How Volkswagen's iconic Beetle became a symbol of pop culture worldwide

As Volkswagen announces the end of the Bug's journey, Amrita Singh goes down a nostalgic road

After 80 long years, the Bug that crawled all over the world to become a well-recognised icon and a symbol of pop culture is bidding adieu. Come July 2019 and the production of the Volkswagen Beetle will stop. 

But before the Bug’s journey comes to a halt, Hinrich J Woebcken, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, has promised that the company will launch two special models — Final Edition SE and Final Edition SEL — as an ode to the original “people’s car”.

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