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The last Bubble
2003 rolls the last bubble
out of the factory
Last Release Here's how it looks - VW since 'last edition "- the
last edition of the bubble, which left the factory in Puebla, Mexico.
Volkswagen's classic car,''bubble'', which has
been associated with comedies Herbie Full speed again! , The hippie era and
Hitler's Germany is finally in the grave.
On Thursday rolled the last edition
of''who''Vocho bubble units in Mexico, from the Volkswagen plant in Puebla,
twelve mil southeast of the capital, Mexico City.
The bubble or beetle Ferdinad designed by Porsche and was born nearly 70 years
ago in Nazi Germany when Hitler wanted to launch a''real''folks car. The classic
bubble or the beetle has moved on Mexican roads since 1954.
Cheap
Production started in Mexico 1964th It has also manufactured in Brazil, but
which ceased production in 1986 although the model made a brief comeback in
1994-96.
The bubble was cheap to buy and easy to maintain contributed to its popularity.
In addition, there were initially few if any competitors in the small car
market.
Now the situation is different, and competitors like the Ford Fiesta and Fiat
Uno have shrunk bubble market.
- Ultimately, it is the customer who decides, "says Christine Kuhlmey at
Volkswagen in Mexico.
Approximately 1.7 million bubble has over the years have rolled out from the
Puebla plant. Copy number 20 million which were manufactured in 1981 and 1992 it
was time to toast to number 21 million copies.
Puebla plant has constantly developed the classical model. 1993, car electronic
fuel injection and catalytic converter. That was why the beetle cherished twin
exhaust pipes were replaced with a single.
1998 Volkswagen launched a much more modernized - and expensive - model VW
Concept 1/Beetle.
Taxi
In Mexico, the bubble has been popular as taxis, but stricter laws that say that
vehicles manufactured before 1993 may not be used for taxi services contributed
to the model's days were numbered. Similarly, competition from the reinvention
of the bubble and newer Volkswagen Jetta models made production is increasingly
questioned.
Last year produced only 24 000 classic bubbles compared with 100 000 reinvention
beetle VW Concept 1/Beetle, according to DPA.
- It is like a jewel. The little beetle helped my family's livelihood, "said
Armando Pasillas bilmontören who worked on the Volkswagen factory since the
mid-1960s.
- I like to see the cars on the roads because I know that I have experienced and
made them with my own hands.
Still rolls around 1.5 million bubble on Mexican roads and the country boasts 90
automobile clubs.
And many do not get lost in the first place. According to the Guinness Book of
Records, Paul Cahill of Australia drove his beetle daily since 1961 and have
reached 50 000 mil. 1954th
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