Edward Kosinski Artist

Auf Wiedersehen Beetle

Sadly, yesterday, after 81 years, the Volkswagen Beetle, "the People's Car", passed into history as the last one rolled off the assembly line at Puebla, Mexico. Over 21 million of the Type 1 above were produced, surpassing Henry Ford's Model T, in 1972, as the most produced vehicle ever. Which does not include the two iterations of the New Beetle. Although I've only owned a 65 Bus and a 79 Rabbit, I've had many adventures in friend's Bugs. I'm sad to see them go, but I still get to see one almost  every day. In our communal garage, my German neighbor still has a rare orange 73 with an automatic transmission which she bought new, parked next to my car. 
So long old friends, it won't be the same without you...