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That is a bit funny, since the beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche himself.

The first Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche, apparently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche#Relationship_with_Volks...

So true. The Beetle is the C of cars: it may not have the amenities that something that is rolling out of the factory today has, but its simple design means you can understand what's going on under the hood, and keep it running with a very reduced toolset.

In fact, its air-cooled engine was so reliable that it remained in production until 2006, and is still widely used for propulsion in dozens of light aircraft designs such as the Sonex or the Formula-V racing class.

the timlessness of the beatle might stem form the coincidence that it had the same designer the porsche had