Coches VW: libros - historia y modelos

Volkswagen - From Nazi People's Car to New Beetle (Hitler's Chariots)

The exciting, fascinating saga of the creation of the world's most popular car, the famed Volkswagen Beetle, under the Nazi regime of German dictator Adolf Hitler, who played a pivotal role in its design, construction, and marketing during 1933-38.
It is also the story of the two Drs. Porsches who created it - Ferdinand, Sr., and his son, Ferry - as well as Dr. Robert Ley's German Labor Front that built it, and Adolf Huhnlein's Nazi Motor Corps that helped popularize driving and made motoring a reality in the Third Reich.

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The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's Volkswagen

The astonishing biography of Josef Ganz, a Jewish designer from Frankfurt, who in May 1931 created a revolutionary small car: the Maikäfer (German for May bug).
The Nazis not only "took" the concept of Ganz's family car - their production model even ended up bearing the same nickname. The Beetle incorporated many of the features of Ganz's original Maikäfer, yet until recently Ganz received no recognition for his pioneering work.

The Nazis did all they could to keep the Jewish godfather of the German compact car out of the history books. Now Paul Schilperoord sets the record straight. In a biography that reads like a spy thriller, he tells how Ganz was imprisoned by the Gestapo, until an influential friend with connections to Göring helped secure his release.
Soon afterwards he was forced to flee Germany while Porsche created the Volkswagen for Hitler using many of his groundbreaking ideas. Ganz was hunted by the Nazis even beyond Germany's borders and narrowly escaped assassination.

After the war Ganz moved to Australia, where he died in 1967. This biography is a great read for anyone interested in World War II, Jewish history, the evolution of car design or simply the life stories of extraordinary individuals.

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Das grosse VW-Cabrio-Buch - Käfer, Karmann-Ghia, Golf I, Golf III, Exoten (Reprint)

Open Volkswagens! They were and are more popular than all other convertibles, were built more often and have made more history and stories than anything else that moves "topless" on four wheels.
The original convertible is definitely the open Beetle in its various versions. It and its brother, the Karmann-Ghia convertible, are particularly associated with concepts such as youth, student days, freedom and leisure.
The successor series, the Golf convertible, catapulted the topic of open Volkswagens into the modern era and was therefore laughed at for a long time - but the success of the Golf proved the Wolfsburg-based company right.

The big VW convertible book tells the story of all open VWs, from the Beetle to the Karmann Ghia to the Golf I and the Golf III. It presents all the exotics, studies and experiments that have been carried out on the various VW convertibles.
With all the technical data, many rare pictures and detailed descriptions. Here you can find out everything you want to know about these cars - in a competent and entertaining way.

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Traumauto Volkswagen - Wie Käfer, Golf und Bulli in die DDR kamen

A finales de los años 70, el VW Golf estaba disponible oficialmente en pequeñas cantidades en la RDA, lo que lo hacía muy deseado, aunque pocos lograban conseguir uno. En los años siguientes, otros modelos de culto como el Beetle y el T1 Bulli conquistaron Alemania del Este, pero ¿a qué precio?

Los automóviles Volkswagen se consideraban coches de ensueño en el Estado socialista de obreros y campesinos. Solo después de la reunificación los motores modernos de cuatro tiempos reemplazaron a los motores de dos tiempos de alto consumo del Trabant y Wartburg.

En este libro, Eberhard Kittler, experto en la RDA y VW, analiza la historia de esta conexión única. Numerosos documentos inéditos y fotografías exclusivas ilustran el desarrollo e influencia de los modelos Volkswagen en Alemania del Este.

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Volkswagen - Personenwagen seit 1973 (Typenkompass)

This reference book chronologically presents all Volkswagen cars manufactured since 1973.

Presents the Golf, Polo, Passat, Scirocco, Phaeton and Beetle as well as other VW models. Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and a technical sheet.

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Volkswagen - Tradition mit Zukunft

Volkswagen ya era noticia antes de su fundación: como el proyecto favorito de Hitler, durante la difícil posguerra y con su rápido ascenso en los años del milagro económico.

Incluso las crisis graves han servido a la empresa para reinventarse. El escándalo del diésel y las fuertes multas no impedirán que VW contribuya a la movilidad del futuro.

En este libro, Joachim Kuch presenta una crónica actual y completa de todos los modelos que han marcado las calles, desde el Beetle, Golf y Tiguan hasta el Passat y Bulli.

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