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When it comes down to the point when we have to define what "successful" stands for in the automotive world, it is quite simple, success means lots of sales. The ever increasing competition and lowered profitability directly resulted in continuous losses per sold car recorded by the leading car manufacturers.

This situation was caused by multiple reasons - starting from the expensive labor and costs of restructuring to manufacturing deficiencies caused by trying to present the whole range of new cars as soon as possible, which inevitably led to many withdrawals and expensive corrections of the cars. With all this, still some cars managed to win the buyers' trust all around the world. Various generations of cars such as the Toyota Corolla, the Volkswagen Golf or the Honda Civic became more and more popular and sold in higher quantities.

The Ford Model T is the 5th most successful car ever produced as it was sold in a large number of 16,500,000 cars, and it is the second bestselling car in the world at this moment. This is the very first car that was produced on an assembly line, which greatly simplified the entire process of making cars and most important, it was significantly more affordable and could be produced in large quantities. There is a famous line that Henri Ford said about the T model: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black" since, due to the fast production of those days, no other color could dry as fast as black.

At number 4 we have the Volkswagen Beetle, a car that has been around for 6 decades and it is the bestselling car in the world. VW sold approximately 21,529,464 cars which stands for something when we take into consideration that during these 6 decades, these cars were produced basically with the same car body and with some minor mechanical changes. The first and original design of the Beetle was manufactured until 2003, when the last car left the Mexico factory. After that, VW started producing the New Beetle, which is an up-to-date version of the original model. It is still selling quite well during present.

At third place we have another Volkswagen, the Golf, which is a very popular model in Europe, but lower ranked on the most important market, the North American one. There are 6th generations of Golf and VW sold about 24 million cars. The original model was produced starting with 1974 and the GTI sports version recently celebrated its well-deserved 30th birthday.

At second place we have the F series Ford which is in fact, and this must come as a surprise for you, the most sold car at the moment. With other words, a pick-up vehicle is the second ranked in total sales. And all these impressive figures were obtained only in North America. As of this moment, Ford sold more than 25 million F Series.

At number one we have the Toyota Corolla, which is the bestselling car in the automotive world. It debuted in 1966 and since then it had 9 generations. Toyota sold a whopping 35 million vehicles and analysts say that it will remain number one for a good amount of time in the future.

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The History Of The Volkswagen Beetle

It is thought that the history of the Volkswagen Beetle goes back to pre Second World War Germany when Ferdinand Porsche came up with the idea of designing a mass produced vehicle that would be affordable for the average German person. It is thought that although Adolf Hitler played a large part in making the Volkswagen Beetle a reality, the original design was Porsche's.

Hitler was a car fanatic and was apparently influenced by the production lines of Henry Ford. He became chancellor in 1933 and a year later at the Berlin auto show he announced that his government would support the development of a ‘people's car' in Germany. Hitler believed that a car should not be an exclusive privilege of the rich and enlisted the help of the car designer Ferdinand Porsche. Hitler described him as "the most famous designer of all time" and in 1933 had already acquired legendary status within the car design world.

Volkswagen literally means the ‘people's car' and it is thought that the brief that Hitler gave Porsche was that he should design and produce a car that would carry two adults and three children at a speed of 60mph with at least 33 mpg. This was the sort of thing that Porsche was looking to produce. Hitler set the price at 1000 Reichmarks, the equivalent of 250 dollars in 1933 which was about the price of a motorcycle at the time. It seemed an unrealistically low price to Porsche, but nevertheless he accepted the challenge and the Volkswagen Beetle was born.

In 1936 three prototypes were created and a factory was built in the vast zone of the Low Sassonia, in the surroundings of the castle of Wolfsburg of Earl Von Schulenberg. It became is and still is the biggest car factory of automobiles in the world.

Hitler called the new car the "KdF-Wagen"- literally meaning the "Strength Through Joy Car" after the Nazi-led KdF (Kraft durch Freude) movement that was supposed to look after working people in Germany. However, the name would not last and neither would Hitler's reign. Porsche preferred the original name of the Volkswagen which he thought was less informal. During 1938 the car was already being referred to by the nickname "beetle" which related to the size and shape of the car. So naturally the name Volkswagen Beetle stuck.

The Beetle survived into the 21st century and is easily by far the longest production run of any single car design ever. The car would see many evolutions over the year but the original shape and size of the car would remain the same. The nickname "Beetle" given by the public and the media will always stay with the car even though it was never its official name.  

It is thought that the most significant thing about the entire Volkswagen project was that Hitler actually did not care whether the car went into production or not. It was thought that the Volkswagen was a political tool, a desperate attempt for Hitler to gain supporters for his military plans. Two days after the cornerstone ceremony for the new factory, he signed orders for the invasion of Czechoslovakia. The Volkswagen was then forgotten.

It wasn't until after the war that the Volkswagen would realise Hitler's original dream. The Wolfsburg plant was located in the British zone of occupation and hundreds of workers and refugees came there to work. And this is when Volkswagen really came alive. The people were able to put the Volkswagen into production and the dream car finally became a reality. 

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Is it difficult to get repairs done on a new Volkswagen beetle?

I want to get a new Volkswagen beetle (preferably a 2000-2003 model). But my uncle says that is is very hard to get work/repairs done on them. I don't know if this is true, but it kinda seems unlikely. But I need some legit proof that this is either true or not true. Thanks!

if the mechanics you go to only know how to fix a ford or chev yeah then it is hard to get it fixed by them. But, I don't go to a domestic mechanic to fix an imported car. my Ferrari you no touch. I am pretty sure there is more than just hammer mechanics in your town. Seeing VW has been in NA since the mid 50's there are a quite a few garages that know how to fix them. Still with the newer ones, I would go to VW dealer just because they have the parts at hand. The other places order the parts from the dealer and then add "their overhead" for using the phone to get the part onto the price.

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