View Full Version : Hitler designed the first VW?
Celeron Gamer
04-12-2006, 08:05 PM
WTF? I just heard that Hitler designed the first Volkswagen!! Any more info on it?
bachus_anonym
04-12-2006, 08:13 PM
Not really, but "sort of" :D
http://people.westminstercollege.edu/staff/bknorr/html/history.htm
More info in one place - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Beetle#History
JasonDTM
04-12-2006, 08:29 PM
Hitler comissioned VW to build the "Every peoples car" and Ferdinand Porsche designed it. in short. :)
MaxxxRacer
04-12-2006, 09:03 PM
There is a reason taht the 356 and the Beatle share an uncanny resemblence in their suspension members.
Celeron Gamer
04-12-2006, 09:04 PM
Hitler comissioned VW to build the "Every peoples car" and Ferdinand Porsche designed it. in short. :)
What about this?
http://www.hitler.org/artifacts/volkswagen/
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1615/volkswagen7uy.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7761/kershaw20000221qq.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kershaw20000221qq.jpg)
Hehe so you did not pay much attention in ya history class then
dinos22
04-12-2006, 09:53 PM
Germans influenced the car industry tremendously and those 1930's are a significant part of the puzzle.......i love VWs myself....i always buy Golfs :) and so did my father >>>> excellent in every aspect :fact:
OmegaMerc
04-12-2006, 10:17 PM
Germans influenced the car industry tremendously and those 1930's are a significant part of the puzzle.......i love VWs myself....i always buy Golfs :) and so did my father >>>> excellent in every aspect :fact:
Cept that, they're fugly, and if anything larger then a bike hits you its a[your] coffin :D
K.I.T.T.
04-13-2006, 11:53 AM
Cept that, they're fugly, and if anything larger then a bike hits you its a[your] coffin :D
heh...not fugly by any means. Very reliable cars. My mum's GTI isn't exactly slow either :fact:
:D
amduser
04-13-2006, 12:33 PM
Germans influenced the car industry tremendously and those 1930's are a significant part of the puzzle.......i love VWs myself....i always buy Golfs :) and so did my father >>>> excellent in every aspect :fact:
without germany there wouldn't be a car industry ;) .
anyway, to come to the idea that hitler has desgined a vw :slapass: . hitler even wasn't german by the way ...
@OmegaMerc
actually a golf is pretty save. it is as save as a bmw 3 serie sedan and the new generation has some kick ass technolgy inside. there ist a reason why a golf can drive at higher speed in turnings then a ford mustang for example ...
dinos22
04-13-2006, 12:56 PM
hehehe yeah that's why i said Germans and not Austrians....i mean Hitler was on the right path but the rest was done by competent people
anyways......my Golf V 2.0FSI is the best out of the other ones i've had......VW have really gone all out with this car....i love it :D
amduser
04-13-2006, 01:23 PM
hehehe yeah that's why i said Germans and not Austrians....i mean Hitler was on the right path but the rest was done by competent people
hm, acutally the käfer is what in usa would be the ford model t. that's all about it. it would have come with or without hitler ...
anyways......my Golf V 2.0FSI is the best out of the other ones i've had......VW have really gone all out with this car....i love it :D
hm, at least the awd from audi is missing in vw's. mean, in german i could explain the differnece between quattro and 4motion, but in english --> no chance. but the engine is really nice. other exhaust system with a metal based cat and a new programed ecu and the car has nearlly 300bhp ;) , even though it won't get that much power on the road without 4motion (*as much i know not avaible for the gti*).
dinos22
04-13-2006, 01:27 PM
we don't need quadro nor the seat warmers in australia :p: hehehe
amd4me
04-13-2006, 01:53 PM
He didnt design it Ferdenand porsche designed it.
Volkswagen literallyt means peoples car.
It was commisioned by the fuhrer for the people.
amduser
04-14-2006, 01:44 AM
It was commisioned by the fuhrer for the people.
not realy. it was suported by him, but not commisioned. as i said already, it has not to do that much with hitler. it would have even came out without him. it was just a car for mobilsing the pure folk, like ford model T in usa oder citreon 2cv in france.
we don't need quadro nor the seat warmers in australia :p: hehehe
sure you need quattro, when you want to drive fast ... or at least a rear wheel drive ...