MOST POPULAR CAR IN THE WORLD-- TamilYoungsters.Com
WHEN 1946
TOP SPEED 100 KM/H
POWER 19 KW
ENGINE 995 CC
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE The best-selling car of all time is the Volkswagen Beetle: more than 21 million have been built in the past 65 years. The Beetle was invented as a car for the people – ‘volkswagen’ means ‘people’s car’. In 1933, the German government asked Porsche to develop an affordable car that could carry two adults and three children at 100 km/h. The Second World War started while they were still making prototypes and the fi rst production Beetles were not made until 1946.
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The Model T Ford was available only in black until 1926 – because the only type of paint that would
dry quickly enough to use on the production line was a black lacquer called ‘Japan black’. When better paints were invented, other colours became available.
lots of countries besides Germany. But it still has a distinctive humped
shape and an engine in the rear boot. A new sof t-top convertible
launched in 201 3 – but the fi rst soft-top was issued in 1949.
