WEBVTT 4 TIMELINE...ON THIS JULY 21ST. ON THIS DATE IN 2003... IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA FOR A POPULAR CAR. THE WORLD'S LAST NEW VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE ROLLED OFF AN ASSEMBLY LINE AT A PLANT IN MEXICO.

A new book, “The People’s Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen Beetle,” tells the story of the car and the advertising that made it an icon. It’s hard to think of any small car–or, indeed, any ...

I just saw a remarkable bit of Volkswagen Beetle history happen tonight: a Beetle sold for the highest price ever recorded, an absolutely staggering $300,000. This beats the previous record of ...

This week, the last VW Beetle will roll off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico. Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its iconic Beetle model, marking the ...

Volkswagen will stop making its iconic Beetle after nearly seven decades on the market, the German automaker announced Thursday. The first Beetles rolled off production lines in 1938. Their increasing ...

Originally a project under Hitler to project Nazi prestige, the Beetle really came alive after World War II. By 1955, the 1 millionth Beetle had rolled off the assembly line in what's now the town of ...

"Thinking Small: The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle" (Ballantine Books), by Andrea Hiott: The Volkswagen Beetle has a unique and colorful history, with principal characters that include ...

The Volkswagen Beetle, created in the late 1930s as the "People's Car" and later a huge success in postwar America, has been retired. The Final Edition model is rolling out of the VW factory in Mexico ...

The Volkswagen Beetle is one of the enduring and iconic products of the past century, but it has meant different things to different people in different places and times. In telling its story, Rieger ...

The New Beetle has been an icon for a decade now, and Volkswagen is giving it another year without any substantial changes. For 2009, gone are the Triple White and Black Tie Edition models, as well as ...