|  | All cars have a name.
Lots of cars got a nickname during the short span of their useful life.
The most popular of them all, had the honours of international baptism.
Practically appearing in the early fifties, the " Volkswagen " was like a mechanical beetle in the service of mankind, discreetly possesing top quality, reliability and endurance previously unknown to humanity.
It could take you anywhere, enduring bad weather, bad roads and the ugly treatment of the whole world.
When it broke down, it would get you home nevertheless and was easy and cheap to fix.
It had a life span of decades and the design to last for ever.
The name "stuck" to the extraordinary capabilities of the little car that soon became so popular that six months' waiting lists for orders were standard all over the world in 1955.
Long before Volkswagen thought of securing it as a trademark in 1971,the car was already named Beetle in all countries and languages of the World.
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