Say your last goodbye to swig Bug . Volkswagen will no longer be making its famousBeetlecars , according to theBBC . output will cease in July 2019 .
The German car design has been around since the thirties — when Hitler hada handin its conception — and the basic tone has n’t interchange all that much since then . In 1997 , Volkswagen debut the New Beetle , a sleeker , more modern update on the original insect - like figure . The last of the classic Bugs were produced in 2003 . In 2011 , the companionship replaced the New Beetle with another blueprint that tweaked the Bug ’s face just a little more . Now , it seems even the update Beetle is going forth .
Over its decade - long run , the Beetle became one of the most recognizable cars on the road , thanks in part toDisney , hippies , and of course , Ted Bundy .
The decease of the Beetle has been rumored for a while . A Volkswagen executivealluded tothe car ’s dying at the Geneva motor show in March 2018 , but a company spokesperson afterward walk that program line back , sayingthere were no plans to kill off the railcar . Recently , there were alsorumorsthat an electric Beetle could be coming , but that idea seems to be off the board for now . VW only sold 15,166 Beetles in the U.S. in 2017,The Washington Postreports .
Could the Beetle one daytime be revived ? Maybe . In apress statement , the CEO of Volkswagen ’s U.S. arm , Hinrich Woebcken , said he would “ never say never ” of the electric potential for a revival of the car down the route . So the company seems to be leaving the door candid .
If you ’re not ready to say goodbye to the VW Bug just yet , you ’ve still got a few months to run out and buy the 2019 BeetleFinal Edition , the last model that will be bring about by the company . And yes , it make out in a convertible .
[ h / tBBC ]
