The VW Beetle is a 1938 to 2003 from the current car model, Volkswagen AG, produced and was until June 2002 with over 21.5 million copies, this best-selling car in the world until he had title to his successor, the VW Golf, passed. The origins of the VW Beetle was going to State efforts of Nazi Germany to create an affordable for the public as "Car", at that time called KDF car back. Much of the development of Ferdinand Porsche, who is commonly known as the creator of the Beetle. The idea of a "Car" is in its basic features, but older than his development of the Nazi period. The KDF-Wagen was produced before the war, not in series, because the (established in May 1938 Volkswagen plant at Fallersleben Wolfsburg's now a district) was not yet finished. During World War II military vehicles were produced there, and other armaments, so that mass production could begin then, Volkswagen called the car until the summer of 1945. By the end of 1945 1785 cars were produced...