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A Tangled Web: The Bugs in the Beetle Story

Time and again one hears that Ferdinand Porsche designed the Beetle at Hitler's request forever linking what was the favorite car of generations with the sound of jackboots on the stairs, torch-lit rallies, and nasty little men with bristly mustaches! The real story of who designed the Beetle is as intricately plotted as a mystery story,

In 1930, Ferdinand Porsche formed a design company that would eventually become known as Porsche Brothers. The company patented an unusual independent front-end suspension featuring transverse torsion bars...

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