The car was ready for the Berlin Motor Show in 1939; just months later, Germany invaded Poland, and World War II was on. During the war, the Volkswagen was transformed from a "people's car" into a ...

Volkswagen AG is providing funding of 600,000 euros ($794,000) for a German-Russian research project to track down Russian art treasures lost in World War II, a statement from two state-owned ...

Official sources from Volkswagen are reluctant to acknowledge use of the engine or even the existence of the Beetle prior to the end of World War II. In its mid-1960s configuration, the air-cooled ...