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Volkswagen Beetle

Volkswagen-made car produced from 1938 to 2003
Class type of: compact car Q152946

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
car model, automobile model series[3]

Population and size

Height
+1500[21]
More facts +17
Followed by
Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen New Beetle[5][6]
Subclass of
compact car
Brand
Volkswagen[19]
Commissioned by
Nazi Germany[4]
Country of origin
Germany, West Germany, Nazi Germany[9][10][11]
Described by source
Dresdner Hefte[18]
Designed by
Ferdinand Porsche[8]
Different from
Volkswagen New Beetle[20]
Discontinuation date
July 30, 2003[22]
Has part(s)
frunk[13]
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
Powered by
gasoline engine[12]
Service entry
1936[16]
Sport
rallying[15]
Start time
1938[14]
Total produced
+21529464[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Beetle en VW Bug en VW Beetle en Volkswagen Type 1 en Volkswagen Beetle en Volkswagen Bug ar بيتل ar البيتل ar Beetle ar فولكس فاغن بيتل cs Volkswagen Typ 1 cs VW Brouk cs Volkswagen Brouk da Volkswagen Type 1 de VW Typ 1 de VW Käfer de VW-Käfer de Buckelporsche de Kugelporsche de Käfer
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Library of Congress authority ID
sh98000657
GND ID
4063881-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
VW Käfer Baujahr 1966.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
0739d649-0b76-4185-b5ae-ee65718e9f4f
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11964470b
Fandom article ID
automobile:Volkswagen_Beetle
Freebase ID
/m/0hf35
Golden ID
Volkswagen_Beetle-4B9X3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11g2t6zykj
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
folkevogn
IMDb keyword
volkswagen-beetle
KBpedia ID
VolkswagenBeetleCar
Show all 23 identifiers +11
MobyGames group ID
13906
Museum-digital tag ID
28200
NL CR AUT ID
ph486105
Namuwiki ID
폭스바겐 비틀
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007556417705171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4576900
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1261804
Quora topic ID
Volkswagen-Beetle
Subreddit
beetle
Topic's main category
Category:Volkswagen Beetle
Yale LUX ID
concept/b9182f6d-25c8-47ef-a725-f1e1b0ad5df6

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🔗 Connections
Followed by (predecessor) 4
Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen New Beetle, Volkswagen Golf Mk1, Volkswagen Citi Golf
Country of origin 3
Germany, Nazi Germany, West Germany
Followed by 2
Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen New Beetle
← Different from 2
Volkswagen New Beetle, Volkswagen Beetle
Brand 1
Volkswagen
Commissioned by 1
Nazi Germany
Created notable works 1
Erwin Komenda
Designed by 1
Ferdinand Porsche
Different from 1
Volkswagen New Beetle
Examples 1
Vochol
Instance of 1
car model
Manufacturer 1
Volkswagen Group
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Powered by 1
gasoline engine
Sport 1
rallying
Subclass of 1
compact car
Topic's main category 1
Category:Volkswagen Beetle
← Advertises 1
Think Small
← Based on 1
Meyers Manx
← Brand 1
Herbie
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Volkswagen Beetle
← FactGrid item ID 1
Turkey
← Inspired by 1
Ora Ballet Cat
← Product or material produced 1
Volkswagen
← Replaced by 1
KdF Wagen
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Summary

Volkswagen Beetle is an automobile model[1]. It is a type of compact car[2].

Related Entities

Ferdinand Porsche Germany Nazi Germany Turkey Volkswagen Group West Germany

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Followed by → Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen New Beetle
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