Volkswagen Brezel Käfer - 1950
We are in the '50s. Europe is still recovering from WW2. An atmosphere of euphoria reigns and people are discovering new freedoms : paid holidays and trips, television, first steps in the consumer society, growing influence from the United States, new styles of music,....
In this atmosphere of freedom, the car plays a major role, with the VW Beetle as the most iconic model. It more than lives up to its role for which it was originally designed : that of the people's car.
It could accommodate a whole family, was cheap, basic and indestructible. 21.529.464 models were built, with the final one not coming off the production line until 2003.
1.131 cc
Flat 4
25 hp @ 3.300 rpm
Vmax : 100 km/h
In the Spotlight : Volkswagen Milestones
29/01/2021 - 28/03/2021
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
February 2021
Volkswagen Brezel Käfer - 1950
We are in the '50s. Europe is still recovering from WW2. An atmosphere of euphoria reigns and people are discovering new freedoms : paid holidays and trips, television, first steps in the consumer society, growing influence from the United States, new styles of music,....
In this atmosphere of freedom, the car plays a major role, with the VW Beetle as the most iconic model. It more than lives up to its role for which it was originally designed : that of the people's car.
It could accommodate a whole family, was cheap, basic and indestructible. 21.529.464 models were built, with the final one not coming off the production line until 2003.
1.131 cc
Flat 4
25 hp @ 3.300 rpm
Vmax : 100 km/h
In the Spotlight : Volkswagen Milestones
29/01/2021 - 28/03/2021
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
February 2021