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FIAT 500 TOPOLINO

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Fiat 500 Topolino: the car Mussolini asked for and Hitler copied Every car has a story. This one starts with two dictators eyeing each other in 1930. Benito Mussolini calls Giovanni Agnelli to Rome and tells him — with that particular flavour of authoritarian politeness that comes when the answer isn’t optional — that Italy … Read more

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

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Classic Volkswagen Käfer in cream white parked in front of the Wolfsburg factory gates at sunset with golden hour lighting

Volkswagen Beetle: The Käfer That Motorized the World and Survived Everything Twenty-one million five hundred thousand units. 21,529,464, to be exact. The Volkswagen Käfer, known worldwide as the Beetle or Bug, isn’t just the most produced car in history on a single platform. It’s the vehicle that defined mass motorization, survived Europe’s darkest regime, symbolized … Read more