The Vocho in our life

Like their contemporaries the Mini and the Citroën 2CV, the Volkswagen Beetle has been regarded as a kind of car "cult" from its association with the hippie movement of the 1960s, especially the Volkswagen Combi. Many of these cars were painted "psicodélicamente". From 1968 to 2005, a 1963 model pearl white and the number 53 and blue bands, red and white, named Herbie, took a starring role in the Disney film series called "Cupid Bug". A Wunderkäfer called DuDu appeared in a series of films for children in Germany. Transformers series, another no less famous is Bumblebee in yellow. The Sedan has appeared in countless films from around the world. Stanley Kubrick used one in his film "The Shining". Also, Kevin Bacon used it as his personal car in the movie "Footloose" where he played a rebellious teen. During the 70 Sedan was used artistically to its promotion. Several video games have included, mentioning Beetle Crazy Cup European developer Infogrames (Atari) where the same and some of its variants are the protagonists, and is one of the cars at the most have proliferated around the world. In the famous Abbey Road album cover of The Beatles, in that avenue, where the quartet is detected by the photo, you see a white Volkswagen Beetle. It should be noted that the Volkswagen Sedan produced in Mexico and Brazil, whose history dates back to the first half of the decade of the 50's, are characterized by the date still occupy a very important position within the culture of these countries, like was achieved in these countries a very high percentage of national integration (parts produced locally), which were up to 100% of parts and in his later years, which even allowed to export in large numbers, with production in Germany had ceased the year 1980.

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