Sixty Years Ago VW Dealers Recieve First Beetles

July 24, 2006 – 12:25 pm by Matt Radel
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July 21st marked a historic anniversary for Volkswagen as the company remembers the first Beetle deliveries: exactly 60 years ago the car dealers Gottfried Schultz in Essen and Raffay & Co. in Hamburg took delivery of nine Volkswagen saloons. Via media.vw.com

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Sixty Years Ago VW Dealers Recieve First Beetles
July 24, 2006 – 12:25 pm by Matt Radel

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