@@zackbutcher8608 yes, I saw it in a Native American painting at a museum once and I was incredibly confused, until I did some research and learned about the original meaning.
What is often missed in histories of the KdF wagen (VW Type 1) is the role of Hans Ledwinka. When Dr Porsche was designing the car, many of the details appeared to be cribbed from the work of Ledwinka, who was the chief engineer of Tatra in Czechoslovakia. The two engineers often discussed the design for a "people's car" and Porsche had seen Ledwinka's prototypes, which bore a remarkable similarity to the later "beetle". Eventually, in 1965, VW paid Tatra one million deutsch marks in an out of court settlement. AFAIK all German auto manufacturers during WW2 used slave labour, including Daimler Benz (Mercedes), Auto Union (Audi, Horch, Wanderer & DKW), BMW and Ford Germany (under state control).
All true! Friends of mine own Tatras and I've read a bit about them. I drove one of theirs, a 1947 type 87 Tatra- it was a 56 Volkswagen from hell! You could feel that big V8 pulling the car outward on turns. Scary until you got used to it.
@@lawrencelewis2592 when nazi officers took over Czechoslovakia during the war, they were warned to be careful driving large tatra cars on bends. They didn't listen, and many ended up in the ditch.
@@thomasburke2683 I've heard that German officers were forbidden from taking Tatras, eventually. That one I drove took a lot of getting used to. One friend had pre-war type 77 which was a right hand drive limo. He couldn't practically drive it in the city as he could not make a 90 degree turn due to its enourmous turning circle. He had to back up and then go forward again on streets in his neighbourhood. Not fun when cars are honking at you. He eventually sold it. I wonder how a car like that would have worked on the streets of Prague?
There was a third engineer, Bela Barenyi (Hungarian), involved. Basically, Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian), was better in selling than the other two engineers. Actually, Barenyi did the basic design (rear engine, rear drive) first, AFAIK.
There is so much more to this story- many car manufacturers submitted their own plans for a people's car. Mercedes, for one. I've read that at a conference, one man said that they should consider the cars of Joseph Ganz and Edmund Rumpler. Realising that they were both Jews, his statement was quietly withdrawn after some dirty looks. The whole savings stamp program was giving the company an interest-free loan. That didn't get settled until the middle 1960s when people that had the stamp books could get credit on a new car or settle for cash at a lesser amount. One of the main reasons for having Ivan Hirst get the company going again was that Wolfsburg was close to the new border between East and West and there was some fear of a communist takeover if people didn't have employment. The history of VW is endlessly fascinating. I've owned several myself.
Great cars, my current 2019 Golf R is the best one yet of over 17+ VW Audi stuff since 1987...I drive a lot. Fun, reliable, comfortable long rides as in 6.5 hour ones...Stick of course, golf R fantastic...
@@gavinmarion4550 Yup, I had 2 GTIs...like 180,000 miles on one before i turned it in. another just around 90K all great, the R just moves up a notch in handling, get up and go. along with the price. Longest one had was a Jetta VR6 316,000 fun, reliable miles. the R has been tops so far. Always stick, keep ya in touch with driving, and awake. sadly 2024 is last year for stick. Audi in U.S. no more stick either, daughter had 2 Audis, both stick of course An A6 Bi Turbo 2.7L 5 valve per cyl, that was a complicated engine, never a burp, was slick, not an S but A6, was soft, I had dealer change out springs with Eibach pro line stiffer just enough, from Audi catalog, it tightened it up, that car was super nice, smooth and tight, rare, to have A6 with stick, most where auto, it was great, no problems 130,000 fun miles. Latest R just keep getting quicker and quicker. now like 315 HP, well under 5 seconds 0-60, mine is under 5 also, , but mk8 is few tenths quicker, and a better 4WD setup
My family has three VWs. A 2009 Beatles, a 2017 Jetta 230 TSI Highline, and a 2018 Passat 280 TSI Comfortline Plus. All are great great great cars with practicality and fun ride! No matter what the past of VW sounds like, I will always love their cars.
To those who say Porsche cribbed kdf from tatra or the Czechoslovakia; Tatra and Czechoslovakia had not existed in the history of the world before 1922, and that area had been part of Germany and Austria, and Porsche had been building the greatest race cars in the world of the early century. Porsche's design firm did work for Tatra and almost every automaker who had achieved any prominence. This so called 'cribbing from Tatra' is just another attempt to extort money from VW, which they did do and I believe Porsche paid them some token sum to go away. But almost every other small broke auto company made some spurious claim and took a shot at extorting Porsche expecting the anti German mood of the time would allow them to slam dunk a false claim without any solid proof. In almost every case under investigation it was proven the reverse was true, and the company had in fact copied Porsche's designs, or were only using the metaphor of similarities without any other solid evidence, hoping the courts would award them an unearned payday for their failed auto's.
I recommend reading a book entitle Dan R Post 'Volkswagen Nine Lives Later' 1966. Amazon has a couple for sale but not cheap. Goes into great detail on the beetle history, lots of early photos and some original idea sketches reproduced dated as early as 1930. I bought this book in 1977 and still have it. It is a fascinating book published when the beetle was at its height in popularity and still 6 volt electrics. Shows photos of WW2 4X4 beetles etc.
The title of this vid is BS. The history of the beetle is not disturbing. It is a history, an amazing history. Misleading vid title, or clickbait if you will, are annoying.
I remember the story of the first type of vws they were supposed to be the all-round miracle car I did get to see one of the engines that was not only was it the engine but it was a generator to power your house and all all around work vehicle.
The Model "T" was the creation of a man who later became a fan of Hitler, SO the Volkswagen Type 1 AND the Model "T" are connected my MORE than mere production numbers. As a Jew of Austrian decent, you can see why I drive a Buick (car) and a Dodge (truck).
GM is a FAILED operation, Chinese Buick...VW has factory here, and another new one for it's SCOUT, EV since VW owns Navistar, International Harvester, and 12 other big names. VW is an EMPIRE, Buick is a failure, like all of GM and Ford..Get a PORSCHE, there is no substitute. Read how the Porsche Piech family control VW, while VW Group owns Porsche cars, but Porsche SE holdings owns 51% of VW group...brilliant creative financial paperwork. Audi div pioneered so much too, first 4wd production cars in the 80's...Aluminum car frames, Audi for the WIN. Had some of them in the family, flawless fun cars also. If it ain't GERMAN, it ain't a car
Hitler was a fan of Henry Ford, not the other way around. Ford happened to build quite a few machines to defeat Hitler like Jeeps and B-24 bombers just to name a couple.
It's slooowly coming, couple years ago I was driving my GTI and some crackhead started screaming at me for being a Hitler lover and almost started runnjng out at my car 😂
@@rolando7660 exactly. The reality is…that when you factor in the phenomenal fuel mileage, the tdi cars are way cleaner than most other cars..which includes electric vehicles. I love mine. Sad part is, we were about to get tdi hybrids that would get 120 mpg. The US just didn’t want them here. It cuts down on incoming taxes.
I knew that Adolf Hitler ordered Dr. Porsche to build the cars,for the people. For that reason I did not want to own one. I did eventually own one, for five years.
@@CarringtonHollister not a true VDub owner then if you don't give some sorta dam about there history and who & what the companies & cars have influenced Hitler was just a small part & tbh there wouldn't be a vw or least beetle if it wasn't for Tatra & the checks... That Porsche basically got the design from, Hitler just ordered him to build it 4 him essentially & As a Aussie I see the beetle as Germany's model t & our Holden, was there adorable no frills people's car, just as the humpy ( 48215 / FX ) was 4 us Aussies, that diserves some regnition & respect if you ask me...
I'm going to buy another VW in my collection: The Kubelwagen. If you are going to label VW strictly to this, then let me remind you that many Americans even today sympathize with Nazism, did i mention the Bush family's business with Nazis? Did you conveniently forget Ford? Haa?! Is VW being banned by Israeli govt today? Do the Jews boycott and blame VW? Do they not drive VW and Ford? But you as an African lookin person got some problems 😂
I have around automobiles mucho times since birth may nine 1946 canot do but little work on them I am a 25 member of Long Island vw auto club doing scrap metal for payment cleaning automobile shops I honestly will say I have seen it all good bad ugly all automakers in the entire world have their win lose or draw no one is ever perfect always I have had ten cars besides how they are made it is up to the owners to use drive them in ways that are best so the stay working properly I was never best on this tho I have learned enough over the years wrong right how auto shop volks screw you try to take you for some fast dinero believe me in today world there are less honest businesses volks out there when I first drove had my own automobiles auto dealers repair shops were mucho honest more so than now also growing up it was harder to get other than USA made cars service parts repairs less places worked on them yes no any way I highly recommend joining an auto club to make new amigos have fun fun fun events day trips auto shows finding parts seeing all kinds of years of cars bar b ques cruises or mucho more meetings I have met some very nice volks some well besides seeing parts of New York State otherwise maybe not seen or known were there our club does a one day a year all vw show going back to 1954 vw bettle 1959 not seen yet 1960 bettle presidents car some costume made ones newsletters monthly Xmas party December no meeting or newsletter best of club membership is that we respect all cars that are not 100x perfect condition but must past safety polution inspection be safe to drive not all rusty also families senor senorita amigos from all walks of life jobs races who wears what who is who handicapped or not come join the fun bring I suggestions for events day trips gracias all see our club on I pads lap tops past present photos have a nice day if some loco nut drugged driver does not kill you what is this world society coming to
I've always found it ironic that Volkswagen's first car (the Type 1, aka beetle), became a symbol of peace and love in the hippie era
Same as the swastika originally being a sign of hope or peace(I can't remember which one off hand lol)
@@zackbutcher8608 yes we Hindus use it extensively
That's right and the T1 to, and still people love this brand.
@minopino3 I mean I can't say shit, I love my gti 💀
@@zackbutcher8608 yes, I saw it in a Native American painting at a museum once and I was incredibly confused, until I did some research and learned about the original meaning.
What is often missed in histories of the KdF wagen (VW Type 1) is the role of Hans Ledwinka. When Dr Porsche was designing the car, many of the details appeared to be cribbed from the work of Ledwinka, who was the chief engineer of Tatra in Czechoslovakia. The two engineers often discussed the design for a "people's car" and Porsche had seen Ledwinka's prototypes, which bore a remarkable similarity to the later "beetle". Eventually, in 1965, VW paid Tatra one million deutsch marks in an out of court settlement.
AFAIK all German auto manufacturers during WW2 used slave labour, including Daimler Benz (Mercedes), Auto Union (Audi, Horch, Wanderer & DKW), BMW and Ford Germany (under state control).
All true! Friends of mine own Tatras and I've read a bit about them. I drove one of theirs, a 1947 type 87 Tatra- it was a 56 Volkswagen from hell! You could feel that big V8 pulling the car outward on turns. Scary until you got used to it.
@@lawrencelewis2592 when nazi officers took over Czechoslovakia during the war, they were warned to be careful driving large tatra cars on bends.
They didn't listen, and many ended up in the ditch.
@@thomasburke2683 I've heard that German officers were forbidden from taking Tatras, eventually. That one I drove took a lot of getting used to. One friend had pre-war type 77 which was a right hand drive limo. He couldn't practically drive it in the city as he could not make a 90 degree turn due to its enourmous turning circle. He had to back up and then go forward again on streets in his neighbourhood. Not fun when cars are honking at you. He eventually sold it. I wonder how a car like that would have worked on the streets of Prague?
Béla Barényi hungarian engineer won a case against Porsche about the design..
There was a third engineer, Bela Barenyi (Hungarian), involved. Basically, Ferdinand Porsche (Austrian), was better in selling than the other two engineers. Actually, Barenyi did the basic design (rear engine, rear drive) first, AFAIK.
There is so much more to this story- many car manufacturers submitted their own plans for a people's car. Mercedes, for one. I've read that at a conference, one man said that they should consider the cars of Joseph Ganz and Edmund Rumpler. Realising that they were both Jews, his statement was quietly withdrawn after some dirty looks.
The whole savings stamp program was giving the company an interest-free loan. That didn't get settled until the middle 1960s when people that had the stamp books could get credit on a new car or settle for cash at a lesser amount.
One of the main reasons for having Ivan Hirst get the company going again was that Wolfsburg was close to the new border between East and West and there was some fear of a communist takeover if people didn't have employment. The history of VW is endlessly fascinating. I've owned several myself.
Great cars, my current 2019 Golf R is the best one yet of over 17+ VW Audi stuff since 1987...I drive a lot. Fun, reliable, comfortable long rides as in 6.5 hour ones...Stick of course, golf R fantastic...
I have a GTI. I do want a type R afterward. My GTI is pretty new still, so it won't be for a while
@@gavinmarion4550 Yup, I had 2 GTIs...like 180,000 miles on one before i turned it in. another just around 90K all great, the R just moves up a notch in handling, get up and go. along with the price. Longest one had was a Jetta VR6 316,000 fun, reliable miles. the R has been tops so far. Always stick, keep ya in touch with driving, and awake. sadly 2024 is last year for stick. Audi in U.S. no more stick either, daughter had 2 Audis, both stick of course An A6 Bi Turbo 2.7L 5 valve per cyl, that was a complicated engine, never a burp, was slick, not an S but A6, was soft, I had dealer change out springs with Eibach pro line stiffer just enough, from Audi catalog, it tightened it up, that car was super nice, smooth and tight, rare, to have A6 with stick, most where auto, it was great, no problems 130,000 fun miles. Latest R just keep getting quicker and quicker. now like 315 HP, well under 5 seconds 0-60, mine is under 5 also, , but mk8 is few tenths quicker, and a better 4WD setup
Loving my Jetta
1.9 tdi goes hard
1.4 TSI goes harder
@@City1Tiger it's okay I guess I don't know much about that engine my personal favourite is 1.8T
2.0 TFSI
And yet VW is the largest automaker in the world. We can’t change history. VW will always be my choice of a fun, reliable car ! RickGTI….. 🌴
My family has three VWs. A 2009 Beatles, a 2017 Jetta 230 TSI Highline, and a 2018 Passat 280 TSI Comfortline Plus. All are great great great cars with practicality and fun ride! No matter what the past of VW sounds like, I will always love their cars.
love my Scirocco
In the mid 70s,Volkswagen introduced a car called,The Thing. That car eerily resembles the WWII Kugelwagen.
It's called the 'Kubelwagen" and the thing resembles it because it is a civilian version of the Kubelwagen
Probably cos it was the inspiration for the Typ 181 Thing. I see Adam Sandler had one in the movie Fifty First Dates.
@@davaxschinko I didn't realize that until I saw an actual Kugelwagen at a VW Bugfest many years ago.
Guys how reliable are those infos?
Did you know that Volkswagen Beetle was very popular
And it got to be in al movie it was name Herbie
To those who say Porsche cribbed kdf from tatra or the Czechoslovakia; Tatra and Czechoslovakia had not existed in the history of the world before 1922, and that area had been part of Germany and Austria, and Porsche had been building the greatest race cars in the world of the early century. Porsche's design firm did work for Tatra and almost every automaker who had achieved any prominence. This so called 'cribbing from Tatra' is just another attempt to extort money from VW, which they did do and I believe Porsche paid them some token sum to go away. But almost every other small broke auto company made some spurious claim and took a shot at extorting Porsche expecting the anti German mood of the time would allow them to slam dunk a false claim without any solid proof. In almost every case under investigation it was proven the reverse was true, and the company had in fact copied Porsche's designs, or were only using the metaphor of similarities without any other solid evidence, hoping the courts would award them an unearned payday for their failed auto's.
We are always with you
I am doing a paper on the rhetoric history of VW and was wondering do you have a reference list you used to construct this video?
I recommend reading a book entitle Dan R Post 'Volkswagen Nine Lives Later' 1966. Amazon has a couple for sale but not cheap. Goes into great detail on the beetle history, lots of early photos and some original idea sketches reproduced dated as early as 1930. I bought this book in 1977 and still have it. It is a fascinating book published when the beetle was at its height in popularity and still 6 volt electrics. Shows photos of WW2 4X4 beetles etc.
The title of this vid is BS. The history of the beetle is not disturbing. It is a history, an amazing history. Misleading vid title, or clickbait if you will, are annoying.
very nice video 👏 can i share your video on my page?
I love my volkswagen lupo 🚙💨🤗🥰❤️❤️
Love my vw. Doesn’t affect me only driving VW
Love my VW.
I love my two VW's. Both round water-cooled Beetles.
same
I’m gonna buy a Volkswagen after this
Thanks, Adolph.
If it ain't GERMAN, it ain't a car
well the original idea of engine and body is from czechoslovakia same as Porsche so...
I remember the story of the first type of vws they were supposed to be the all-round miracle car I did get to see one of the engines that was not only was it the engine but it was a generator to power your house and all all around work vehicle.
The one with the big tires was four wheel drive, made for the German army. Very rare and desirable today.
Why add grain that didnt exist in the original?
The Model "T" was the creation of a man who later became a fan of Hitler, SO the Volkswagen Type 1 AND the Model "T" are connected my MORE than mere production numbers. As a Jew of Austrian decent, you can see why I drive a Buick (car) and a Dodge (truck).
GM is a FAILED operation, Chinese Buick...VW has factory here, and another new one for it's SCOUT, EV since VW owns Navistar, International Harvester, and 12 other big names. VW is an EMPIRE, Buick is a failure, like all of GM and Ford..Get a PORSCHE, there is no substitute. Read how the Porsche Piech family control VW, while VW Group owns Porsche cars, but Porsche SE holdings owns 51% of VW group...brilliant creative financial paperwork. Audi div pioneered so much too, first 4wd production cars in the 80's...Aluminum car frames, Audi for the WIN. Had some of them in the family, flawless fun cars also. If it ain't GERMAN, it ain't a car
Hitler was a fan of Henry Ford, not the other way around. Ford happened to build quite a few machines to defeat Hitler like Jeeps and B-24 bombers just to name a couple.
VW was one of the best cars i have owned.
I agree
I love vw jetta cars for everyday and long distance anytime
were do you come up with these names ? 8off hidlalburg
Thanks hitler for my Volkswagen mk6 ko4 340 wheel hp 330 tq
lmao
No complaints there
LMAO! Alyssa Milano 🤦♂️🤣
We all knew this is the largest car industry
Give it a rest. Evil people have still achieved great things. Autobahn was also created because of him.
I love the beetle
A shame the air cooled rear engined beetle is no longer in production.
Ted Bundy approved!
And his brother Al!
The terrible pronunciations of the (German) words in this video hurts my ears!
computer generated voice.
the worst of vw is right now, every cars they make is trash
How so 🤨
Depends how it's looked after,if you look after any car it can be reliable
Not the ID.4. So far digging it!
Every car you said Lamborghini Audi Porsche it just goes on and on get off your crack pipe
On my way to buy another Jetta
Damn I might have to trade in my Jetta 😅
"Das Auto" 🤣🤣🤣
Heil auto
11:53 ? wtf??
Wdym?
Ford made the model teive never heard of the volkswagen looked it up and found nothing
Funny how the hippies made the Nazi party car so popular in the 60's. Even now, I am surprised they haven't been cancelled by the SJW's.
It's slooowly coming, couple years ago I was driving my GTI and some crackhead started screaming at me for being a Hitler lover and almost started runnjng out at my car 😂
@@jmccann6735 you should have gave him a hitler salute!
Hitler wanted world peace so it makes sense.
Well said.
the VW diesel motors software fraud last decade is more disturbing to me, and i am a VW customer, what a dissapointment that was...
I have 2 diesel gate VWs and I love them...
Disappointed over high mpg and great power? 🤦🏻♂️
@@rolando7660 exactly. The reality is…that when you factor in the phenomenal fuel mileage, the tdi cars are way cleaner than most other cars..which includes electric vehicles. I love mine. Sad part is, we were about to get tdi hybrids that would get 120 mpg. The US just didn’t want them here. It cuts down on incoming taxes.
Vw never really stopped gassing people
Lol
I owned 3 VWs: they were worthless junk.
It usually depends on you. If you treat them like worthless junk, they are worthless junk.
You need a Toyota. They are the cars for people who are equal to or less than trash.
@@bugnut82 smart people buy japanese. idiots buy german.
Only if don't understand how to drive them.
Which models and year?
Welp... now I feel like shit for owning two Volkswagens.
Don't 😅
Don't need to feel this way. I have owned several and don't feel bad at all.
We are machines
Never asked a german company what they did in 1930s to 1940s.
but my gti is soooo coool im just gonna ignore this video
Good and interesting video, but your pronounciation of german words, including "Volkswagen" and "Adolf Hitler" are terrible. It's pronounced Folxvagen
I primarily wear Hugo Boss and drink Fanta
Nowadays most Volkswagen are made in Mexico
My golf r is German 2019,Tennessee has factory doing id4 and jetta and was passat
Somehow I feel VW's history is nothing compared to Bayer or BASF.
Even BOSS has a history.
Don't forget Mercedes Benz which made may thousand trucks and cars during WW2. And Opel, and Audi.
Why do Americans say Ay-dolf when the rest of the planet say Ah-dolf?
cause we dont care to put respect on his name
President Hindenburg. Like the airship.
I knew that Adolf Hitler ordered Dr. Porsche to build the cars,for the people. For that reason I did not want to own one. I did eventually own one, for five years.
I have owned rear engined VWs and Porsches, I am impressed with them
Same story like bmw
I think Ferdinand Porsche presented the car design infront of Adolf Hitler
🤌🏿 0:06
Wouldn’t have my 400hp mk7 R. I love my Volkswagens
HEY
No subscription from me thanks. I don't subscribe to channels with AI narration.
This was our way before AI lolol
Das auto
I wonder how many Volkswagen owner’s know this story or even cares 🤦🏾
As a Volkswagen owner I don’t give a flying fuck.
@@CarringtonHollister not a true VDub owner then if you don't give some sorta dam about there history and who & what the companies & cars have influenced
Hitler was just a small part & tbh there wouldn't be a vw or least beetle if it wasn't for Tatra & the checks...
That Porsche basically got the design from, Hitler just ordered him to build it 4 him essentially
& As a Aussie I see the beetle as Germany's model t & our Holden, was there adorable no frills people's car, just as the humpy ( 48215 / FX ) was 4 us Aussies, that diserves some regnition & respect if you ask me...
It was the big selling point for me
I'm going to buy another VW in my collection: The Kubelwagen. If you are going to label VW strictly to this, then let me remind you that many Americans even today sympathize with Nazism, did i mention the Bush family's business with Nazis? Did you conveniently forget Ford? Haa?! Is VW being banned by Israeli govt today? Do the Jews boycott and blame VW? Do they not drive VW and Ford? But you as an African lookin person got some problems 😂
🤣
Get to the point stop talking about Hitler's shit. Does MARTA talk about Volkswagen get to it
Well VW ähhmm nothing to see here
I have a Toyota
You mean the awesome history of Volkswagen.
This is a disturbing comment
You will remember what kanye said about him
𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕞 🎶
Now I love Volkswagen
My first car is VW Jetta Wolfsburg (Hitler) edition 😄😄😄
im pretty sure that a jew made the beatle
Hitler was cloned early on because he had to many Jews around him
hitler the goat thanks for my mk5 gti k03 stage 2+ 450nm and 280hp 🫡🫡
I have around automobiles mucho times since birth may nine 1946 canot do but little work on them I am a 25 member of Long Island vw auto club doing scrap metal for payment cleaning automobile shops I honestly will say I have seen it all good bad ugly all automakers in the entire world have their win lose or draw no one is ever perfect always I have had ten cars besides how they are made it is up to the owners to use drive them in ways that are best so the stay working properly I was never best on this tho I have learned enough over the years wrong right how auto shop volks screw you try to take you for some fast dinero believe me in today world there are less honest businesses volks out there when I first drove had my own automobiles auto dealers repair shops were mucho honest more so than now also growing up it was harder to get other than USA made cars service parts repairs less places worked on them yes no any way I highly recommend joining an auto club to make new amigos have fun fun fun events day trips auto shows finding parts seeing all kinds of years of cars bar b ques cruises or mucho more meetings I have met some very nice volks some well besides seeing parts of New York State otherwise maybe not seen or known were there our club does a one day a year all vw show going back to 1954 vw bettle 1959 not seen yet 1960 bettle presidents car some costume made ones newsletters monthly Xmas party December no meeting or newsletter best of club membership is that we respect all cars that are not 100x perfect condition but must past safety polution inspection be safe to drive not all rusty also families senor senorita amigos from all walks of life jobs races who wears what who is who handicapped or not come join the fun bring I suggestions for events day trips gracias all see our club on I pads lap tops past present photos have a nice day if some loco nut drugged driver does not kill you what is this world society coming to