It seems that the Indian car buyers prefer the original German 'people's car' more than the original Italian 'people's car'
While car models have come and gone the Volkswagen Beetle holds its ground firmly.
Born in 1938, the Volkwagen Beetle is still a rage among car lovers.
Commonly known as the Bug, the Beetle would hit the Indian market in the middle of this year, Volkswagen managing director, passenger car division, Adreas Prinz told PTI.
Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen will roll out the Beetle--fondly called the people's car after its maker--on Indian roads by beginning of next month.
Here's capturing the car's 80-year-old legacy, and popularity, in photographs.
It was in the 1960s that the Beetle attained its cult status, when it became almost synonymous with the hippie movement -- and succeeded in shaking off the grim history of its origins. As Volkswagen announces the end of the Bug's journey, Amrita Singh goes down a nostalgic road.
Unique Volkswagen Beetles have an interesting manufacturing facts.
Over 2,805 pieces of scrap material has been used to recreate this astounding life size Beetle art piece.
The iconic Volkswagen Beetle has caught the imagination of well-heeled Indians who do not mind forking out a fortune to buy the bug.
Future and concept cars at the New York International Auto Show.
The company has not officially disclosed the prices yet, but industry insiders say the car will be available in the range of Rs 19-20 lakh (Rs 1.9-2 million), even for the basic variant. The company sells the Beetle in five variants internationally, across Europe, the US and other countries.
Besides opening up the possibility of a policy that allows vintage cars retrofitted with electric batteries to ply on roads, this also gives a clue to how cars older than 15 years that are banned can be valued again by a similar conversion to EVs, says Ritwik Sharma.
Fiat 500 has sold only 68 units in two years, since its launch in July 2008.
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In the US, VW faced penalties of up to $18 billion.
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This is the era of affordable cars and car manufacturers across the world are trying to come up with affordable cars that can be sold like hot cakes.
The list of '10 Cars That Changed The World' also features the Ford Model T, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Trabant, the Porsche 911, the Ford Mustang, the AMC Eagle, the Jeep Cherokee, the Dodge Caravan and the Toyota Prius. 'These vehicles changed people's lifestyles and habits as well as automakers' long-term strategies. Some even changed governments,' the magazine said in an accompanying report.
Tata Motors' plans would produce, in real terms, by far the cheapest car ever made.
The German luxury car manufacturer is quietly building on the legacy of the Mini, enticing young, trend-conscious and quality-oriented buyers with the promise of making them stand out in the crowd.
The sub-4 metre sedan will be available with both petrol and diesel engines.
Volkswagen is accused of using software in four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years 2009 to 2015.
Volkswagen is planning to make India a low-cost manufacturing hub.
VW had dodged environmental rules for which penalty could run up to more than $18 billion.
The software could hide the fact that the emission levels of diesel cars were 40 times higher than the level of pollutants allowed in the US.
"Nano is like an open canvas for us. We have the option of positioning it on the lines of the (Volkswagen) Beetle or the (BMW) Mini."
Volkswagen told US dealers to halt sales of some 2015 diesel cars.
VW is under pressure to identify those responsible, to say how vehicles with illegal software will be fixed.
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Bajaj Auto, said the company might re-enter the scooter market and if and when it does, the iconic Chetak might be revived.
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Bollywood has always had a special fascination with wheels, be in motorcycles or cars. So it was no wonder that a special enclave was created at the ongoing Auto Expo 2016 in Greater Noida to tip the hat to the iconic films where the automobile played a critical part.
The Ambassador was a durable enough brand to outlive the licence raj.
Travellers at the Mumbai airport were in for a surprise recently. They were greeted by Volkswagen's flagship product Beetle. Not the original one, but a car made from scrap, which was a "tailor-made" out of home (OOH) advertisement designed by DDB MudraMax.
Nano's production though continues unhindered despite mounting losses
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