‘THE VW BEETLE IS A CAR WITH A SOUL’

My favourite piece of history at Deutsches Historisches Museum is a Volkswagen export model from the 1950s. Known colloquially as the Volkswagen Beetle, it soon became a classic at home and abroad and was available in West Germany for a mere 5,400 Deutschmarks back in 1951. It was so popular that the millionth Beetle rolled off the production line in 1955.