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Cars and Transportation

Vintage: VW Beetle Convertible

May 31, 2017

VW built a prototype convertible Beetle in 1936, but Karmann didn’t start producing it until 1949. It’s based on the top model of the normal Bug. DW tests a 1979 VW convertible with a 1.6-liter, 50-horse engine from the 1303 S.

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