On 17 February 1972, the world car production record was broken by the Volkswagen Beetle, with a total of 15,007,034 units produced worldwide, thereby surpassing the production figure that had been held by the American Ford Model T for nearly fifty years. Volkswagen hence donated the car to the Smithsonian Institution for permanent exhibition in its industrial history section. We celebrate this remarkable achievement with a beautiful blue Volkswagen beetle from the seventies…
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February 17
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