Comments on: Volkswagen: History of The People’s Car Part 1 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/ Reviews, opinions and rants on all things Volkswagen Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Was Hitler really bad? - Politics and Other Controversies - Page 4 - City-Data Forum http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-207374 Was Hitler really bad? - Politics and Other Controversies - Page 4 - City-Data Forum Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:58:28 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-207374 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: JAMES SAH http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-205089 JAMES SAH Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:21:56 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-205089 Dear Friend, I would like to know more how VW can honon their scheme after world war II for those people who paid. Thank you very much if you could provide more details. I live in Taiwan. Jame Sah Dear Friend,

I would like to know more how VW can honon their scheme after world war II for those people who paid.

Thank you very much if you could provide more details.

I live in Taiwan.

Jame Sah

]]> By: JAMES SAH http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-205090 JAMES SAH Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:21:56 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-205090 Dear Friend, I would like to know more how VW can honon their scheme after world war II for those people who paid. Thank you very much if you could provide more details. I live in Taiwan. Jame Sah Dear Friend,

I would like to know more how VW can honon their scheme after world war II for those people who paid.

Thank you very much if you could provide more details.

I live in Taiwan.

Jame Sah

]]> By: Dan Volkens http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-157948 Dan Volkens Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:29:37 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-157948 Hey Vaustin, haven't heard about that myself, but it sounds very cool. Hopefully someone will post up about it! Hey Vaustin, haven’t heard about that myself, but it sounds very cool. Hopefully someone will post up about it!

]]> By: vaustin http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-157925 vaustin Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:43:29 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-157925 I am looking for a little promo film about the VW. It showed it packed into a small crate.? Does any one know how I can access this. What is the name of it? I am looking for a little promo film about the VW. It showed it packed into a small crate.? Does any one know how I can access this. What is the name of it?

]]> By: Dax http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-88962 Dax Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:50:55 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-88962 Right on Tyler. I completely dropped the ball on finishing this series. I gotta get around to it. :D Right on Tyler. I completely dropped the ball on finishing this series. I gotta get around to it. :D

]]> By: tyler n http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-88907 tyler n Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:01:06 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-88907 I love Volkswagen history, as well as German WWII history. It enthralls my brain! I'm glad you wrote this because I'm always looking for more info about what the Germans were doing in WWII times. Godspeed. - Tyler N. Age:16 Maryland I love Volkswagen history, as well as German WWII history.
It enthralls my brain!
I’m glad you wrote this because I’m always looking for more info about what the Germans were doing in WWII times.
Godspeed.
- Tyler N.
Age:16
Maryland

]]> By: Dax http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Dax Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:49:01 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-1990 Bill, thanks for the more detailed and correct info! I will look into those books you recommended. This first part of this post is a compilation of research I had been doing online. Bill, thanks for the more detailed and correct info! I will look into those books you recommended. This first part of this post is a compilation of research I had been doing online.

]]> By: Bill Jorns http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 Bill Jorns Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:31:05 +0000 http://www.volksbloggin.com/2006/05/08/volkswagen-history-of-the-peoples-car-part-1/#comment-1985 Hitler didn't meet with Porsche until 1934. On January 17 of that year, Porsche sent a lengthy memorandum (called an “Expose”) to the German Government’s Transport Ministry, spelling out the specifications of a small car ideal for sale to the masses. Hitler read it, and in May of that year, he summoned Porsche to a meeting in the Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin to discuss his memorandum and the possibility of building such a car for Germany. The details were worked out in a series of meetings, and an agreement was reached. On June 22, 1934, a contract was signed by Porsche in which he agreed to develop a small car for the average German worker under the supervision of the German Automobile Industry Association – RDA, or Reichsverband der deutschen Automobilindustrie. The initial contract gave Porsche only ten months in which to design and test a car that would sell for 900 marks. Porsche was to build three prototypes for testing. Working out of the garage at Porsche’s home on Stuttgart’s Killesberg, Porsche and his staff began designing and assembling the cars. This design and testing work was to last four years before Porsche arrived at his final design, which looks a lot like the VW Beetles sold during the 1950's. The RDA hoped that the ten-month limit on Porsche's original contract would kill the project (they didn't want the competition this car would bring), but Hitler insisted they extend the contract to give Porsche more time. Also, the cars you describe Porsche as building in 1935 (Type60/V1, V2, VW3) were only prototypes - no civilian VWs rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg until after the end of World War II (Most of the vehicles produced there from 1940 to 1945 were the Kubelwagens and Schwimmvagens). I highly recommend the following books on the VW's history: "Small Wonder: The Amazing Story of the Volkswagen Beetle" by Walter Henry Nelson, Robert Bentley Books, Cambridge, MA, $17.95. ISBN 0-8376-0147-9 "Birth of the Beetle" by Chris Barber, Haynes Publishing, UK, $39.95. ISBN 1-85960-959-7 These books are where I got the above information, and I consider them, especially "Small Wonder," to be the definitive tomes on VW's development and history. Hitler didn’t meet with Porsche until 1934. On January 17 of that year, Porsche sent a lengthy memorandum (called an “Expose”) to the German Government’s Transport Ministry, spelling out the specifications of a small car ideal for sale to the masses. Hitler read it, and in May of that year, he summoned Porsche to a meeting in the Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin to discuss his memorandum and the possibility of building such a car for Germany. The details were worked out in a series of meetings, and an agreement was reached. On June 22, 1934, a contract was signed by Porsche in which he agreed to develop a small car for the average German worker under the supervision of the German Automobile Industry Association – RDA, or Reichsverband der deutschen Automobilindustrie. The initial contract gave Porsche only ten months in which to design and test a car that would sell for 900 marks. Porsche was to build three prototypes for testing. Working out of the garage at Porsche’s home on Stuttgart’s Killesberg, Porsche and his staff began designing and assembling the cars.
This design and testing work was to last four years before Porsche arrived at his final design, which looks a lot like the VW Beetles sold during the 1950’s. The RDA hoped that the ten-month limit on Porsche’s original contract would kill the project (they didn’t want the competition this car would bring), but Hitler insisted they extend the contract to give Porsche more time. Also, the cars you describe Porsche as building in 1935 (Type60/V1, V2, VW3) were only prototypes – no civilian VWs rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg until after the end of World War II (Most of the vehicles produced there from 1940 to 1945 were the Kubelwagens and Schwimmvagens).
I highly recommend the following books on the VW’s history:
“Small Wonder: The Amazing Story of the Volkswagen Beetle” by Walter Henry Nelson, Robert Bentley Books, Cambridge, MA, $17.95. ISBN 0-8376-0147-9
“Birth of the Beetle” by Chris Barber, Haynes Publishing, UK, $39.95. ISBN 1-85960-959-7
These books are where I got the above information, and I consider them, especially “Small Wonder,” to be the definitive tomes on VW’s development and history.

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