Another Red VW Beetle
When this 1974 Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Emden, Volkswagen was already on the decline in sales in the U.S. Despite the debut of the Golf - called the Rabbit in the New World - in the U.S. the following year, and despite the Rabbit setting a new record for the most units of an import-car model sold in its first year on sale, Toyota replaced Volkswagen as America's topselling import-car brand, and VW hasn't regained that distinction since. Likely it never well.
The Beetle had ingrained itself into the American psyche by 1974. Nothing illustrates that better than the two American flags on this car.
Another Red VW Beetle
When this 1974 Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Emden, Volkswagen was already on the decline in sales in the U.S. Despite the debut of the Golf - called the Rabbit in the New World - in the U.S. the following year, and despite the Rabbit setting a new record for the most units of an import-car model sold in its first year on sale, Toyota replaced Volkswagen as America's topselling import-car brand, and VW hasn't regained that distinction since. Likely it never well.
The Beetle had ingrained itself into the American psyche by 1974. Nothing illustrates that better than the two American flags on this car.