic you have a happy tree friends pfp too 😳
Much like your pfp
how is it dark
@@rendem9539 because the Nazis made it
@@alex-sv8ru ok? so what?
They could have made the Volkswagen beetle well into the present day and it would have still sold like hotcakes! It truly a shame they stopped making the beetle. The "New" bug was a pile of garbage and a shame on the original beetle. I have so many fond memories of rides in my grandpa's 70's beetle
The Beetle and its Armored Car Counterpart the Kubelwagen would probably do well to this day if they were still sold (I'm suprised the Kubelwagen didn't see life after WW2 as a Consumer Car that Competed with Consumer Jeeps)
@@gavinisdie Are you unaware of the Volkswagen thing?
Doubt it's would be the same today. With all the regulations, safety ratings, creature comforts that customer expects these days, unlikely they would be as simple or as cheap as it was originally.
My dad told me it was his first car, and he loved it! Rest in Peace Dad ♥️
Omg thank you guys for making this video, now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go drive my Super Beetle to work 😁
Also, Porshe did knew another designer named Hans Ledwinka who worked for Czechoslovak company Tatra that as a first car company mass produced fully aerodynamic cars. His design was very similar to theirs and resulted in lawsuit by Tatra.
No wonder why Clarkson, Hammond, and May hate the Beetle....
or maybe because its the most selling car of all time, hence there being millions on the road in the 70s
“Punch buggy no punch backs!”
“YOU DARE ATTACK ZE GESTAPO”
Automobile and aircraft companies today: 🌝
Automobile and aircraft companies between 1939 - 1945: 🌚
In kamakura, you can find copies of these all around the area! I got some fond memories of these things.
there's a'lot of them because a lot of people -arehippies- have good taste in motorized vehicles!
Seriously why every single thing in the world has a dark origin
Because it's dark
Click-bait
Tyrants use propaganda to show off their 'fancy' regimes.
The model with Mr Hilter is a much later 1964 model. It had to be able to reach 100km pro stunden not 50mph. Also it was Major Hirst who named the Plant Volkswagen at Wolfsburg. Besides a lot of wrongs I really enjoyed this
My dads first car was a tan 1966 Volkswagen, it was raised a few inches iirc, had a larger funny looking front bumper, but he wrecked it way before I was born in a ditch because he was drunk with his friends. My step-sisters first car was also a 2001 VW Beetle, but I don't know it's fate.
Interesting Video! Keep up the great work!!
The most iconic car in Brasil :)
Fuscão pretoooo
awesome topic!
congrats!
My favorite car!!!!
yes!
This vehicle is actually very important to me, because i wouldn't have existed if volkswagen beetle never made it into mass production and getting sent all over the globe
To all the Transformers fans out there,
You guys know which Autobot transforms into this Volkswagen Beetle.
Bumblebee
You guys should touch upon more car company history. I'd love to see some of my favourite cars in Simple History style.
The volkswagen beetle is an interesting car.
Really miss those guys
Am-47, Horten 229, and Tuskegee Airmen Videos Please?
Never ask Volkswagen who they where supplying in 1934-1945
Ya...never ask Mitsubishi, Honda, etc who they were supplying too. :0
''The Porsche 911 and It's Dark Origins''' - Glorified Beetle
Kinda noticed that the 911 was basically the sportier version of the Beetle. (Not including the name itself tho)
I should also mention that VW did make a follow up to their earlier Kubelwagen. Check out the Volkswagen 181/Thing(that’s the name). It was also meant for military use by west Germany.
Is it only me, or that car is beautiful?
Not just you. Imo, the Beetle looks cuter and better than the the Miata
Nice video like always
It's so damn funny to hear people trying to say long komplex words in german (as a german) but it was pretty good
In my childhood days we would call it a punch 🤜 Buggie.
I heard modern beetles arent made anymore. It had a good run.
true.
They need to start them back up, in these hard times they'd be a big seller
@@alaneskew2664 it's apparently coming back
...as an EV (on the plus side it'll be RWD again)
The Beetle is still being made, it's just called the Porsche 911.
@@dannym1882 umm..no...i wouldn't go that far. lol But it is made by Volkswagen.
Thank you for video sir
So all of this talk about volkswagen beetles and yet not even a cheeky little cameo for Herbie the love bug? Come on simple history your better than that!
I got a Volkswagen ad on this video.
Hitler help expand the autobahn, he didn’t build the entire read system, it was already there when he became chancellor of Germany.
(Also Mussolini didn’t make the ‘trains run on time’. 😑)
Man, this music really makes this video perfect ! :D
This pretty much applies to all German companies in the 30s
Love the accurate animation. Love the banners in the background.
Amazed JyExWtube hasn't censored or deleted the video, you know how they are...
Always loved these cute lil bugs,shame it has quite a dark history though.
Now I crave a video that shows how Volkswagen and Mercedes went from ruins in 1945 to currently dominating the European car market