10 Facts About Volkswagen You Might Not Have Known

It’s a common fact that Volkswagen owners love their VW’s. That’s just something that we have all known for forever and it’s not something that’s going to change any time soon. But, even the most die-hard Volkswagen fans might find some new information in this list of our top 10 favorite Volkswagen fun facts: check them out!

1. The VW Beetle’s original name was the Volkswagen Type 1.

2. The name Volkswagen translates directly into English from German as “People’s Car,” because it was designed to be an affordable car for the German people.

3. Ferdinand Porsche (yes, that name sounds familiar!) designed the original prototype for the Volkswagen Type 1 in ten months.

4. The VW Beetle was produced from 1938 to 2003 – that’s 65 years!

5. Volkswagen used to give savings bonds to babies who were born in Beetles – though giving birth in a car is never anyone’s top choice, at least they got some compensation for it!

6. The first Volkswagen vehicles to arrive in the US came stateside in 1949.

7. The world record for the most people to fit inside of a VW Beetle at one time is 57. How this was done remains a complete mystery to me.

8. New Volkswagens are named after global wind currents. “Golf” is actually the German name for the Gulf stream.

9. The most famous Volkswagen in the world is “Herbie,” from the 1968 movie The Love Bug.

10. Volkswagen is one of the world’s largest employers, with over 600,000 employees worldwide.