{"id":12076,"date":"2019-08-21T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T23:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=12076"},"modified":"2019-08-21T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T23:20:08","slug":"12076","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=12076","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen says ‘auf Wiedersehen’ to the Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The last Beetle to roll off the production line.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

After its multi-generational run as a brand mainstay and global automotive phenomenon, the Volkswagen Beetle is ending production.<\/p>\n

The final car produced by Volkswagen de Mexico\u2019s Puebla plant\u2014a Stonewashed Blue coupe\u2014will live on display at Volkswagen\u2019s local museum in Puebla as a lasting tribute to the automobile\u2019s rich and storied heritage.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen de Mexico will soon shift resources to produce a North American market-focused compact SUV that fits in the manufacturer\u2019s lineup below the VW Tiguan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to imagine where Volkswagen would be without the Beetle,\u201d said Scott Keogh, president and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America. \u201cFrom its first import in 1949 to today\u2019s retro-inspired design, it has showcased our company\u2019s ability to fit round pegs into square holes of the automotive industry. While its time has come, the role it has played in the evolution of our brand will be forever cherished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Introduced to America as the Type 1, Volkswagen sold nearly five-million Beetles in the United States, and a worldwide total of 21.5-million cars.<\/p>\n

In 1998, the New Beetle\u2014an early automotive adopter of \u201cmodern retro\u201d design language\u2014re-introduced the familiar silhouette to a new generation of drivers, and sold more than 1.2-million cars between 1998 and 2010.<\/p>\n

In 2011, the third, and current generation of Beetle went on sale in the U.S. as a 2012 model and more than 500,000 have been built since.<\/p>\n

Sold in both coupe and convertible variants, the second- and third-generation of Beetles have collectively been produced in 23 different exterior colors, 32 interior trims, 13 varying engine configurations and 19 special editions, including the Dune, Denim, Coast and #PinkBeetle.<\/p>\n

All second- and third-generation Beetles have been built by Volkswagen de Mexico, Puebla and have been sold in 91 markets worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After its multi-generational run as a brand mainstay and global automotive phenomenon, the Volkswagen Beetle is ending production. The final car produced by Volkswagen de Mexico\u2019s Puebla plant\u2014a Stonewashed Blue coupe\u2014will live on display at Volkswagen\u2019s local museum in Puebla as a lasting tribute to the automobile\u2019s rich and storied heritage. Volkswagen de Mexico willRead Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-12076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volkswagen","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12076"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12084,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12076\/revisions\/12084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}