
Volkswagen launched a new model, the Super Beetle, in 1972.
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The conditions in which Volkswagen restarted processing after the war were bad, recognizing the scenario in Germany after its crumple, and the way that the manufacturing plant in Wolfsburg was essentially bombarded out. Throughout the war, just 66,000 autos were handled, a minor number contrasted and today's month to month handling of 80,000 units, yet important experience was picked up in the African forsake and in the Russian mud, and the notoriety of the Volkswagen was high onto every part of Europe.
The starting was terrible...