(original title: Volkswagen 'beetle' officially discontinued)
With the last 'beetle' car leaving the production line in Mexico on the 10th, Volkswagen, a car model that has been around for nearly 70 years, officially stopped production.
Volkswagen held a ceremony at its plant in Puebla, Mexico, to commemorate the shutdown of the classic car. The last 'beetle' will be displayed at the local Volkswagen Museum. Volkswagen plans to use the workshop that originally produced the beetle to produce a new compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) for sale in the North American market.
Since announcing its intention to stop production of the 'beetle' in 2018, Volkswagen has launched the 'final version' of the beetle, providing two options: convertible and metal top cover, with prices of US $27295 (about 188000 yuan) and US $23045 (158700 yuan) respectively.
Car designer and founder of Porsche Ferdinand & middot; Polsch designed the prototype of the Beetle Car in the early 1930s. After the end of the Second World War, the car was put into mass production and got its name because it looked like a beetle. Only in 1968 did the word 'beetle' officially appear in the Volkswagen roster.
During the prevalence of hippie culture in the 1960s and 1970s, beetle cars became popular in European and American markets and became a cultural symbol. According to the data quoted by CNN, Volkswagen has produced 21 million beetles.
Scott middot, CEO of Volkswagen; Keo said in a statement: 'I can't imagine without & lsquo; Beetle & rsquo; Volkswagen. " However, Keo said that since the peak of the beetle, the trend of the automobile market has changed dramatically. Compared with small cars such as the 'beetle', consumers are now more interested in SUVs or other cars with large internal space, 'making the car business more difficult to do'.