After nearly seven decades of production, Volkswagen has announced that it will stop production of its iconic Beetle cars next year.
The group has no immediate plans to revive the Beetle again, but the company wouldnโt rule it out. โI would say โnever say neverโ,โ VW of America CEO Hinrich Woebcken said in a statement.
The original VW Beetle, developed in the 1930s, made a journey from a product identified with Adolf Hitler to a symbol of Germanyโs rebirth as a democratic, industrial powerhouse after World War Two.
In the 1960s, the Beetle was a small-is-beautiful icon of the postwar baby boom generation. Volkswagen discontinued U.S. sales of the โbugโ in 1979, but continued production for Mexico and Latin America.
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