Volkswagen Beetles And Buses

Author : Russell Hayes
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760367667

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Volkswagen Beetles and Buses by Russell Hayes Pdf

This illustrated history celebrates the 75th and 70th anniversaries of Volkswagen's two most iconic vehicles, from the first Beetles spearheaded by Ferdinand Porsche in the 1940s to the buses that became synonymous with a generation. Volkswagen is one of the most beloved brands in motoring history, thanks largely to two instantly recognizable vehicles: the Beetle (a.k.a. Bug) and the Bus. More than 23 million VW Beetles have buzzed into the world since 1945, while the VW Bus presaged the minivan by thirty-plus years. Volkswagen: Beetles and Buses examines and celebrates all aspects of the vehicles and the many cultural associations that have swirled around them for more than seven decades. The diminutive rear-engined and easily mass-produced Beetle became the most popular imported car in America during the 1960s. Its success was due to its familiar face, its wildly clever ad campaigns, and the sheer numbers produced. The equally compact yet spacious Bus (a.k.a. Kombi, Microbus, Type 2, Transporter, and simply “van”) has won millions of fans around the world with its practicality, simplicity, and design. In this beautifully illustrated and authoritatively written celebration, author Russell Hayes looks back at the vehicles while focusing on the classic air-cooled VWs that ran into the late 1970s. Along the way, readers witness the Beetle and Bus at work and at play and learn about vehicle development and growing roles in popular culture, including star appearances in films like The Love Bug, Little Miss Sunshine, Footloose, Fight Club, The Big Lebowski, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, as well as television shows like Lost and Once Upon a Time and on the covers of the Beatles’ Abbey Road and Bob Dylan’s Freewheelin’ album. The story is brought up to date with coverage of the New Beetle and plans for the VW Buzz, a modern electric version of the iconic Microbus due in 2022. Volkswagen: Beetles and Buses deserves a place in the motoring libraries of VW owners, automotive enthusiasts, and those simply interested in pop culture. It's the ultimate illustrated history of these beloved vehicles.

Author : James M. Flammang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Volkswagen automobiles
ISBN : UOM:39076002389976

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Volkswagen by James M. Flammang Pdf

Noted automobile historian James M. Flamming offers the ultimate book on the Volkswagen and the love affair it fostered with generations of American auto owners. 16 pages in full color and more than 250 pages of text give readers the inside story on the VW, from the prewar days of Hitler's Germany to the vehicles enshrined in the American counterculture of the '60s to the models poised to roll off today's assembly lines.

Author : John Gunnell
Publisher : Complete Book
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760349878

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The Complete Book of Classic Volkswagens by John Gunnell Pdf

See the entire chronology of air-cooled Volkswagens in The Complete Book of Classic Volkswagens, a beautifully illustrated overview of one of the oldest and best-known foreign car brands in America.

Author : Bernhard Rieger
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674075757

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The People’s Car by Bernhard Rieger Pdf

At the Berlin Auto Show in 1938, Adolf Hitler presented the prototype for a small, oddly shaped, inexpensive family car that all good Aryans could enjoy. Decades later, that automobile—the Volkswagen Beetle—was one of the most beloved in the world. Bernhard Rieger examines culture and technology, politics and economics, and industrial design and advertising genius to reveal how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became an exceptional global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. Beyond its quality and low cost, the Beetle’s success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of people across nations and cultures. In West Germany, it came to stand for the postwar “economic miracle” and helped propel Europe into the age of mass motorization. In the United States, it was embraced in the suburbs, and then prized by the hippie counterculture as an antidote to suburban conformity. As its popularity waned in the First World, the Beetle crawled across Mexico and Latin America, where it symbolized a sturdy toughness necessary to thrive amid economic instability. Drawing from a wealth of sources in multiple languages, The People’s Car presents an international cast of characters—executives and engineers, journalists and advertisers, assembly line workers and car collectors, and everyday drivers—who made the Beetle into a global icon. The Beetle’s improbable story as a failed prestige project of the Third Reich which became a world-renowned brand illuminates the multiple origins, creative adaptations, and persisting inequalities that characterized twentieth-century globalization.

Author : Keith Seume
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0760304300

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VW Beetle by Keith Seume Pdf

The definitive illustrated history of a true world beater. Discover the full story of the amazing VW Beetle--from pre-war KdF-Wagen to today's New Beetle. The book features a color technical appendix illustrating chronologically the major design modifications made during the Beetle's lifetime. Full-color studio photography of 26 milestone models.

Author : Richard Copping
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781785004902

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VW Beetle Specification Guide 1949-1967 by Richard Copping Pdf

The VW Beetle is one of the best-loved of all classic cars, with many thousands preserved across the world, many in regular use. Over the years countless changes were introduced, together making a mid sixties Beetle, for instance, very different from one built in the mid-50s, or mid-70s, despite the obvious similarities. With the aid of hundreds of full colour photographs this new edition in paperback documents all the Beetle's specification changes and model differences during the classic period 1949-67, making it possible to determine the original specification and fittings of any Beetle from this period.Uses the same format as for the highly successful VW Transporter spec guides. Aimed at early-Beetle owners and enthusiasts. Superbly illustrated with 300 colour photographs. New edition in paperback for 2018.

Author : Richard Copping,Ken Cservenka
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845840228

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Volkswagen Bus by Richard Copping,Ken Cservenka Pdf

Buying a car is an expensive business and mistakes can prove costly financially and in time, effort and stress. Wouldn't it be great if you could take an expert with you? With the aid of this book's step-by-step guidance from a marque specialist, you can! You'll discover all you need to know about the car you want to buy. The unique points system will help you to place the cars value in relation to condition while extensive photographs illustrate the problems to look out for. This is an important investment - don't buy a Volkswagen Bus without this book's help.

Author : Jörg Hajt
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0764340743

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The VW Bus by Jörg Hajt Pdf

In this book, specialist author Jorg Hajt portrays VW Transporters of all body types, lovingly restored and set perfectly in their scenes. Complete construction details offer important tips for buying a VW Transporter and complete this wonderful pictorial volume.

Author : Richard Copping
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845847326

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VW Beetle by Richard Copping Pdf

The Beetle’s full story, from concept in pre-war Germany through 55 years of production & 22-million sales around the world. Colour features on 21 milestone models. Includes many sidebars & panels detailing Beetle facts, figures, feats, advertising, & more. The complete book of the Beetle.

Author : Tom Wilson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0895862255

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How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine by Tom Wilson Pdf

Learn how to rebuild a Volkswagen air-cooled engine! This guide will teach the reader how to troubleshoot, remove, tear down, inspect, assemble, and install Bug, Bus, Karmann Ghia, Thing, Type-3, Type-4, and Porsche 914 engines. All models from 1961 on up are included.

Author : David Wright
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836831942

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The Story of Volkswagen Beetles by David Wright Pdf

Surveys the history of the car known as the Volkswagen Beetle, describing how its popularity endured despite the fact that it was not sold in the United States between 1975 and 1998.

Author : William M. Burt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 161059245X

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Volkswagen Bus by William M. Burt Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3114191150

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Automotive Handbook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Copping
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781787116436

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Volkswagen Beetle by Richard Copping Pdf

The VW Beetle is simply the best-known and most-loved car in the history of the motor car. Amazingly, some of the earliest Beetles, now seven decades old, are still on the road, while more recent examples, particularly the classics from the late 1950s and '60s are many an enthusiast's pride and joy. Created through the ingenuity of Ferdinand Porsche, brought to the brink of series production by Hitler's Nazis and rescued from oblivion by the British after the war, the Beetle soon developed into a phenomenon under the guardianship of Heinz Nordhoff, the VW boss for two decades. Overwhelmingly successful in over 150 countries across the world, most notably in the USA; when the car finally fell from grace in Europe after Nordhoff's death, it was destined to enjoy a revitalised and lengthy swansong in South America. The legendary Beetle’s intriguing story is unravelled in this fascinating and handsome book.

Author : John Muir,Tosh Gregg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Volkswagen automobiles
ISBN : OCLC:84363498

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How to keep your Volkswagen alive by John Muir,Tosh Gregg Pdf