Volkswagen, shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front a Nazi labour union, and headquartered in Wolfsburg. It is the flagship marque of the Volkswagen Group.
Volkswagen translates to “people’s car” in German. The company’s current international advertising slogan is just “Volkswagen”.
These cool pics were found by Vintage Cars & People that captured people posing with their Volkswagens from the 1950s and 1960s.
A lady dressed in the fashion of the fifties and her son – wearing traditional Lederhosen (leather shorts) – posing with a Volkswagen in the yard of a rural home, August 16, 1953
A middle-aged lady in a female suit posing with a VW Beetle, circa 1955
A school girl dressed in a white skirt and a cardigan posing on the bumper of the family car in the countryside, circa 1955
A young blonde lady posing on the hood of a VW Beetle on a gravel road, somewhere in the Alps, circa 1955
A young lady in a female suit posing with a Beetle convertible in the countryside, May 1955
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