Hitler lancia l’auto “People”, la Volkswagen a forma di scarabei, 26 maggio 1938

The Volkswagen, or “People’s Car,” that so many millions have known for more than half a century had its genesis in Nazi Germany. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, who designed the Volkswagen, had to share the concept with none other than Adolf Hitler. And though the Volkswagen may have first been intended for use as a civilian recreational vehicle, it was quickly transformed into three basic military iterations: the Kommandeurswagen (commander’s car), Kubelwagen (bucket car), and Schwimmwagen (amphibious car). The VW’s transformation into a military vehicle was a rapid metamorphosis over which Porsche had no control.

[The Volkswagen Beetle – Warfare History Network](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-volkswagen-beetle/)

The original Tesla!

Elon missed out the part where the car was actually well made and useful to people who actually need cars and not just hitler fan boys.

So Back in 1938 the mustache guy launched “people’s car”
with Volkswagen and now in 2025 Mr Trump is uniting with Musk to launch the “Tesla- Electric Car” ..

Good car. Not like Lada or Tesla. Actual even now.

Is that the swasticar model SS everybody’s talking about these days?

Which is why the Trabant is the **real** People’s Car!

With 26 horsepower in our hearts, we shall drive our Sputniks past capitalist exploitation to a world of Duroplast and two-stroke induced lung cancer!

Crazy how the car became a symbol of counter culture in America years later

The original swasticar

The wagen cant get more Volk than that

Lots of posts about Nazis in r/europe, makes you think.

The Beetle was a good car tho

Looks suspiciously like a Scottish saltire flag in this picture. So even back then the SNP were making dastardly plots.

The design was slightly altered after the war, right? I remember the headlights to be a lot smaller