Provides a history of the popular Volkswagen Beetle from its inception in the 1930s to its rebirth in 1998.

Here is a unique record of the Beetle's early evolution, chronicled by an English school teacher who spent 20 years digging through untapped sources, including archives he discovered at Porsche. Despite the plethora of books on this evergreen car, most of his material has never previously been published. The book - illustrated with over 300 photographs and designs, most of them not seen since origination - covers the period from the Porsche expose of 17 January 1934 until July 1945, with the final lists of experimental and test cars run by Porsche in Gmund, Austria.

Preliminary material /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- TESTIMONIA /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- FRAGMENTA /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- NOTES TO THE TESTIMONIA /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- NOTES TO THE FRAGMENTS /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- INDEX OF ANCIENT AUTHORS AND WORKS /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST -- ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA to the first edition /PIETER WILLEM VAN DER HORST.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.