Karmann Chameleons: The Ghia-Styled Volkswagen

"The original Volkswagen Beetle’s silhouette is as distinctive as it is ubiquitous. Curvy yes, sporty, no. But then that wasn’t part of the Beetle’s brief. Designed in 1938 to get the German masses moving, it took until 1945 for "

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StreetSpots

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Damian Ortega’s Cosmic Thing

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" Mexican artist Damian Ortega likes to take things apart and then (almost) piece them together again. In his most celebrated work, 2002's Cosmic Thing, he disassembled a Volkswagen Beetle and re-composed it piece by piece, suspended from wire in mid-air. "

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Car Design and War

" There's a lot of hearsay about the birth of the VW Beetle and the prewar years in Germany. Paranoia. Prejudice. Misinformation is at work here, obviously. The nonsense is cut through brilliantly by this fascinating documentary that looks in depth "

Golf: Simplicity in Design

" It’s 1973, you’ve just turned 30 and you’ve been tasked with saving one of the world’s biggest motor manufacturers from ruin. To pull this off your new design company, built on sports car success, is being asked to "

Friday Car Crush: VW Brasilia

"I've been in love the VW Variant wagon since my old man bought one in 1978. There's something effortlessly interesting and stylish about them. They're one of those motors destined for eternal hipsterism. And when you first glimpse the Brasilia, it's "

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