one of the oldest vw beetle ads in existence!

[Muhlineks]

It already has occupation number plates, so defenitely before 56.

[LouisLambert]

Man, he could even smell it. That car is screwed. X-D

[FamilyOfMan1975]

My German is incredibly rusty but I think at the end the guy said the hand brake was on. Am I right?

[beetlejuice150]

@FamilyOfMan1975 Yes, that's what he says!

[FamilyOfMan1975]

@beetlejuice150 Thanks

[Hikikomori013]

Of course a bug will pull the van. The truck has bearings. You could push it by hand on level ground, and the bug has a lot more power than you do. They have a fierce amount of low end torque.

A handful of Music City Rockettes pulled a railroad locomotive to demonstrate the new Timkin Roller bearings, and that's a lot heavier than a loaded truck.

[hebneh]

This is amusing, but...nope, not true to life. Note particularly how the film is speeded up as the VW tows the truck before it comes to a stop.

[ch1ldpr3d3t0r]

hitlermobiles!!!!!

[ExUSSailor]

VW's air cooled flat four, in all it's forms over the years, from 1100cc, to the 2300, and 2500cc extreme performance engines of today, is the BEST internal combustion engine ever designed, period.

[ninnibell]

ha ha ockunteresy snottenfugry

[DdlyHeadshot]

I really doubt it could do that...

Anyone else think the protagonist is a bit of a smug jerk?

[gerb360]

even that he forgot the handbrake!!! maybe it´s not the fastest car, but have you tried to do a wheelie with a bug???

[leshpar]

I think this is a scene from a movie. not a commercial

[VALsacount2]

Wow a bit like a cartoon.

The car is may powerfull enough to pull a truck, but not at a fast speed.

[cookymonster70]

what is he running a 2276cc turbo motor lol.

[Xerxes371]

lmao boxter engine FTW!!!

[Patsbug66]

ha thats great the dudes truck is dead so the vw guy tows it and at the end the truck driver says somethings smoking and and the vw owner says oh no i just accidently left my handbrake on lol

[girlieegirl022]

umm whats he saying?/

[swiggy1957]

This reminds me of a pick-up commercial from a couple years ago. Great ad. Wish it had English sub-titles.

[VWman100]

XD That was cool!

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

sounds like you are describing people in the USA. In Germany, they try their best to make the worlds best stuff. For example, Bosch makes some kick ass power tools but by far their best achievements were in the automotive industry Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen etc

[jmmadulid]

i love the vw beetle, one of the worlds best car. our beetle is already 56 yo and is stll runnin in good condition.

[marialuisepavel]

To all the non believers out there, type "Volkswagen Beetle in Antarctica 1963 Mawson" into your search engine! It even had a number plate "Antarctica 1". There are documented stories about the tenacity of this little car. It never faltered and even towed some of the larger vehicles up glacial banks! Goes to prove-if you look after this little car,it will look after you!

[budgienation]

@marialuisepavel I had a '68 Type III Fastback. I still miss that car! No boil over in the summer, no freeze up in the winter, it was wonderful. I only wish VW made reliable economical cars like that today. True they are well made, probably even better than the old days, but what happened to cheap to buy? And what happened to easy to fix? I'm sort of a backyard mechanic. I'd do everything except brakes, tranny and steering. These days you need an engineering degree. I miss old days...

[Sanyey]

I guess its possible to pull that truck with a bug.. we managed to pull a 1,1 ton Opel Astra with a Honda Dio scooter (50ccm)... so I guess this would be manageable also..

[llutuv0934]

wtf beetles cant pull buses!

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

lol you'd be suprised what these mofo's can do. lol

We went through a dirt wall at 20mph and the car had no damage at all. We had bad whiplash though lol.

[kevink1600]

none of that was actually happening. Well part was, the van was driving as well as the bug was. If they ACTUALLY said this bug will be able to tow this van, they'd be in trouble. They can do anything with cars they want, notice they wont SAY it will actually do it.

[HackebeilHarry]

the beetles dashboard is from before 1957, so this commercial must me at least 50 years old.

[willrs]

It's a Split cabrio actually, so somewhere between 1949 and early 1953...

[kevink1600]

well youre wrong, 1953 was an oval window 1949 to 52 were splits. Look for the 1949 VW ad on youtube its everwhere anyway i cant believe no one here found it yet.

[willrs]

The split rear window was replaced by the oval in March '53. The early dash as seen on the car in the video was replaced round about October '52.  Pedantic enough for you?

[yomamasabanana]

The New VW Is more stronger than the old one.I like the older beetle better than the new Version

[CyDaSnake]

The new one has more power but the old one can survive hitting a moose or rolling off of a cliff.

[irish89055]

torpedos ... loss That guy was prob a u boat officer...

[BlauerBooo]

hehe ^^ die handbremse war auch noch angezogen ^^

at the end they said: "oh it smells strange here"

vw-driver: "oh, hehe, the handbrake was still tightened" ^^

this must be very old.. maybe 40 years?!

[beetlejuice150]

I guess it's even older. I think it was made in the early 1950's. So let's see. That makes uhmmm... Ah! More than 50 years old!

[NutsandGuts]

@beetlejuice150 60 years old

[badVWbug]

LMAO! My dad always told me a story about his hot-rodded Bug that he let his friend drive. His friend drove it over 30 miles and told him it wasn't very fast, before he realized he still had the hand brake on the whole way! I never believed it untill an old guy stoped by 1 day while I was washing MY bug and told me to say high to my dad and tell him it was the guy who drove his bug with the hand brake on all the way back from Portage Quebec to Renfrew Ontario! I was shocked it was totally true!

[herbienbrian]

lol, I did that once and the car nearly caut on fire!

[benmotorman]

not bad towing a truck AND !!!! with the handbrake on i towed my sons holden with our beetle so no wrrys hey ?

[astronaut7scum]

So what if it's not realistic. I just saw a Toyota Tundra commercial where it was pulling something ridiculus, and there was a paragraph of disclaimers at the bottom about do not attempt, actual results may vary etc. etc. The overall point is that it's a strong little car for post-war Germany.

[kevink1600]

yeah it was an absolute fabrication. They didnt have to say this car "could" or "couldnt" tow that van. They didnt say it may have had a much larger engine. The best disclaimer is none at all.

[way2muchsense]

Also los! -> Alright, let's go!

[rutroo29]

vas iz deis? that's Brother Theodore!

[kcmurphy72]

Not sure who understand German here... the punchline is that the bus driver smells something burning, and says that he must have burned up his clutch, but it turns out he had the parking brake set the whole time.

[sage702]

You know I was kidding right I mean a 1600 can barely carry 4 people but a 1200 thats just rediculous...

[LRCVWDude]

Hey, you can make anything pull anything with the right gearing.

Granted, that ad was quite stretched (it's Germany right after the war, what do you expect? ;)), but Beetles could pull quite a bit. I know, i pulled someone out of snowbank in a newer car (honda i think), in my 68 Beetle with a stock 1600. Couldn't believe it, but it did it without breaking anything

[kingtiffin]

should av left the jap crap there

[ThickDixie]

..that is true, it could have pulled twice that!

[sage702]

what are you talkin about he's got a type 4 with a bus box in there....hehehe jk

[gtimandan]

Oh whatever dude :Þ "Truth in advertising" didn't exist back then, hehe.