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The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the
Beetle or Bug, is an economy car produced by the
German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003.
Although the names "Beetle" and "Bug"
were quickly adopted by the public, it was not until
August of 1967 that VW itself began using the name
Beetle in marketing materials in the US. In Britain
VW never used the name Beetle officially. It had
previously been known only as either the "Type
I" or as the 1200 (twelve-hundred), 1300 (thirteen-hundred)
or 1500 (fifteen-hundred), which had been the names
under which the vehicle was marketed in Europe ;
the numbers denoted the vehicle's engine size in
cubic centimetres. In 1998, many years after the
original model had been dropped from the lineup
in most of the world (production continued in Mexico
until 2003), VW introduced the "New Beetle"
(built on a Volkswagen Golf platform) and bearing
a cosmetic resemblance to the original....
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