Volkswagen
Full production of the German “Volkswagen,” or “people’s car,” might have had a marked effect in the world automobile market, thinks Lloyd D. Worden, chief of the automotive and aeronautics unit of the Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce. Hitler ordered the Volkswagen designed in February, 1936, to sell for less than 1,000 Reichmarks (then 400 dollars). Dr. Robert Porsche produced a twodoor coach for four adults and one child. The four-cylinder air-cooled engine located in the rear was to develop 23.5 horsepower at 3,000 revolutions per minute. Manufacturing plans were in an advanced stage just before the war started. Ultimately the Volkswagen became the German “jeep,” both for land and amphibian use. The plant at Fallersleben is now producing several thousand cars a month under British supervision.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 14, 20 January 1948, Page 3
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130Volkswagen Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 14, 20 January 1948, Page 3
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