There
was a heritage car rally happening in Chennai this weekend, where the old cars are
drove to and fro to Pondicherry. Being close to Elliots Beach in Besant Nagar, I
couldn't visit the venue – where cars are parked in front of the promenade – although
I was interested, I wasn't intended to go to be the truth. But I have been to one
of the rally held in VGP (Golden Beach) parking lot, few years back on ECR and got
chance to capture some of the vintage cars on park, as well as on move. Follows
one of the cars I found in rally: a yellow color Volkswagen Beetle, a 1964
model!
The Volkswagen
Beetle, also known as VW Type 1 or VW Bug, is a two door come four passenger
car with rear engine manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen
from 1938 until 2003. The need of this car and its functional objectives were
formulated by Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, who wished for a cheap,
simple car to be mass-produced for the new road network of his country. He
contracted Porsche in 1934 to design and build it to his exacting standards was
one of the first rear-engine cars, which was on designing for four years.
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| The bug on move |
With
over 21 million manufactured in an air-cooled, rear-engine, rear-wheel drive configuration,
the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single design
platform, worldwide. Although designed in the 1930s, the Beetle was only
produced in significant numbers from 1945 was internally designated the
Volkswagen Type 1 and marketed simply as the "Volkswagen". The model
became widely known in its home country as the Käfer (beetle in German) and was
later marketed as such in Germany, and as the Volkswagen Beetle in other
countries.
(Source
of info Wiki)
14 comments:
This one is a real beauty !
one of the cutest classic cars, ever. :)
cute car...looks cuter in yellow!
I keep missing this rally every year! This car is so bright and so yellow. Thanks for telling us the history behind it, good to know.
Destination Infinity
Should I tell you, Jeevan that VOLKSWAGEN sedan (not Beetle) was the first car we owned. My husband was in England( before our marriage) for his post doc in Cambridge Uni. After finishing the course,he purchased the sedan and shipped that to India. It was a sturdy,air cooled, rear engined beauty and we traveled throughout India in that.In fact, we enjoyed our honeymoon outing immensely, courtesy the precious white beauty. Thanks for the nostalgic trip!!!
I love the color of this classic car. We still see this version on the road, although most 'Beetles' are newer versions.
My grandpa had a Morris 8 and an Austin. Morris 8 was manufactured by a British company and it was indeed very lovely just like this little lemony Volkswagen :)
Love that yellow 'bug'.... My brother had one of those (not that pretty color though) years ago --and loved it...
Hugs,
Betsy
The Beetle is a classic!
The cute little car is a charm.
This car is unique to me when someone told me it doesn't need water in its radiator.
This car is popular in my country as collectors' items but I had never seen a striking yellow like this.
She is a beauty!
Great memories for you!
Very nice color and a folks car, really.
I am reminded of "Love Bug", the movie.
Good one, Jeevan!
Have a Great Day and good luck with the move.
Peace :)
Absolute car of my choice! And a bright color as well :)
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