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{{Infobox automobile+| name = Volkswagen Beetle Type 1+| image = VW Käfer Baujahr 1966.jpg
−| caption = 1964–1965 Volkswagen Beetle
−| manufacturer = [[Volkswagen]]
−| aka = Volkswagen Type 1, Super Beetle, "el auto del pueblo", "vocho", Käfer, Garbus, Fusca, Carocha, Coccinelle, Volkswagen 1200/1300/1302/1303/1500, Vosvos
−| assembly = {{plainlist|
−*Germany: [[Wolfsburg]] (Wolfsburg Volkswagen plant)
−*Germany: [[Hanover]]
−*Germany: [[Emden]]
−*Germany: [[Ingolstadt]]
−*Germany: [[Osnabrück]]
−*Australia: [[Melbourne]] ([[Volkswagen Australia|Volkswagen Australia Ltd]])
−*Belgium: [[Brussels]] ([[Audi Brussels]])
−*Bosnia: [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] ([[:de:Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo|Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegoldenbug.com/sr/vw_istorija/d175/tas_vw_buba_istorija |title=TAS VW Buba Istorija |access-date=7 July 2021 |work=The Golden Bug |language=sr}}</ref>
−*Brazil: [[São Bernardo do Campo]] ([[Volkswagen do Brasil]])
−*Finland: [[Heinola]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Teksti Tm |url=http://tekniikanmaailma.fi/vanhat/oi-niita-aikoja-aikamoinen-kupla |title=Oi niitä aikoja : Aikamoinen Kupla |publisher=Tekniikanmaailma.fi |date=2004-01-21 |access-date=2016-07-10}}</ref>
−*Indonesia: [[Jakarta]] (VW Indosentosa Trada)
−*Ireland: [[Dublin]]
−*Malaysia: [[Shah Alam]]<ref name="VW history Malaysia motortrader.com.my">{{cite web |author=Chips Yap |url=http://www.motortrader.com.my/news/history-of-volkswagen-in-malaysia/ |title=History of Volkswagen in Malaysia |publisher=PROTO Malaysia |date=3 January 2007 |access-date=2 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202124807/http://www.motortrader.com.my/news/history-of-volkswagen-in-malaysia/ |archive-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
−*Mexico: [[Puebla City|Puebla]] ([[Volkswagen de México|Volkswagen de México S.A. de C.V.]])
−*New Zealand: [[Auckland]]
−*Nigeria: [[Lagos]]
−*Philippines: [[Manila]]
−*South Africa: [[Uitenhage]]
−*Thailand: [[Bangkok]] ([[Yontrakit Motors]])
−*Venezuela: [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dkarros.com/es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=522:1973-volkswagen-super-escarabajo-&catid=14:1970&Itemid=15 |title=1973 Volkswagen Super Escarabajo (VE) |publisher=Dkarros |access-date=30 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710140428/http://dkarros.com/es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=522%3A1973-volkswagen-super-escarabajo-&catid=14%3A1970&Itemid=15 |archive-date=10 July 2011}}</ref>}}
−| designer = [[Ferdinand Porsche]]
−| class = [[Compact car]], [[economy car]]
−| body_style = {{plainlist|
−*2-door [[Sedan (automobile)|saloon]]
−*2-door [[convertible]]}}
−| production = 1938–2003: 21,529,464 built
−*15,444,858 in Germany
−**of which 330,251 Cabriolets<ref name="Oswald">{{cite book |title=Deutsche Autos 1945–1990, Band 3 |last= Oswald |first=Werner |year=2003 |publisher=Motorbuch |location=Stuttgart |isbn=3-613-02116-1 |page=39}}</ref>
−*3,350,000 in Brazil
−| related = {{plainlist|
−*[[Volkswagen Type 2]]
−*[[Porsche 356]]}}
−| successor = {{plainlist|
−*[[Volkswagen Golf Mk1]]
−*[[Volkswagen New Beetle]]}}
−| layout = [[Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout]]
−| engine = {{Plain list|
−* [[Volkswagen air-cooled engine|1100 cc]] [[Flat-four engine|H4]] ([[Petrol]])
−* 1200 cc H4 ([[Petrol]])
−* 1300 cc H4 ([[Petrol]])
−* 1500 cc H4 ([[Petrol]])
−* 1600 cc H4 ([[Petrol]]/[[Ethanol]])
−}}
−| transmission = {{plainlist|
−*4-speed [[manual transmission|manual]] transaxle
−*4-speed [[Semi-automatic transmission|semi-automatic]]; ''[[Saxomat]]'' (from 1961)
−*3-speed [[Semi-automatic transmission|semi-automatic]]; ''[[Autostick]]'' (1967–1976)}}
−| wheelbase = {{convert|2400|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
−| length = {{convert|4079|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
−| width = {{convert|1539|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
−| weight = {{convert|800|-|840|kg|lb|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}<ref name="TAM67"/>
−}}
The Volkswagen Beetle—officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in German der Käfer (meaning "beetle"), in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug, and known by many other nicknames in other languages—is a two-door, rear-engine economy car, intended for five occupants (later, Beetles were restricted to four people in some countries), that was manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003
The Volkswagen Beetle—officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in German der Käfer (meaning "beetle"), in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug, and known by many other nicknames in other languages—is a two-door, rear-engine economy car, intended for five occupants (later, Beetles were restricted to four people in some countries), that was manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003
−==the car==
−[[File:VolkswagenBeetle-001.jpg|thumb|i hope it explodes.]]
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