Nelso Taylon, of Lower Eastridge, Minnesota, although not having the thighs of a young cuban girl, nonethelesss succesfully enjoys sales in excess of 4 million dollars per year for his cigar, the "The VW Smokie."
The '63 Volkswagen Corning Fastback, named for the lead engineer on the design team, is the only VW ever made that never saw an assemly line.
VW hubcaps are a form of currency in the Hasbad region of Mongolia.
The three prime ministers of Sutan Louge, who have held office since the country's founding in 1983, have each owned a Scirocco: the first owned a Scala, the second a Storm, and the third a 16v.
Herbie, also know as the Love Bug, was actually a Lotus Esprit in real life.
For every beetle made, VW donates three plover eggs to charity.
While it's well known that VWs float, this is only true for water. They do not float in creme.
Porsche designed the original volkswagen entirely, except for the ashtrays, which were designed by Masserati.
The largest collection of volkswagens, after a Southeby's auction in 1997, belongs to Earl Berkil of Liverpool, and consists of over three hundred varieties of VW. The largest collection of VWs that all run belongs to Stanley Evanhall, Newport, who own three, although one has bad brakes.
The largest number of people crammed into a VW Thing (Type 181) was accomplished on July fourth, 1982, at the Grimace County Fairgounds. 18 people were stuffed into a '75 "Chaucer." 11 died, eventually.
No two VWs have the same VIN.
VWs use their own systems of coloring. For example, Blue is "sky" and red is "dusk." Oddly, yellow is "eggplant." No one knows why.
Porcupines are naturally afraid of all VWs. Hedgehogs are scared of Golfs.
The centerpiece in Walter Mortimer's art deco dining room table "The Famishing: is the roof of Pia Zadora's Cabriolet, which was stolen from her and then found abandoned two months later, out of gas.
The irrational fear of the VW Polo G40 is called "kampfiphobia."
Beetles were once called "burp-kars"
Volkswagen spelled backward, Neg Awsklov, is the name of an Azerbaijanian car dealer in Sabirabad. Ironically, he sells used Fiats.
Four Beetles met at a four way stop sign on August 23rd, 1988, in Little Nipple, South Africa, driven by four brothers who had been seperated at birth. Each beetle was a different color, and each was missing the "bass" knob on the custom installed Blaupunkt.
The VW "Excalibur" (A Passat prototype) is the only car that can be driven with another car like itself balanced upsidedown on the roof. This is why "carry clips" were standard.
The first VW with passenger-side airbags: the Wesfalia Camper, 1992. This, like most VW innovations, was a custom job on a '71.
The Volkswagen Parati EDP 200, a Brazilian Volkswagen prototype, was the first station wagon with 200hp built entirely out of recycled RC Cola cans.
Bert Bergmann holds the record at 1 hour 53 minutes 12 seconds for the fastest installation of a new long block 1835cc with hydraulic lifters, re-machined lifter bores, enlarged oil galleries, a 5/8 inch ball oil pressure control valve (40-60 psi) (machined for sand seal and full flow filter), shuffle pins, a crank counter-weighted at 69mm, a high volume Melling pump, and heads with stainless steel valves of 35.5 and 40mm.
The Karmann Ghia is known for not only its smooth handling and classic lines, but also for its name.
A Corrado with no sunroof is known as a "Mole."
A '57 veedub oval ragtop was found in Tut's tomb. What makes this especially scary is that Tut's tomb was opened in 1922.
No two Jetta's have the same smell.
George Lucas drove a black and red "turbonium" while filming Phantom Menace. The license plate read: "MAULBUG."
