Beginning of the End for The Bug Beetle
Detroit report notes the end of new U S Beetles as VW shifts to the Rabbit. Sales drop from 423000 in 1968 to 27000 last year with 700 or fewer in dealers now and used Beetles rising in value among owners and collectors.
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