German automaker Volkswagen will be unveiling a new model of the Beetle later this year. The company showed off a teaser campaign for the 2012 Beetle during the telecast of the National Football League's Super Bowl in the US. We take you on a pictorial journey to the history of the iconic small car.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler inspects the new, Volkswagen 'people's car' at the Fallersleben car factory, 27th May 1938. The factory is designed to manufacture six million of the cars. On Hitler's left is the car's designer Dr Ferdinand Porsche.
Rows of ' Beetle ' cars at a German Volkswagen plant.
A consignment of brand new Volkswagen 'Beetle' cars arrive in London from Germany.
A model demonstrates a recliner chair made from the bonnet of a Volkswagen Beetle.
A custom made 1998 Volkswagen Beetle, featured in the movie 'Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me,' is seen on display.
Volkswagen's new Beetle sits on display April 14, 2001 at the New York International Auto Show in New York City.
Visitors check out a Volkswagen Beetle convertible at a VW showroom March 13, 2003 in Berlin, Germany.
Volkswagen shows the one millionth VW Beetle, formerly known as the Kaefer in a gold plated with gemstones in the Autostadt Museum on July 14, 2005 in Wolfsburg, Germany
People view a Volkswagen Beetle sedan at the Shenyang Auto Trade Fair on March 8, 2009 in Shenyang of Liaoning Province, China.
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