I recently made a video on the many, many times British Leyland tried to update the Mini. The lack of an update helped to make the original Mini an iconic shape. The same has happened to many other iconic cars, and the Volkswagen Type 1 or Beetle falls into the same camp. Why did it take 36 years until the Beetle would get a replacement, and how did a car made as a Nazi show of strength end up in a Disney film?

Second "optional extra" part of this video:    • The many, MANY failed VW Beetle Reboo...  

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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Golf
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1952 EA41
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1955 EA47-12 & EA48
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1957 EA97
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https://play.google.com/books/reader?... (p134-136)
1962 EA158
https://play.google.com/books/reader?... (p69-73)
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1963 EA128
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1967 EA235
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1969 EA266 / EA276
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