It runs and runs and runs... For over 60 years, the Beetle has been rolling on all roads around the world. His story began in 1931, when Ferdinand Porsche's design office had already developed a streamlined saloon. After neither Zuendapp nor NSU could decide for a production, Porsche was commissioned to develop a "Volkswagen". Mercedes was commissioned to build a first series of 30 samples. Only many years later it became known that Porsche was not the only spiritual father of the beetle, because already in 1925 Béla Barényi dealt with a bully car with air-cooled boxer engine installed in the rear. Hans Ledwinka also constructed a very similar prototype for the Czech Tatra worksboth copyrights were only recognized many years later and compensated with high compensation by VW. In view of the positive assessment of the beetle, the government decided to set up a Volkswagen plant, and thus the origin of the city of Wolfsburg actually dates back to the car manufacturer VW, which was foun