vw beetle infomercial 1955

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This 1955 commercial celebrates the millionth beetle. It is very staged and outdated, but that's what I like about it! A shiny, happy couple drives around. The man tells his girl that there are 1 million beetles now. That's a line up from France to Canada! When the couple meets another couple they share their great vw experiences. The couple in the older beetle decides that they want a new one too!

It is fun to discover that the early commercials focus on adults of 30 years or older who buy their first car. Also the length of the clip makes it very outdated, but so much fun to watch!

From the DVD 'Legend on wheels'. Wanna have this DVD packed with 2 hours of high quality digitally remastered old vw commercials? The DVD really brings you back to the '60s and '70s. Send an email to: beetlejuice150@hotmail.com

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[bugz4me]

Ive got a 54 Oval! and a 1970 beetle and a 62 karmann ghia and you can only take them from my cold dead hands!

[thebugproject]

Cool video, did I catch a "Safety First" in plain English about 40 sec. in?

[superballix11]

"safety first. the thing is good." is what i heard

[HesseJamez]

@jovisha69

Yes - he really said "safety first". Germans use english idioms some times.

[Shoknifeman]

@hebneh Adjustable bucket seats were extremely rare in the 50s

[BluescreenX64]

1:20 "Hübsche Farbe: Polarsilber"

--Hätte ich jetzt auch gesagt.

[bugnut82]

I heard wonderful at 143

[hebneh]

Adjustable seats! What crazy thing will they think of next??

[cpoticha]

Funny how they didn't edit out the not-so-subtle "conquering the world" imagery that would eventually become verboten.

[jovisha69]

Ive heard ''Safety first'' too

[gamrkidd]

... safety first das Ding ist Good!

[jorasave]

@thebugproject yes!! and also "annoying" at 1.04 LOL