{"slug": "volkswagen-beetle", "label": "Volkswagen Beetle", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152946", "qid": "Q152946", "description": "Volkswagen-made car produced from 1938 to 2003", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1947, 2019], "span_label": ["1947 CE", "2019 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-city", "label": "New York City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-germany", "label": "West Germany", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – John C. Hennessy Jr. brings the first Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle is shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#February", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman Heinrich Nordhoff the car has no future in the U.S. (The Type 1 goes on to become an automotive phenomenon.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370167995#January", "title": "1949", "revid": 1370167995, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The first Volkswagen Type 1 rolls off the production line in Uitenhage, South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#August", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17 – Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#February", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Launch of the Volkswagen Golf in West Germany, a modern front-wheel drive hatchback which is expected to replace the iconic Volkswagen Beetle, holder of the world record for the car with the most units produced.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#March–April", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – The final Volkswagen Beetle is produced.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#July", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico. The last of 5,961 \"Special Edition\" cars will be exhibited in a museum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#July", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › July"}}]}