one of the oldest vw beetle ads in existence!

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One of the oldest vw beetle commercials in existance! This early black & white commercial featuring a beautiful two-tone convertible was (I think) shot in the late 1950's. A surprising fact is that the commercial is in German. At that time the german market was still recovering from the war-years. The american market, though, was still reluctant to buy vw beetles.

"Also loss!" can be heared at least 3 times in this commercial. This together with the background music makes you think you are watching a wartime 'Deutsche Wochenschau'.

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cabriolet convertible open top german deutsche 1950's

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[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!

[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!

[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

[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!

[Muhlineks]

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

[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...

[LouisLambert]

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

[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.