Volkswagen Beetle celebrates its 70th anniversary

MANILA: The Volkswagen Beetle has successfully completed its 70 years in the automobile sector. VW beetle has gone through enormous tweaks and styling in this long timeline. The first generation Beetle rolled out of the manufacturing unit located at Wolfsburg, Germany. Beetle is one of the most admired civilian car. The old generation got replaced with the latest version by 2003 and the next generation Beetle was introduced in 2011. In Philippines, We still witness the first generation Beetle on the streets. The Volkswagen Club of the Philippines organizes various events to showcase these classic generation long vehicles.

The car offers a masculine classic look along with amazing features. It comes powered with a 1.4-litre TSI turbocharged gasoline engine that delivers 150 PS of power and 250 Nm of peak torque. The engine is paired to a 7-speed dual clutch automatic gearbox and boasts about offering mileage of 17.68 Km/L under good terrain conditions. It also gets loaded with latest safety tools like ASR, ABD, EDTC, EDL, Hill Assist control, and Immobilizer.

Volkswagen Beetle is one of the finest masterpiece product from the German automobile engineers. The design styling embarks the fine work and quality offered by the automaker. The Journey of the 70 yrs old VW Beetle wasn’t so easy. According to historians, the factory was bombed during the Second World War and the production went on halt. But, soon after the currency reform in 1948, the production of civilian oriented vehicles started and thereafter the automaker started the export of Beetle to other shores, embarking its presence in international market. The company witnessed a good response from the buyers across the globe.

The Volkswagen Beetle played a key role in bringing up the growth among the sector after Germany post-war. The problems that arose across the country due to war began to vanish as the company maintained a good presence across other nations. The automaker is consistently making various reforms and will be focused on developing long distance electro-mobility and networking. VW will also add some interconnectivity features in future vehicle which will ensure safer drive.

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