This is something for that buddy out there who loves Beetle and Muscle cars and would like to have some info,or learn something about them.
BEETLE MILESTONES
1946 -In March,the one thousand beetle is built at Volkswagenwerk in Wolfsburg,Germany
1949 -In May,the ten thousandth postwar VW is produced in Wolfsburg.The plant celebrates with a meal consisting of noodles and goulash.The Swiss unexpectedly send a birthday cake made with flour,and another postwar luxary,real coffee.
1949 -The first Beetle is imported in the United States.
1967 -The first Beetle is produced in VW's Puebla,Mexico,Factory.
1968 -423,000 Bugs are sold in the U.S.,making this the car's peak sales year.
1972 -In February,the 15,007,034th Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Wolfsburg,thus surpassing the record held by the Ford Model T and establishing the Bug as the all-time auto champion.
1974 -The last Beetle is produced at the motor factory in Wolfsburg.
1978 -The last Beetle is built at the factory in Emden,Germany.
1979 -The last Beetle(a convertible)is sold in the U.S.
1998 -Still built in Puebla,Mexico,the original Beetle is recognised by the Guiness Book of World Records as the model with the longest production run :21,240,657.The new Beetle,also built in Puebla,is introduced in America.
The History Of Muscle Cars
The word ''muscle car '' means many things to many people.Some would argue that,strictly-speaking,the orthodox defination of a muscle car is a mass-produced,mid-size,two-door,American car powered by a large V8 engine.However,as we'll see over the years,from full-sized behemoths to sprightly compacts and pony cars.
For many these cars evoke memories of a glorious bygone era,when horsepower was king,cars had real character,and there really was ''power for the people'' down at their local car dealership.For others the word '' muscle car'' sums up all that went wrong with detroit during its heydays in the 1950's,1960's,and 1970's seeing cars with such big engines as profligate and pointless.Indeed,there can be no denying that at the height of the muscle car wars,vehicles were often marketed solely on the basis of their brake horsepower ratings,torque output,and accelaration figures.
But to concentrate on the negative aspects of so-called muscle cars-like the fact that they ''sucked gas''-is to miss the point of these exciting automobiles.These vehicles were automotive works of art,thoroughbred stallions of the motoring world and,even more crucially,they were products of their time,available to everyone and anyone from thei local Ford,GM,or Chrysler dealerships-and all on easy finance terms!
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