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Hitler, Porsche And Beetle

Probably the most popular car in the world, Beetle had fascinating past. It was proposed by Adolf Hitler to make peoples car that can fit 5 people and deliver speed of 100km/h (62mph) later known as "Volks-Wagen" ("People's Car"). Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche founder of automotive design company, which became known as the Porsche Büro. Ferdinand also designed German tanks, Tiger I and Tiger II. The first Porsche ever build was Porsche 356 created by Ferry Porsche son of Ferdinand Porsche. Porsche currently owns 31% of the Volkswagen car company.


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wes
partially true volkswagen owns porche,audi,and lamborgini to name a few.
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wes at 11:35AM, Jul 16th 2008.
ricky
nice cool info about "volks-wagen"
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ricky at 11:42PM, Nov 1st 2009.

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