It was after the introduction of the “Deutsche Mark” in 1948 that production of the legendary Beetle went into full swing. And all thanks to a Brit!
Yvan Hirst, a serviceman from the other side of the Channel, was sent to Wolfsburg to survey the damage caused by numerous bombings.
Under the rubble, he discovered a wrecked Beetle and fell under its spell. He had the factory’s original activity revived, and by 1949, the first Germans to order their cars were finally being served!
At the end of the same year, the Beetle arrived on American soil and began its conquest. In 1955, Cox production reached the symbolic milestone of one million units built.
In 1973, the famous VW became the most produced car in the history of the automobile, ahead of the Ford T.
