HUNDREDS of broken-down Volkswagen Type 1s have turned up in a car graveyard miles away from major cities.
In a YouTube video, a driver spotted rows of iconic Volkswagen cars, later named the Beetle and colloquially called the Bug, in a field.
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“For me, it’s fascinating,” a YouTuber (@RhettyforHistory) said in a seven year old child video while walking near the line of colorful cars.
“I’m a big fan of the Volkswagen Beetle.”
VW brought the small passenger car to the US in 1949.
The company sold two cars in the first year.
However, the classic car won over American consumers in the early 1960s as an important counterculture ride.
The cars were essential to the VW brand’s image as an eccentric automaker.
Rear-mounted engines combined with rear-wheel drive in early models of the car.
The vehicle’s small stature optimized fuel efficiency – the Beetle stood in direct contrast to the large, muscular sedans produced in the United States.
Dozens of models of the now-defunct car were lined up on a deserted road, the YouTuber discovered.
It looks like old cars were scrapped for parts.
Tall grass snaked across the hood where the engine used to be.
Several cars fell to the ground without wheels.
“Many [dead] bugs, it’s like someone spread Raid,” said the YouTuber.
Dozens of reconditioned Beetles have brought thousands of dollars to car enthusiasts.
A version of the Beetle sold at auction for as much as $128,700, VW wrote on its website. website.
US Sun contacted the YouTuber for comment on this story.
BYE BEETLE
The VW Beetle has been withdrawn from the US market twice.
Volkswagen initially discontinued the Beetle in the US in the late 1970s.
The brand decided to revive an equally small, round car called the New Beetle in 1998.
The vehicle eventually came in several variants – including models with a convertible top and turbo engine.
Volkswagen killed the Beetle for the second time in 2019.
However, the brand has a tendency to bring back old relics – just as it did with the iconic Bus.
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