OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo In 2019, Volkswagen said goodbye to the Beetle we all know, stopping the production of the iconic car of the last 80 years. It was Adolf Hitler who commissioned engineer Ferdinand Porsche to design a practical and cheap vehicle for the people, volk in...
The Volkswagen Beetle is undoubtedly an icon. Part of the reason is because it changed so little over the decades, helping cement its status. Over the years, it has symbolized many different things to many different people, from a classic example of German ingenuity to the calling card for a...