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BEETLES BUILTIN1949 :
45,782 SEDANS
364 CABRIOLETS (0.78% OF 1949 PRODUCTION)
BEETLE PRODUCTION, 1949–79
Production For 1949
TOTAL NUMBER BUILT: 46,146
0.2% of total Beetle production
CABRIOLETS BUILT: 364
0.002% of total Beetle production
.78% of ’49 Beetle production
NUMBER BUILT IN GERMANY: 46,146
100% of ’49 Beetle production
Sedans were built in Wolfsburg Cabriolets were built in Osnabrück
’49 BEETLE PRODUCTION TRIVIA:
In 1947, Volkswagen exported its first vehicles: Five sedans went to The Netherlands.
1949 saw the first Beetle shipped to the United States.
By 1950, the company exported one-third of its entire production to countries all over the world.
Also In 1949
APRIL 8, 1949: “GERMANS SEE PEOPLE’S CAR — AT LONG LAST: A dozen years ago, Adolf Hitler promised a shiny new Volkswagen to any German with the 1,000 marks to pay for it. The war intervened, and not a People’s Car reached the people. … The stubby, one-style jobs of the original design, with air-cooled rear engines, are finally rolling out for civilians at a rate of 40,000 a year. … The chiefs at Wolfsburg say they can get rid of every Volkswagen their 8,000 workers produce.”
1949 gave
Us The Movies
White Heat, All The King’s Men, and Adam’s Rib. The 45rpm record was introduced. The year in popular music began with “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth” and ended with “Mule Train.” Big albums came from Bing Crosby, Doris Day, and Frankie Laine. World heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis retired. A B-50 Superfortress bomber became the first airplane to complete a non-stop, around-the-world flight. The U.S. had Harry Truman in the White House and a population of about 149 million.
