- By Herschel D. -
OCTOBER’S – ANSWERS
1. Q: In America we think of a solid roofed Beetle as a “sedan.” Do you know what the British and the German terms for that body model are?
A: In Britain it is a “saloon” and in Germany it is a “limousine.”
2. Q: One of Mel Brooks movies has a scene with a rare Type 3 Squareback-based panel delivery in it; do you know which movie?
A: The movie was 1976‘s “Silent Movie,” which also featured Marcel Marceau ’s only speaking role ever!
3. Q: There was another movie that has a scene from the future in which a 300-year-old VW Bug is found in a cave and it starts right up! What movie was that?
A: “Sleeper,” starring Woody Allen.
4. Q: The VW Beetle has been built either from knocked down kits or from local materials in 20 countries over the years; can you name those countries?
A: Germany, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Belgium, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Philippines, Uruguay, Venezuela, Portugal, Costa Rica, Peru, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Yugoslavia, and Nigeria.
5. Q: Okay, you probably know that the Beetle’s last production line in the world shut down on July 31st 2003, but when did the official post-W.W.II “mass” production of the Beetle begin?
A: December 1945.
6. Q: When did VW of Mexico produce their own millionth Beetle?
A: In 1990.
P.S. I made the September cover art into a Trivia question, too but forgot to answer it in the October issue. So, what visual clue that that drawing represents a European model, did it have? The turn signals are in the front bumper instead of atop the front fenders.
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NOVEMBER’S - New Questions
1. What was the model year of the last VW Beetle sedan to be built in Germany?
2. In the early days of the Beetle who was the first American magazine contributor to praise the VW Beetle?
3. What model was the first water-cooled model to wear the VW name?
4. What set of parts on the last Mexican Beetle, The “Ultima Edition,” was sourced from the state of Tennessee?
5. What were the production
years
of the VW Fox?
6. What was the first model year of the VW Rabbit?
Answers next month, along with new questions.
By the way, even though I never lack for questions I can put in, if you have a Trivia fact that you’d like me to put in this column, or you wonder about a specific thing that I can answer here, I’d love to do so along with acknowledgement that you suggested or asked it. I strive to be broader in my approach to trivia. Something beyond just asking you when did a part change, or when did VW do a particular thing
– Herschel