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The Beetle's Back

The car that started out on Ferdinand Porsche’s drawing board in the 1930s went on to become a car just about anybody would drive — until it was reborn in the 1990s.

The original, iconic Volkswagen Beetle of the 1960s was a cool, hip, economical and fun means of getting around. It more or less single-handedly popularized small cars. Even VW’s ad campaigns revolutionized Madison Avenue in ways Don Draper wouldn’t have seen coming. In the era of bigger is better, chrome is king and power is everything, Volkswagen made it cool to be different. It was fun to be small, slow and cheap to own.

The Beetle spent a few decades on hiatus (at least here in the U.S.), before being reborn in 1998. And while the New Beetle for the new millennium looked familiar, it was really only appreciated by those with two X chromosomes.

Now, Volkswagen is rebooting the Beetle yet again. With the new campaign, the company has a big challenge on its hands. Sales of the new Beetle have been good, despite the lack of a major update since its introduction in 1998. But now Volkswagen wants to sell the latest Beetle to the other half of the population. And if you’re willing to forget about the last gen’s flower holder, VW may be able to pull it off.

Source: Wired News

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